Plants of the Coastal Sage Scrub and Chaparral

For additional photos of plants at higher elevations in the Cajon Pass area (mostly chaparral and pinyon pine woodland) click here
For additional photos of high-elevation plants of the San Gabriel Mountains click here

Lists of rare native plants are maintained by the California Native Plant Society.
The federal government and most states maintain lists of non-native species they consider noxious weeds.

Please report errors and broken links to Dr. Kimberlyn Williams willliams@csusb.edu (All pages under construction)

Eriogonum fasciculatum (California buckwheat) Native	Artemisia californica (California sagebrush) Native	Artemisia dracunculus (Tarragon) Native
Salvia mellifera (Black sage) Native	Salvia apiana (White sage) Native	Salvia columbariae (Chia or Chia sage) Native
Lotus scoparius (Deerweed or California broom) Native	Astragalus pomonensis (Pomona milkvetch or Pomona locoweed) Native	Camissonia bistorta (California sun cup) Native
Camissonia californica (California sun cup (also)) Native	Delphinium cardinale (Scarlet larkspur) Native	Dichelostemma capitatum (Blue dicks) Native
Croton californicus (California croton) Native	Emmenanthe penduliflora (Whispering bells) Native	Dicentra chrysantha (Golden ear-drops) Native
Calochortus splendens (Splendid mariposa lily) Native	Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia (Fiddleneck or Rancher's fireweed) Native	Calochortus plummerae (Plummer's mariposa lily) Rare native
Penstemon spectabilis (Showy penstemon or Beardtongue) Native	Keckiella cordifolia (Climbing penstemon or heart-leaved keckiella) Native	Mimulus aurantiacus (Bush monkey-flower or sticky-monkey) Native
Phacelia distans (Common Phacelia) Native	Paeonia californica (California peony) Native	Centaurea melitensis (Maltese starthistle) Introduced, invasive noxious weed
Brassica nigra (Black mustard) Introduced invasive weed	Erodium cicutarium (Redstem filaree) Introduced	Eriogonum gracile (Slender buckwheat) Native
Bromus tectorum (Cheatgrass) Introduced invasive weed	Bromus diandrus (Ripgut brome) Introduced invasive weed	Avena barbata (Slender wild oat) Introduced invasive weed
Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens (Red brome) Introduced invasive weed	Platanus racemosa (Western sycamore) Native	Juglans californica (California black walnut) Native
Adenostoma fasciculatum (Chamise) Native	Rhamnus crocea (Spiny redberry) Native	Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Chaparral mallow) Native
Prunus ilicifolia (Holly-leafed cherry or Islay) Native	Nicotiana glauca (Tree tobacco) Introduced	Rhus ovata (Sugar bush) Native
Rhus trilobata (Skunkbush sumac) Native	Toxicodendron diversilobum (Poison oak) Native	Marah macrocarpus (Wild cucumber, Man-root, or Chilicothe) Native