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Plant Guide – By Scientific Name

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  • white flowers in bushes
    Common Name:

    Wild Morning Glory

    Scientific Name:

    Calystegia macrostegia

    Family Name:

    Convolvulaceae

  • three circular yellow flowers
    Common Name:

    California Sun Cup

    Scientific Name:

    Camissoniopsis bistorta

    Family Name:

    Onagraceae

  • Yellow flowers covering ground
    Common Name:

    Beach Primrose

    Scientific Name:

    Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia

    Family Name:

    Onagraceae

  • branch with bean pods sticking off and white/light pink flowers on top
    Common Name:

    Milkmaids

    Scientific Name:

    Cardamine californica

    Family Name:

    Brassicaceae

  • bush with spiked stems all over
    Common Name:

    Tread Lightly

    Scientific Name:

    Cardionema ramosissimum

    Family Name:

    Caryophyllaceae

  • white flowers on tree branch with bee on them
    Common Name:

    Wart-stemmed Ceanothus

    Scientific Name:

    Ceanothus verrucosus

    Family Name:

    Rhamnaceae

  • bright yellow pincushion flower tilting toward the sun
    Common Name:

    Yellow Pincushion

    Scientific Name:

    Chaenactis glabriuscula

    Family Name:

    Asteraceae

  • pink thin stem plant with green seed pod
    Common Name:

    Small Flowered Soap Plant

    Scientific Name:

    Chlorogalum parviflorum

    Family Name:

    Agavaceae

  • field with cobweb covered weed-like plants
    Common Name:

    Cobwebby Thistle

    Scientific Name:

    Cirsium occidentale

    Family Name:

    Asteraceae

  • small white flowers inside green circular leaf
    Common Name:

    Miner’s Lettuce

    Scientific Name:

    Claytonia perfoliata

    Family Name:

    Montiaceae

  • white flower with tiny spikes all over it
    Common Name:

    Ropevine Clematis

    Scientific Name:

    Clematis pauciflora

    Family Name:

    Ranunculaceae

  • close-up of purple flowers
    Common Name:

    Chinese Houses

    Scientific Name:

    Collinsia heterophylla

    Family Name:

    Plantaginaceae

  • tall plants with white flowers
    Common Name:

    Poison Hemlock (not native)

    Scientific Name:

    Conium maculatum

    Family Name:

    Apiaceae

  • pointy, hairy bulb
    Common Name:

    Dark-tip Bird’s Beak

    Scientific Name:

    Cordylanthus rigidus

    Family Name:

    Orobanchaceae

  • 3 single light pink flowers with yellow pollen center
    Common Name:

    Del Mar Sand Aster

    Scientific Name:

    Corethrogyne filaginifolia

    Family Name:

    Asteraceae

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

    Pygmy Stonecrop

    Scientific Name:

    Crassula connata

    Family Name:

    Crassulaceae

  • White flowers of Alkali Weed
    Common Name:

    Alkali Weed

    Scientific Name:

    Cressa truxillensis

    Family Name:

    Concolvulaceae

  • yellow flower fully bloomed in a plant
    Common Name:

    Rock-Rose

    Scientific Name:

    Crocanthemum scoparium

    Family Name:

    Cistaceae

  • male California Croton plant with two leaves and small flowers
    Common Name:

    California Croton

    Scientific Name:

    Croton californicus

    Family Name:

    Euphorbiaceae

  • low-growing doveweed plants in a field
    Common Name:

    Doveweed

    Scientific Name:

    Croton setiger

    Family Name:

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Patch of small white flowers in a field
    Common Name:

    Common Cryptantha

    Scientific Name:

    Cryptantha intermedia

    Family Name:

    Boraginaceae

  • bright orange tangled tendrils of California Dodder
    Common Name:

    California Dodder

    Scientific Name:

    Cuscuta californica

    Family Name:

    Convolvulaceae