Santa Clara Valley Chapter
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Botanical Names
This page contains photographs of a
small selection of native plant species primarily from Santa Clara and San Mateo counties (there are over 1,200 native species in the Santa Cruz Mountains alone). This is not an identification guide; use the manuals listed in the
publications section.There is also a common name index.
Other wildflower photographs: CNPS Vegetation Program Photo Project | CNPS Plant Photograph Program | CNPS State Photo Gallery | CNPS SCV Photo Group for members | Join the CNPS SCV Photo Group | Calphotos | Jepson Online Interchangs for California Floristics | Some personal photo web sites: Carol Mattsson | Patrick Gallagher http://www.greenisles.com/Shows/Alaska%20Nature%202005/ | http://www.greenisles.com/Shows/Russian%20Ridge%202005/ | Karl Gohl particularly “Some Favorites" and "Earlier Edgewood Pix” | Michael Soo's photos from the 2004 Spring Wildflower Show.
- Anacardiacaea
- Toxicodendron diversilobum
- Apiaceae
- Daucus pusillus
- Araceae
- Lysichiton americanum
- Asteraceae
- Achyrachaena mollis
- Anaphalis margaritaceae
- Enceliopsis covillei
- Helenium puberulum
- Hemizonia corymbosa
- Madia sativa
- Malacothrix glabrata
- Bignoniaceae
- Chilopsis linearis
- Brassicaceae
- Arabis blepharophylla
- Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. glandulosus | Streptanthus tortuosus
- Cactaceae
- Opuntia erinacea
- Crassulaceae
- Sedum spathulifolium & San Bruno Elfin
- Cistaceae
- Helianthemum scoparium
- Convolvulacaea
- Calystegia soldanella
- Ephedraceae
- Ephedra viridis
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia polycarpa
- Fabaceae
- Calliandra eriophylla
- Lupinus constancei | Lupinus stiversii | Lupinus sp.
- Trifolium monanthum
- Garryaceae
- Garrya elliptica
- Gentianaceae
- Swertia puberulenta
- Grossulariaceae
- Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum | Ribes speciosum
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Emmenanthe penduliflora
- Nemophila menziesii
- Phacelia imbricata | P. ramosissima
- Pholistoma auritum var. auritum
- Lamiaceae
- Salazaria mexicana
- Salvia carduacea | Salvia spathacea
- Stachys bullata
- Liliaceae
- Allium serra
- Brodiaea elegans
- Calochortus albus |
C. luteus |
C. tolmiei |
C. venustus
- Chlorogalum pomeridianum
- Fritillaria affinis var. tristulis |
F. liliacea
- Scoliopus bigelovii
- Smilacina stellata
- Trillium ovata
- Triteleia laxa
- Limnanthaceae
- Limnanthes douglasii var. rosea
- Loasaceae
- Mentzelia lindleyi
- Malvaceae
- Sidalcea malvaeflora
- Sphaeralcea ambigua
- Onagraceae
- Camissonia claviformis
- Epilobium ciliatum ssp. watsonii
- Orchidaceae
- Calypso bulbosa
- Corallorhiza maculata
- Oxalidaceae
- Oxalis oregana
- Papaveraceae
- Eschscholzia californica
- Plantaginaceae
- Plantago erecta
- Plumbaginaceae
- Armeria maritima
- Poaceae
- Calamagrostis nutkaensis
- Polemoniaceae
- Collomia heterophylla
- Gilia tricolor
- Portulacaceae
- Claytonia exigua |
C. gypsophiloides
- Primulaceae
- Dodecatheon hendersonii
- Trientalis latifolia
- Ranunculaceae
- Aquilegia formosa
- Delphineum decorum
- Rhamnaceae
- Ceanothus jepsonii | C. ramulosus | Ceanothus sp. | C. thyrsiflorus
- Rosaceae
- Horkelia cuneata ssp. cuneata
- Rosa gymnocarpa
- Rubus ursinus
- Saxifragaceae
- Tellima grandiflora
- Scrophulariaceae
- Collinsia sparsiflora
- Mimulus bigelovii | M. douglasii
- Pedicularis densiflora
- Penstemon heterophyllus
- Scrophularia californica
- Thymelaeaceae
- Dirca occidentalis
- Violaceae
- Viola pedunculata
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