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Plant Guide – By Common Name

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    single branch of pacific sanicle growing onto trail
    Common Name:

    Pacific Sanicle

    Scientific Name:

    Sanicula crassicaulis

    Family Name:

    Apiaceae

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    Small white flower in tangle of stems
    Common Name:

    Palmer’s Grapplinghook

    Scientific Name:

    Harpagonella palmeri

    Family Name:

    Boraginaceae

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    Long green leaves and a bundle of yellow flowerheads
    Common Name:

    Palmer’s Sagewort

    Scientific Name:

    Artemisia palmeri

    Family Name:

    Asteraceae

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    Close up cluster of three Parish's Nightshades with visible yellow insides
    Common Name:

    Parish’s Nightshade

    Scientific Name:

    Solanum parishii

    Family Name:

    Solanaceae

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    clusters of purple and white sea lavender
    Common Name:

    Perez’s Sea Lavender (not native)

    Scientific Name:

    Limonium perezii

    Family Name:

    Plumbaginaceae

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    long green cluster of pickleweed
    Common Name:

    Pickleweed

    Scientific Name:

    Salicornia pacifica

    Family Name:

    Chenopodiaceae

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    tall plants with white flowers
    Common Name:

    Poison Hemlock (not native)

    Scientific Name:

    Conium maculatum

    Family Name:

    Apiaceae

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    young rosy leaves
    Common Name:

    Poison Oak

    Scientific Name:

    Toxicodendron diversilobum

    Family Name:

    Anacardiaceae

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    Purple flowers growing by green bushes
    Common Name:

    Pride of Madeira (not native)

    Scientific Name:

    Echium candicans

    Family Name:

    Boraginaceae

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    small red and green succulents on Harbaugh Seaside trail
    Common Name:

    Pygmy Stonecrop

    Scientific Name:

    Crassula connata

    Family Name:

    Crassulaceae