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Enter Your Email Address:   October 2017 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 << -=- >>		PLANT SPECIES   Catalina Island is home to more than 400 native plants, and 200 non-native plants. This is a guide to the most commonly seen plant species. This is not a list of all plant species on the island. While many of Catalina Island's native plants are also found on mainland California, there are a number of unique species that either occur only on Catalina Island (seven endemic species) or occur on two or more of Southern and Baja California's offshore islands but not on the mainland (twenty six Island endemic species). Thanks to past and present staff for the photos used.  Acknowledgements and Disclaimer  Sort by: Common Name Scientific Name Color A Aleppo pine   Pinus halepensis   No visible color, very small flower Alkali heath   Frankenia salina   Pink Alkali heliotrope   Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum   White Alkali weed   Cressa truxillensis   White Aphanisma   Aphanisma blitoides   Red Arroyo lupine   Lupinus succulentus   Purple Arroyo willow   Salix lasiolepis   White Australian saltbush   Atriplex semibaccata   No visible color, very small flower B Bajada lupine   Lupinus concinnus   Purple Beach bur-sage   Ambrosia chamissonis   No visible color, very small flower Beach saltbush   Atriplex leucophylla   No visible color, very small flower Bermuda buttercup   Oxalis pes-caprae   Yellow Bermuda grass   Cynodon dactylon   No visible color, very small flower Big-pod ceanothus   Ceanothus megacarpus var. megacarpus   White Bigelow's spike-moss   Selaginella bigelovii   No visible color, very small flower Black cottonwood   Populus trichocarpa   No visible color, very small flower Black mustard   Brassica nigra   Yellow Black sage   Salvia mellifera   White Bladderpod   Peritoma arborea var. globosa   Yellow Blue dicks   Dichelostemma capitatum   Blue Blue elderberry   Sambucus nigra subsp. caerulea   Yellow Blue toadflax   Nuttallanthus texanus   Purple Bobtail barley   Hordeum intercedens   No visible color, very small flower Boccone's sand-spurrey   Spergularia bocconi   Pink Bowlesia   Bowlesia incana   White Brass-buttons   Cotula coronopifolia   Yellow Bridal creeper   Asparagus asparagoides   White Broad-leaved cattail   Typha latifolia   No visible color, very small flower Bull thistle   Cirsium vulgare   Purple Bush sunflower   Encelia californica   Yellow C California adder???_??s-tongue   Ophioglossum californicum   No visible color, very small flower California blackberry   Rubus ursinus   White California box-thorn   Lycium californicum   White California brickellbush   Brickellia californica   Yellow California burclover   Medicago polymorpha   Yellow California centaury   Zeltnera venusta   Pink California chicory   Rafinesquia californica   White California cottonrose   Logfia filaginoides   No visible color, very small flower California dissanthelium   Poa thomasii   No visible color, very small flower California everlasting   Pseudognaphalium californicum   White California fan palm   Washingtonia robusta   No visible color, very small flower California fuchsia   Epilobium canum subsp. canum   Red California goldenrod   Solidago velutina subsp. californica   Yellow California goosefoot   Chenopodium californicum   No visible color, very small flower California maidenhair   Adiantum jordanii   Fern California orach   Extriplex californica   No visible color, very small flower California plantain   Plantago erecta   No visible color, very small flower California polypody   Polypodium californicum   No visible color, very small flower California poppy   Eschscholzia californica   Orange California rose   Rosa californica   Pink California sagebrush   Artemisia californica   No visible color, very small flower Canary Island palm   Phoenix canariensis   No visible color, very small flower Canary Island pine   Pinus canariensis   No visible color, very small flower Castor bean   Ricinus communis   Red Catalina cherry   Prunus ilicifolia subsp. lyonii   White Catalina crossosoma   Crossosoma californicum   White Catalina Island mountain-mahogany   Cercocarpus traskiae   1 Catalina liveforever   Dudleya virens subsp. hassei   Yellow Catalina mariposa lily   Calochortus catalinae   White Caterpillar phacelia   Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida   Purple Chamise   Adenostoma fasciculatum   White Channel island tree poppy   Dendromecon harfordii   Yellow Chaparral cluster-lily   Brodiaea jolonensis   Purple Chaparral gilia   Gilia angelensis   White Chaparral rein-orchid   Piperia cooperi   No visible color, very small flower Cheeseweed   Malva parviflora   White/purple Cliff aster   Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia   White Cliff spurge   Euphorbia misera   White/red Coast cholla   Cylindropuntia prolifera   Red Coastal lotus   Acmispon maritimus var. maritimus   Yellow Coastal prickly pear   Opuntia littoralis   Yellow/orange Cobwebby thistle   Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale   Purple Cocklebur   Xanthium strumarium   No visible color, very small flower Coffee fern   Pellaea andromedifolia   No visible color, very small flower Common chickweed   Stellaria media   White Common fiddleneck   Amsinckia intermedia   Yellow Common goldenstar   Bloomeria crocea   Yellow Common goldfields   Lasthenia gracilis   Yellow Common knotweed   Polygonum aviculare subsp. depressum   No visible color, very small flower Common sow thistle   Sonchus oleraceus   Yellow Common tarplant   Deinandra fasciculata   Yellow Coulter's matilija poppy   Romneya coulteri   White Coulter???_??s saltbush   Atriplex coulteri   No visible color, very small flower Coyote brush   Baccharis pilularis subsp. consanguinea   White Creek monkeyflower   Mimulus guttatus   Yellow Creeping snowberry   Symphoricarpos mollis   Pink Crystalline iceplant   Mesembryanthemum crystallinum   White Cud-weed aster   Corethrogyne filaginifolia   Purple/white Curly dock   Rumex crispus   No visible color, very small flower D Deerpea vetch   Vicia ludoviciana subsp. ludoviciana   Purple Ditch beard grass   Polypogon interruptus   No visible color, very small flower Dune bent grass   Agrostis pallens   No visible color, very small flower Dunn's lobelia   Lobelia dunnii var. serrata   Blue Dyer???_??s greenwold   Genista linifolia   Yellow E Edible fig   Ficus carica   No visible color, very small flower Emory???_??s rock daisy   Perityle emoryi   White Everlasting neststraw   Stylocline gnaphaloides   No visible color, very small flower F Feltleaf ceanothus   Ceanothus arboreus   White Fennel   Foeniculum vulgare   Yellow Fire poppy   Papaver californicum   Orange Flax-leaved fleabane   Erigeron bonariensis   White Foothill needle grass   Stipa lepida   No visible color, very small flower Fragrant pitcher sage   Lepechinia fragrans   Purple Fringepod   Thysanocarpus laciniatus   White G Giant coreopsis   Leptosyne gigantea   Yellow Giant horsetail   Equisetum telmateia subsp. braunii   No visible color, very small flower Giant wild-rye   Elymus condensatus   No visible color, very small flower Goldback fern   Pentagramma triangularis subsp. triangularis   No visible color, very small flower Golden-yarrow   Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum   Yellow Goldentop   Lamarckia aurea   No visible color, very small flower Goose grass   Galium aparine   No visible color, very small flower Greater periwinkle   Vinca major   Purple Greenstem filaree   Erodium moschatum   Pink Ground pink   Linanthus dianthiflorus   Purple Gum trees   Eucalyptus spp.   Brown Gumweed   Madia gracilis   Yellow H Hairy honeysuckle   Lonicera hispidula   Pink Harding grass   Phalaris aquatica   No visible color, very small flower Heart-leaved penstemon   Keckiella cordifolia   Red Hoary nettle   Urtica gracilis subsp. holosericea   No visible color, very small flower Horehound   Marrubium vulgare   White I Indian paintbrush   Castilleja affinis subsp. affinis   Red Island broom   Acmispon dendroideus var. dendroideus   Yellow Island buckwheat   Eriogonum grande var. grande   Red Island ceanothus   Ceanothus megacarpus var. insularis   White Island green dudleya   Dudleya virens subsp. insularis   Yellow Island jepsonia   Jepsonia malvifolia   White Island mountain-mahogany   Cercocarpus betuloides var. blancheae   No visible color, very small flower Island oak   Quercus tomentella   No visible color, very small flower Island poppy   Eschscholzia ramosa   Yellow Island redberry   Rhamnus pirifolia   No visible color, very small flower Island rush-rose   Crocanthemum greenei   1 Island scrub oak   Quercus pacifica   No visible color, very small flower Island shooting star   Primula clevelandii var. insularis   Purple/white Island tarplant   Deinandra clementina   Yellow J Jimson weed   Datura wrightii   White Johnny-jump-up   Viola pedunculata   Yellow K Knotted hedge-parsley   Torilis arvensis   White L Large-flowered lotus   Acmispon grandiflorus var. grandiflorus   Yellow/orange Laurel sumac   Malosma laurina   White Lemonade berry   Rhus integrifolia   White Little California melica   Melica imperfecta   No visible color, very small flower Lyon???_??s pentachaeta   Pentachaeta lyonii   1 Lyon???_??s phacelia   Phacelia lyonii   Blue M Macdonald oak   Quercus _macdonaldii   No visible color, very small flower Malva rosa   Malva assurgentiflora subsp. glabra   Pink Maritime larkspur   Delphinium parryi subsp. maritimum   Blue Mayweed   Anthemis cotula   White Menzies coast goldenbush   Isocoma menziesii var. menziesii   Yellow Milk maids   Cardamine californica   White Milk thistle   Silybum marianum   Purple Miner???_??s lettuce   Claytonia perfoliata subsp. mexicana   No visible color, very small flower Miniature lupine   Lupinus bicolor   Purple Mission manzanita   Xylococcus bicolor   White Mission prickly-pear   Opuntia ficus-indica   Yellow Mock orange   Pittosporum undulatum   White Morning-glory   Calystegia macrostegia subsp. macrostegia   White Mugwort   Artemisia douglasiana   No visible color, very small flower Mule fat   Baccharis salicifolia subsp. salicifolia   White N Narrow-leaf milkweed   Asclepias fascicularis   Pink/white Narrow-toothed pectocarya   Pectocarya linearis subsp. ferocula   White Narrowly leaved bedstraw   Galium angustifolium subsp. angustifolium   No visible color, very small flower Nettle-leaf goosefoot   Chenopodium murale   No visible color, very small flower Nevin's gilia   Gilia nevinii   Purple Nevin's woolly sunflower   Constancea nevinii   Yellow Nodding needle grass   Stipa cernua   No visible color, very small flower Nuttall???_??s island bedstraw   Galium nuttallii subsp. insulare   No visible color, very small flower Nuttall???_??s snapdragon   Antirrhinum nuttallianum subsp. subsessile   Purple O Oceanspray   Holodiscus discolor var. discolor   White One-sided blue grass   Poa secunda subsp. secunda   No visible color, very small flower P Pacific sanicle   Sanicula crassicaulis   Yellow Palmer's grapplinghook   Harpagonella palmeri   White Palmer???_??s goldenbush   Ericameria palmeri var. pachylepis   Yellow Pampas grass   Cortaderia selloana   White Peak rush-rose   Crocanthemum scoparium   Yellow Pellitory   Parietaria hespera var. hespera   No visible color, very small flower Perezia   Acourtia microcephala   Purple Peruvian pepper tree   Schinus molle   White Petty spurge   Euphorbia peplus   No visible color, very small flower Pickleweed   Arthrocnemum subterminale   No visible color, very small flower Pineapple weed   Matricaria discoidea   Yellow Pinpoint clover   Trifolium gracilentum   Pink Poison oak   Toxicodendron diversilobum   White Popcorn flower   Plagiobothrys canescens   White Prickly sow thistle   Sonchus asper subsp. asper   Yellow Purple needle grass   Stipa pulchra   No visible color, very small flower Purple owl's-clover   Castilleja exserta   Purple R Radish   Raphanus sativus   Purple/white/yellow/pink Rattail plantain   Plantago coronopus   No visible color, very small flower Rattail sixweeks grass   Festuca myuros   No visible color, very small flower Rattlesnake weed   Daucus pusillus   White Rattleweed   Astragalus trichopodus var. lonchus   Yellow Red brome   Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens   No visible color, very small flower Red bush monkeyflower   Mimulus aurantiacus   Red/orange Red maids   Calandrinia menziesii   Pink Red sand-verbena   Abronia maritima   Pink Red valerian   Centranthus ruber   Red/pink Redstem filaree   Erodium cicutarium   Pink Ripgut brome   Bromus diandrus   No visible color, very small flower Russian thistle   Salsola australis   White S Salsify   Tragopogon porrifolius   Pink Salt grass   Distichlis spicata   No visible color, very small flower Saltcedar   Tamarix ramosissima   Pink Saltmarsh bulrush   Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. paludosus   No visible color, very small flower Saltmarsh fleabane   Pluchea odorata var. odorata   Pink Sanicle   Sanicula arguta   Yellow Santa Catalina figwort   Scrophularia villosa   No visible color, very small flower Santa Catalina Island bedstraw   Galium catalinense subsp. catalinense   No visible color, very small flower Santa Catalina Island bush-mallow   Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. catalinensis   Pink Santa Catalina Island currant   Ribes viburnifolium   Red Santa Catalina Island desert-thorn   Lycium brevipes var. hassei   Purple Santa Catalina Island ironwood   Lyonothamnus floribundus subsp. floribundus   White Santa Catalina Island manzanita   Arctostaphylos catalinae   White Santa Catalina Island monkeyflower   Mimulus traskiae   White Santa Cruz Island rockcress   Sibara filifolia   1 Saw-toothed goldenbush   Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides   Yellow Scaly tree fern   Sphaeropteris cooperi   No visible color, very small flower Scarlet monkeyflower   Mimulus cardinalis   Red Scarlet pimpernel   Lysimachia arvensis   Orange/blue Sea beet   Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima   No visible color, very small flower Sea fig   Carpobrotus chilensis   Pink Sea rocket   Cakile maritima   White/purple Seaside cistanthe   Cistanthe maritima   Purple Shepherd???_??s purse   Capsella bursa-pastoris   No visible color, very small flower Shining peppergrass   Lepidium nitidum   No visible color, very small flower Short-lobed broomrape   Orobanche bulbosa   Yellow Shortpod mustard   Hirschfeldia incana   Yellow Showy island snapdragon   Gambelia speciosa   Red Silver bush lupine   Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons   Purple Silver clover   Acmispon argophyllus var. argenteus   Yellow/orange Silverback fern   Pentagramma triangularis subsp. viscosa   No visible color, very small flower Silverpuffs   Uropappus lindleyi   Yellow Sleepy catchfly   Silene antirrhina   Pink Slender vetch   Vicia hassei   Purple Slender wild oat   Avena barbata   No visible color, very small flower Slender-leaved iceplant   Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum   White Small-flowered morning-glory   Convolvulus simulans   White/pink Small-head clover   Trifolium microcephalum   Pink Smilo grass   Stipa miliacea var. miliacea   No visible color, very small flower Smooth barley   Hordeum murinum subsp. glaucum   No visible color, very small flower Smooth cat???_??s-ear   Hypochaeris glabra   Yellow Smooth scouring rush   Equisetum laevigatum   No visible color, very small flower Soap plant   Chlorogalum pomeridianum   White Sourclover   Melilotus indicus   Yellow Southern cattail   Typha domingensis   No visible color, very small flower Southwestern spiny rush   Juncus acutus subsp. leopoldii   No visible color, very small flower Spanish broom   Spartium junceum   Yellow Spiny cocklebur   Xanthium spinosum   No visible color, very small flower St. Catherine's lace   Eriogonum giganteum var. giganteum   White Sticky sand-spurrey   Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca   Pink Stinging lupine   Lupinus hirsutissimus   Purple Sugar bush   Rhus ovata   Pink Summer holly   Comarostaphylis diversifolia subsp. planifolia   White T Telegraph weed   Heterotheca grandiflora   Yellow Threadstem tarweed   Madia exigua   Yellow Tidy-tips   Layia platyglossa   Yellow Tocalote   Centaurea melitensis   Yellow Tomcat clover   Trifolium willdenovii   Pink Toyon   Heteromeles arbutifolia   White Trask???_??s yerba santa   Eriodictyon traskiae subsp. traskiae   Purple Tree tobacco   Nicotiana glauca   Yellow Trigonous sedge   Carex triquetra   No visible color, very small flower True baby stars   Leptosiphon bicolor   Pink Truncate lupine   Lupinus truncatus   Purple Turkey-mullein   Croton setiger   No visible color, very small flower Turkish rugging   Chorizanthe staticoides   Pink Two-tone everlasting   Pseudognaphalium biolettii   White V Velvet cactus   Bergerocactus emoryi   Yellow Venus looking-glass   Triodanis biflora   Purple Vinegar weed   Trichostema lanceolatum   Purple W Wallace???_??s nightshade   Solanum wallacei   Purple Wand chicory   Stephanomeria virgata subsp. virgata   White/purple Water cress   Nasturtium officinale   White Weedy cudweed   Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum   White/yellow Western blue-eyed-grass   Sisyrinchium bellum   Blue Western dichondra   Dichondra occidentalis   No visible color, very small flower Western virgin's bower   Clematis ligusticifolia   White White Douglas???_?? nightshade   Solanum douglasii   White White fiesta flower   Pholistoma racemosum   Purple White forgive-me-not   Cryptantha intermedia   White White sage   Salvia apiana   White Wiggins' cryptantha   Cryptantha wigginsii   White Wild celery   Apiastrum angustifolium   White Wild cucumber   Marah macrocarpa   White Wild onion   Allium praecox   Purple/white Willow-herb clarkia   Clarkia epilobioides   White Windmill pink   Silene gallica   Pink Wine cup clarkia   Clarkia purpurea subsp. quadrivulnera   Purple Wine red wild sweetpea   Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii   Red/purple Wishbone bush   Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia   Purple Wood fern   Dryopteris arguta   Fern Woodland threadstem   Pterostegia drymarioides   No visible color, very small flower Woolly paintbrush   Castilleja foliolosa   Red Woolly seablite   Suaeda taxifolia   No visible color, very small flower Y Yarrow   Achillea millefolium   White

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