Updates and additions to native plant photo galleries 2011 December heteromeles arbutifolia - toyon or Christmas Berry ricinus communis - Castor bean - (Added) - not native and invasive November baccharis pilularis - Coyote bush, female in bloom, male after bloom October calvatia gigantea - giant puffball (Added) stephanomeria exigua ssp. deanei - Deane's wirelettuce September heterotheca grandiflora - telegraph weed - seed lessingia filaginifolia - california aster August heterotheca grandiflora - telegraph weed July acourtia microcephala - sacapellote - seed heads eriastrum sappirinum - sapphire wooly star heterotheca grandiflora - telegraph weed keckiella cordifolia - heart-leaf penstemon (shrub) prunus ilicifolia - holly-leaf cherry (shrub) (Added) rhamnus ilicfolia - holly-leaf redberry (shrub) rosa californica - california rose (shrub) June acourtia microcephala - sacapellote centaurium venustum - charming century chorizanthe fimbriata - fringed spineflower cucurbita foetidissima - coyote melon (Added) dudleya pulverulenta - chalk lettuce or live-forever foeniculum vulgare - fennel - (Added) - not native and invasive navarretia hamata - skunkweed rhus trilobata - basketbush or skunkbush (Added) rosa californica - california rose (Added) lonicera subspicata - southern honeysuckle sambucus mexicana - blue elderberry - berry May erigonum fasciculatum - California buckwheat malacothamnus fasciculatus - bushmallow stephanomeria exigua - Deane's wirelettuce April centaurea melitensis - tocalote (Added) - not native and invasive clarkia epilobioides - canyon clarkia or clarkia fairyfan (Added) dichelostemma capitatum - blue dicks or wild hyacinth lonicera subspicata - southern honeysuckle polygonum arenastrum - yard knotweed or doorweed (Added) - not native ribes indecorum - white-flower or chaparral currant - berry salvia apiana - white sage - blossoms salvia mellifera - black sage - blossoms Insects junonia coenia - common buckeye - brushfooted butterfly March corrections baccharis salicifolia - mule-fat or seep willow (Added) cirsium occidentale var occidentale - cobwebby thistle (Added) dicentra chrysantha - golden eardrops hypochaeris glabra - smooth cat's ear, proving how invasive it is ribes indecorum - chaparral currant (Added) stylocline gnaphaloides - everlasting nest-straw (Added) xylococcus bicolor - mission manzanita, berries Insects bombus vosnesenskii - yellow-faced bumblebee parabacillus hesperus - western short-horned stick insect February viguiera laciniata - san diego sunflower (Added) pellaea andromedifolia - coffee fern (Added) pellaea mucronata - bird's foot fern artemisia californica - california sagebrush ceanothus tomentosus - ramona lilac 2010 December salvia apiana - white sage (Added) nicotiana glauca - tree tobacco - not native, moderately invasive (correction) sonchus oleraceus - common sow thistle - not native, invasive (correction) August erigeron foliosus - leafy daisy or fleabane daisy lessingia filaginifolia - california aster (added) May Centaurium Venustum - Calanchagua or Charming century Chaenactis glabriuscula - Yellow pincushion Daucus Pusillus - Wild Carrot or Rattlesnake weed Eriastrum Sapphirinum - Sapphire wooly star Limonium Sinuatum - Statice or wavyleaf sea lavender (Added - not native) Triodanis Biflora - Venus looking glass (Added) Insects Antocharis Sara butterfly - sara orangetip butterfly Dasymutila Gloriosa - thisteldown velvet ant Stenopelmatus - Jerusalem cricket April Calystegia macrostegia - morning glory Gilia Tricolor - bird's eye or tricolor gilia Nicotiana Attenuata - Coyote tobacco (Added) Penstemon Spectabilis - showy penstemon Phacelia ramossissima - branching phacelia Porophyllum gracile - odora Raphanus sativus - wild radish (not native) Insects Agria vivida damselfly - vivid dancer damselfly Adelpha bredowii butterfly - California sister brushfooted butterfly March Acourtia microcephalia - sacapellote Agoseris grandiflora - large-flowered agoseris, giant dandelion or grand mountain dandelion Bryophyta - Moss (Added) Caulanthus simulans - Payson's jewelflower (Added) Chorizanthe fimbriata - fringed spineflower Cryptantha intermedia - common cryptantha, forget-me-not Hapaticophyta - crescent cup liverwort (Added - not native) Hypochaeris glabra - smooth cat's ear or false dandelion (Added - not native and invasive) Lithophragma affine - woodland star Penstemon spectabilis - showy penstemon Phacelia minor - wwild canterbury bells February Pellaea mucronata - bird's foot fern Polypodium californicum - california polypody January Artemisia californica - california sagebrush Baccharis pilularis - coyote bush Ceanothus tomentosus - ramona lilac Chamaesyce polycarpa - small seeded spurge or smallseed sandmat Helianthemum scoparium - yellow rock-rose or rush rose Heteromeles arbutifolia - toyon or christmas berry (Added) Hetertheca grandiflora - telegraph weed (Added) Lotus scoparius - deerweed or california broom Penstemon spectabilis - showy penstemon Quercus berberidifolia - scrub oak (Added) Rhus ovata - sugerbush 2008 The Coolest weed's mariposa lily The Weirdest Deane's wirelettuce 2009 The Most Surprising california peony The Most Improved parish nightshade 2010 The Most Spectacular penstemon spectabilis The Most Missed Wooly Lotus privacy policy | site map