California native plants, picture, description, scientific name

Scientific	Common
Calamagrostis canadensis	Blue-joint
Calandrinia ciliata	Red Maids
Calandrinia maritima	Seaside Calandrina
Calliandra eriophylla	Fairy Duster
Calochortus albus	Fairy Lantern
Calochortus argillosus	Clay Mariposa Lily
Calochortus species	Mariposa Lilly
Calochortus weedii	Weeds Mariposa
Calycanthus occidentalis	Spice Bush
Calystegia macrostegia	California Morning Glory
Calystegia purpurata	Purplish Morning Glory
Calystegia subacaulis var. ssp. episcopalis	Morning-Glory
Camassia quamash	Camas
Camissonia cheiranthifolia var. cheiranthifolia	Beach Evening Primrose
Camissonia cheiranthifolia var. ssp. suffruticosa	Beach Evening Primrose
Camissonia lewisii	Lewis Evening Primrose
Campanula rotundifolia	California Harebell
Cardionema ramosissimum	Sand Mat
Carex fracta	Fragile Sheathed Sedge
Carex globosa	Globe Sedge
Carex heteroneura	Various-nerved Sedge
Carex obispoensis	Obispo sedge
Carex pansa	Dune Sedge
Carex praegracilis	Clustered Field Sedge
Carex sartwelliana	Yosemite Sedge
Carex senta	Rough Sedge
Carex serratodens	Bifid Sedge
Carex spectabilis	Showy Sedge
Carex spissa	San Diego sedge
Carex subfusca	Rusty Sedge
Carnegia gigantea	Sahuara
Carpenteria californica	Bush Anemone
Cassia armata	Desert Senna
Castanopsis sempervirens	Bush Chinquapin
Castilleja foliolosa	Woolly Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja subinclusa	Long-leaf paintbrush
Ceanothus 'Blue Cascade'	Blue Cascade
Ceanothus 'Blue Jeans'	Blue Jeans Holly Leaf Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus 'Celestial Blue'	Celeste's California Lilac
Ceanothus 'Concha'	California Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus 'Dark Star'	Small Leaf Mtn Lilac
Ceanothus 'Frosty Blue'	Frosty Blue Mountain Blue
Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter'	Creeping Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus 'Julia Phelps'	Small Leaf Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus 'Mills Glory'	Holly Leaved California Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus 'Mountain Haze'	Mountain Haze
Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'	Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus 'Rubins Blue'	Gregs Mt. Lilac
Ceanothus 'Tassajara Blue '	Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus 'Wheeler Canyon'	Blue Mtn. Lilac
Ceanothus arboreus	Tree Lilac
Ceanothus arboreus 'Owlswood Blue'	Island Mtn. Lilac
Ceanothus cordulatus	Snowbush
Ceanothus crassifolius	Hoary-leaved Ceanothus
Ceanothus cuneatus	Buckbrush
Ceanothus cuneatus 'Sierra mt. lilac'	Sierra Buckbrush
Ceanothus cyaneus	San Diego Mtn. Lilac
Ceanothus cyaneus x 'Sierra Blue '	Sierra Blue
Ceanothus foliosus	Wavy Leaf Mountain lilac
Ceanothus gloriosus 'Hearts Desire'	Hearts Desire Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus gloriosus var. gloriosus	Pt. Reyes Ceanothus
Ceanothus gloriosus var. porrectus	Mt. Vision Ceanothus
Ceanothus greggii var. vestitus	Mountain Buckbrush
Ceanothus griseus	Carmel Ceanothus
Ceanothus griseus 'Louis Edmunds'	Carmel Mtn. Lilac
Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Yankee Point'	Carmel Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus hearstiorum	San Simeon Ceanothus
Ceanothus impressus var. impressus	Santa Barbara Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus impressus var. nipomensis	Arroyo Grande Lilac
Ceanothus integerrimus	Deer Brush
Ceanothus lemmonii	Trinity Ceanothus
Ceanothus leucodermis	White Bark California Lilac
Ceanothus leucodermis 'L.T. Blue'	'L.T. Blue' White Bark Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus leucodermis 'Remote Blue '	Remote Blue Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus maritimus	Bluff California Lilac
Ceanothus megacarpus 'Tranquil Margarita'	Tranquil Margarita Big Pod California Lilac
Ceanothus oliganthus var. oliganthus	Hairy-Leaf Ceanothus
Ceanothus otayensis	Otay Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus papillosus	Wart Stem California Lilac
Ceanothus prostratus	Squaw Carpet
Ceanothus purpureus	Hollyleaf Ceanothus
Ceanothus ramulosus var. fascicularis	Coastal Buckbrush
Ceanothus rigidus 'Snowball'	White Monterey Lilac
Ceanothus roderickii	Pine Hill Ceanothus
Ceanothus sorediatus	Jim Bush
Ceanothus sorediatus 'Klamath'	Blue Blossum mountain lilac
Ceanothus spinosus	Red-Heart Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus	Coastal Mountian Lilac
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Big Sur '	Big Sur Lilac
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Skylark'	Blue Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Snow Flurry'	White Flowered Mtn. Lilac
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens	Low Blue Blossom
Ceanothus tomentosus	Woolly Leaf Mtn. Lilac
Ceanothus tomentosus var. olivaceus	Ramona Lilac
Ceanothus velutinus var. laevigatus	Varnish Leaf Ceanothus
Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus	Snowbrush
Ceanothus verrucosus	Wart-Stemmed Ceanothus
Ceanothus pumilus	Dwarf Ceanothus
Ceanothus sanguineus	Redstem Ceanothus
Celtis reticulata	Hackberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis var. californica	Buttonwillow
Cercidium floridum	Palo Verde
Cercidium microphyllum	Littleleaf Palo Verde
Cercis occidentalis	Western Redbud
Cercocarpus alnifolius	Island Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus betuloides	Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus ledifolius	Desert mountain mahogany
Cercocarpus minutiflorus	San Diego Mountain Mahogany
Chaenactis glabriuscula	Pinchusion Flower
Chamaebatia foliolosa	Mountain Misery
Chamaebatiaria millefolium	Fern Bush
Chenopodium californicum	Indian lettuce
Chilopsis linearis	Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis var. arcuata 'Yucca Valley'	'Yucca Valley' Desert Willow
Chlorogalum pomeridianum	Soap Lily
Chrysopsis villosa var. echioides	Hairy Golden-aster
Chrysothamnus nauseosus	Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis	Nevada Rabbit Brush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. hololeucus	Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. viscosus	Owens Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus	Rabbit Brush
Cirsium californicum	California Thistle
Cirsium occidentale var. venustum	Red Thistle
Clarkia amoena	Farewell-to-spring
Clarkia bottae	Farewell-to-spring
Clarkia cylindrica	Speckled Clarkia
Clarkia purpurea	Winecup clarkia
Clarkia speciosa	Red Spot Clarkia
Clarkia unguiculata	Mountain Garland
Clematis lasiantha	Pipestem Clematis
Clematis ligusticifolia	Western White Clematis
Cneoridium dumosum	BerryRue
Coleogyne ramosissima	Blackbrush
Collinsia heterophylla	Chinese Houses
Comarostaphylis diversifolia	Summer Holly
Comarostaphylis diversifolia var. planifolia	Summer Holly
Coreopsis gigantea	Giant Coreopsis
Coreopsis maritima	Beach Coreopsis
Corethrogyne filaginifolia	California Corethrogyne
Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Silver carpet'	Common Corethrogyne
Cornus californica	California Dogwood
Cornus glabrata	Brown Twig Dogwood
Cornus nuttallii	Mountain dogwood
Cornus occidentalis	Western Dogwood
Cornus sessilis	Blackfruit Dogwood
Cornus stolonifera	Red Stem Dogwood
Corylus cornuta var. californica	Western Hazelnut
Crataegus douglasii	Western Thorn Apple
Cressa truxillensis	Cressa
Crossosoma bigelovii	Ragged Rockflower
Crossosoma californicum	Catalina rockflower
Croton californicus	Croton
Cryptantha clevelandii	Cryptantha
Cucurbita foetidissima	Coyote Melon
Cucurbita palmata	Coyote Gourd
Cupressus bakeri	Modoc Cypress
Cupressus forbesii	Tecate Cypress
Cupressus goveniana var. ssp. goveniana	Gowen Cypress
Cupressus macnabiana	MacNab cypress
Cupressus macrocarpa	Monterey Cypress
Cupressus nevadensis	Piute Cypress
Cupressus sargentii	Sargent Cypress
Cuscuta salina	Salt-Marsh Dodder
Cyperus eragrostis	Nutsedge, Umbrella Sedge

Scientific

Common

Calamagrostis canadensis

Blue-joint

Calandrinia ciliata

Red Maids

Calandrinia maritima

Seaside Calandrina

Calliandra eriophylla

Fairy Duster

Calochortus albus

Fairy Lantern