Wildflowers of Southern California: A photographic gallery

Photographs from the Chaparral

Index to Common Names

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Common NameScientific Name
Calabazilla Cucurbita foetidissima
Calandrinia Calandrinia ambigua
California aster Lessingia filaginifolia
California bay Umbellularia californica
California bells Phacelia minor
California black walnut Juglans californica
California blackberry Rubus ursinus
California buckeye Aesculus californica
California buttercup Ranunculus californicus
California chicory Rafinesquia californica
California copperleaf Acalypha californica
California cord grass Spartina foliosa
California everlasting Gnaphalium californicum
California filago Filago californica
California fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium
California hedge-parsley Yabea microcarpa
California honeysuckle Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans
California lilac Ceanothus spinosus
California marina Marina orcuttii
California mugwort Artemisia douglasiana
California mustard Guillenia lasiophylla
California phacelia Phacelia californica
California plantain Plantago erecta
California poppy Eschscholzia californica
California sagebrush Artemisia californica
California saxifrage Saxifraga californica
California spine-flower Mucronea californica
California sunflower Encelia californica
California thistle Cirsium occidentale var. californicum
California wild rose Rosa californica
Calyptridium Calyptridium monandrum
Canadian blue grass Poa compressus
Canary grass Phalaris canariensis
Canchalagua Centaurium venustum
Candleholder dudleya Dudleya candelabrum
Cane cholla Opuntia parryi
Canyon gooseberry Ribes californicum
Canyon oak Quercus chrysolepis
Canyon pea Lathyrus vestitus
Canyon sunflower Venegasia carpesioides
Caper spurge Euphorbia lathyris
Carolina cranesbill Geranium carolinianum
Castor bean Ricinis communis
Cat's ear Hypochaeris glabra
Cat-tail Typha latifolia
Catalina Island live-forever Dudleya virens
Catalina mariposa lily Calochortus catalinae
Caterpillar phacelia Phacelia cicutaria
Caulanthus Caulanthus amplexicaulis
Centaury Centaurium davyi
Chain fern Woodwardia fimbriata
Chalk live-forever Dudleya pulverulenta
Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum
Chaparral currant Ribes malvaceum
Chaparral Indian paintbrush Castilleja affinis
Checker lily Fritillaria affinis
Checker-bloom Sidalcea malvaeflora ssp. malvaeflora
Cheeseweed Malva parviflora
Chia Salvia columbariae
Chick lupine Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus
Chickweed Stellaria media
Chicory Cichorium intybus
Chinese caps Euphorbia crenulata
Chinese houses Collinsia heterophylla
Chocolate lily Fritillaria biflora
Cliff spurge Euphorbia misera
Climbing bedstraw Galium nuttallii
Club-haired mariposa lily Calochortus clavatus ssp. clavatus
Coast barrel cactus Ferocactus viridescens
Coast buckwheat Eriogonum cinereum
Coast cholla Opuntia prolifera
Coast figwort Scrophularia californica
Coast goldenbush Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides
Coast live oak Quercus agrifolia
Coast live-forever Dudleya caespitosa
Coast prickly pear Opuntia littoralis
Coast rock cress Arabis blepharophylla
Coastal larkspur Delphinium californicum ssp. californicum
Coastal lotus Lotus salsuginosus
Cobweb thistle Cirsium occidentale
Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium
Coffee berry Rhamnus californica
Coffee fern Pellaea andromedifolia
Columbine Aquilegia formosa
Conejo buckwheat Eriogonum crocatum
Conejo dudleya Dudleya abramsii ssp. parva
Conicosia Conicosia pugioniformis
Conyza Conyza bonariensis
Coreopsis Coreopsis bigelovii
Corydalis Corydalis caseana ssp. caseana
Cottonwood Populus fremontii
Cow parsnip Heracleum lanatum
Coyote brush Baccharis pilularis
Coyote mint Monardella villosa
Crabgrass Digitaria sanguinalis
Cream bush Holodiscus discolor
Cream cups Platystemon californicus
Creeping snowberry Symphoricarpos mollis
Creeping wood sorrel Oxalis corniculata
Crinkled onion Allium crispum
Croton Croton californicus
Crownbeard Verbesina encelioides ssp. exauriculata
Cudweed Gnaphalium bicolor
Curly dock Rumex crispus
Cylindrical clarkia Clarkia cylindrica
Cystoseira Cystoseira osmundaceae

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