Meet the Plants

Native Plants in the Plots

Achillea millefolium
Yarrow

Asclepias fascicularis
Narrow-leaf Milkweed

Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
Beach Evening-Primrose

Clarkia unguiculata
Elegant Clarkia

Clarkia williamsonii
Fort Miller Fairyfan

Collinsia heterophylla
Purple Chinese Houses

Elymus glaucus
Blue Wild Rye

Eriophyllum lanatum
Common Woolly Sunflower

Eschscholzia californica
California Poppy

Gilia capitata
Bluehead Gilia

Grindelia camporum
Great Valley Gumweed

Helianthus annuus
Common Sunflower

Helianthus bolanderi
Bolander’s Sunflower

Helianthus californicus
California Sunflower

Heterotheca grandiflora
Telegraph Weed

Lasthenia fremontii
Fremont’s goldfields

Lupinus densiflorus
Golden Lupin

Lupinus formosus
Summer Lupin

Madia elegans
Common Madia

Malacothrix saxatilis
Cliff Aster

Nemophila maculata
Fivespots

Nemophila menziesii
Baby Blue Eyes

Phacelia californica
California Scorpionweed

Phacelia campanularia
California Bluebell / California Desertbell / Desert Scorpionweed

Phacelia ciliata
Great Valley Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia
Blue/Purple Tansy

Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Globemallow

Stipa pulchra
Purple Needle Grass

Trichostema lanceolatum
Vinegarweed

Trifolium fucatum
Bull Clover

Weeds in the Plots

Lamium amplexicaule
Henbit Deadnettle

Lactuca spp.
Wild Lettuce

Convolvulus arvensis
Field Bindweed

Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd’s Purse

Erodium cicutarium
Redstem Filaree

Medicago polymorpha
California Burclover

Malva spp.
Mallow

Raphanus raphanistrum
Wild Radish Weed

Stellaria media
Common Chickweed

Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel

Veronica persica
Birdeye Speedwell

Amsinckia menziesii
Common Fiddleneck

Poa annua
Annual meadow grass

Epilobium brachycarpum
Tall willowherb

Brassica nigra
Black Mustard

Solanum elaeagnifolium
Silverleaf Nightshade

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Photos and information credited to The University and Jepson Herbaria
Some photos taken by Mengmeng Luo