Flora of Crystal Cove State Park

Compiled from the Park List and that of Bob Muns

Latin Name	Common Name	Intro sp*	Park List	Muns List
Aizoaceae	Carpet-Weed Family
Carpobrotus edulis	yellow ice plant	*	X	X
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum	crystalline ice plant	*	X	X
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum	slender-leaved ice plant	*	X	X
Anacardiaceae	Sumac Family
Harpephyllum caffrum	Kaffir Plum	*		X
Malosma laurina	laurel sumac		X	X
Rhus integrifolia	lemonade berry		X	X
Schinus molle	Peruvian pepper tree	*	X
Schinus terebinthifolius	Brazilian pepper tree	*		X
Toxicodendron diversilobum	poison oak		X	X
Apiaceae	Carrot Family
Apiastrum angustifolium	wild celery		X	X
Apium graveolens	celery	*	X	X
Berula erecta	cutleaf water-parsnip		X	X
Conium maculatum	poison hemlock	*	X	X
Daucus pusillus	rattlesnake weed			X
Foeniculum vulgare	fennel	*	X	X
Sanicula crassicaulis	Pacific sanicle		X	X
Yabea microcarpa	California hedge-parsley		X	X
Asclepiadaceae	Milkweed Family
Asclepias eriocarpa	Indian milkweed		X	X
Asclepias fascicularis	narrow-leaf milkweed		X	X
Sarcostemma cynanchoides ssp. hartwegii	climbing milkweed		X
Asteraceae	Sunflower Family
Amblyopappus pusillus	coast weed		X	X
Ambrosia psilostachya	western ragweed		X	X
Artemisia californica	California sagebrush		X	X
Artemisia douglasiana	mugwort		X	X
Artemisia dracunculus	wild tarragon		X	X
Baccharis pilularis	coyote bush		X	X
Baccharis salicifolia	mule fat		X	X
Brickellia californica	California brickellbush		X	X
Centaurea melitensis	tocalote	*	X	X
Chamomilla suaveolens	pineapple weed	*	X	X
Chrysanthemum coronarium	crown daisy	*	X	X
Cirsium vulgare	bull thistle	*		X
Conyza canadensis	horseweed			X
Conyza coulteri	Coulter's horseweed		X	X
Cotula australis	Australian brass-buttons	*		X
Cotula coronopifolia	brass-buttons	*	X	X
Cynara cardunculus	cardoon	*		X
Encelia californica	California encelia		X	X
Ericameria palmeri	Palmer's goldenbush		X	X
Ericameria pinifolia	pine goldenbush		X	X
Eriophyllum confertiflorum	golden yarrow		X	X
Filago californica	California filago		X	X
Filago gallica	narrowleaf filago	*	X	X
Gnaphalium bicolor	bicolored everlasting		X	X
Gnaphalium californicum	California everlasting		X	X
Gnaphalium canescens ssp. beneolens	fragrant everlasting		X	X
Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum	white everlasting		X	X
Gnaphalium luteo-album	common cudweed	*	X	X
Gnaphalium palustre	western marsh cudweed		X	X
Gnaphalium ramosissimum	pink cudweed		X	X
Gnaphalium stramineum	Chilean cudweed		X	X
Grindelia camporum	Great Valley gumweed		X	X
Helenium puberulum	sneezeweed		X	X
Helianthus annuus	annual sunflower		X	X
Hemizonia fasciculata	slender tarweed		X	X
Heterotheca grandiflora	telegraph weed		X	X
Hypochaeris glabra	smooth cat's ear	*	X	X
Hypochaeris radicata	rough cat's ear	*	X	X
Isocoma menziesii var. sedoides	white-flowered dune goldenbush		X	X
Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides	coastal goldenbush		X	X
Lactuca serriola	prickly lettuce	*	X	X
Lasthenia californica	goldfields			X
Lasthenia coronaria	southern goldfields		X	X
Lasthenia glabrata	yellow-rayed goldfields		X	X
Layia platyglossa	common tidy-tips			X
Lessingia filaginifolia	common California-aster		X	X
Malacothrix saxatilis	cliff-aster		X	X
Picris echioides	bristly ox-tongue	*		X
Rafinesquia californica	California chicory		X	X
Senecio californicus	California groundsel		X	X
Senecio vulgaris	common groundsel	*		X
Silybum marianum	milk thistle	*	X	X
Sonchus asper ssp. asper	prickly sow thistle	*	X	X
Sonchus oleraceus	sow thistle	*	X	X
Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa	brown microseris			X
Stephanomeria virgata	twiggy wreath plant		X	X
Xanthium spinosum	spiny cocklebur		X	X
Xanthium strumarium	cocklebur		X	X
Boraginaceae	Borage Family
Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia	yellow fiddleneck		X	X
Cryptantha intermedia	popcorn flower			X
Heliotropium curassavicum	seaside heliotrope		X	X
Plagiobothrys collinus var. fulvescens	rusty-haired popcorn flower		X	X
Plagiobothrys nothofulvus	rusty-haired popcorn flower		X	X
Brassicaceae	Mustard Family
Brassica nigra	black mustard	*	X	X
Brassica rapa	field mustard	*	X	X
Cakile maritima	European sea rocket	*	X	X
Capsella bursa-pastoris	shepherd's purse	*	X	X
Cardamine californica	milk maids		X	X
Coronopus didymus	lesser swine cress	*	X	X
Hirschfeldia incana	shortpod mustard	*	X	X
Lepidium nitidum	shining peppergrass		X	X
Lobularia maritima	sweet alyssum	*	X	X
Raphanus sativus	wild radish	*	X	X
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum	water cress		X	X
Sisymbrium irio	London rocket	*	X	X
Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard	*	X	X
Sisymbrium orientale	Oriental mustard	*	X	X
Tropidocarpum gracile	slender tropidocarpum		X	X
Cactaceae	Cactus Family
Opuntia littoralis	coast prickly-pear		X	X
Opuntia prolifera	coast cholla		X	X
Capparaceae	Caper Family
Isomeris arborea	bladderpod		X	X
Caprifoliaceae	Honeysuckle Family
Sambucus mexicana	blue elderberry		X	X
Symphoricarpos mollis	creeping snowberry		X	X
Caryophyllaceae	Pink Family
Cardionema ramosissimum	sandmat		X	X
Cerastium glomeratum	mouse-ear chickweed	*		X
Polycarpon tetraphyllum	four-leaf polycarp	*	X	X
Silene gallica	windmill pink	*	X	X
Silene laciniata ssp. major	southern Indian pink		X	X
Spergula arvensis ssp. arvensis	stickwort	*		X
Spergularia villosa	hairy sand-spurrey	*	X	X
Stellaria media	common chickweed	*	X	X
Chenopodiaceae	Goosefoot Family
Atriplex californica	California saltbush		X	X
Atriplex canescens	fourwing saltbush		X	X
Atriplex lentiformis	big saltbush		X	X
Atriplex semibaccata	creeping Australian saltbush	*	X	X
Chenopodium album	white goosefoot	*	X	X
Chenopodium ambrosioides	Mexican tea	*	X	X
Chenopodium californicum	California goosefoot		X	X
Chenopodium murale	nettle-leaved goosefoot	*	X	X
Salsola tragus	Russian thistle	*	X	X
Suaeda californica	California seablite			X
Convolvulaceae	Morning Glory Family
Calystegia macrostegia	southern California morning-glory		X	X
Convolvulus arvensis	field bindweed	*	X	X
Crassulaceae	Stonecrop Family
Crassula connata	pygmy-weed		X	X
Dudleya lanceolata	lanceleaf dudleya		X	X
Dudleya multicaulis	many-stemmed dudleya		X	X
Dudleya pulverulenta	chalk lettuce		X	X
Cucurbitaceae	Gourd Family
Cucurbita foetidissima	stinking gourd		X	X
Marah macrocarpus	wild cucumber		X	X
Cuscutaceae	Dodder Family
Cuscuta californica	California dodder		X	X
Euphorbiaceae	Spurge Family
Chamaesyce albomarginata	rattlesnake weed			X
Croton californicus	California croton		X	X
Eremocarpus setigerus	dove weed		X	X
Ricinus communis	castor bean	*	X	X
Fabaceae	Pea Family
Acacia cyclops	coastal wattle	*		X
Astragalus didymocarpus var. didymocarpus	white dwarf locoweed		X	X
Lathyrus palustris	marsh pea			X
Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii	San Diego pea		X	X
Lotus hamatus	San Diego birdsfoot lotus		X	X
Lotus heermannii var. heermannii	silky lotus		X	X
Lotus salsuginosus	coastal lotus		X	X
Lotus scoparius	deerweed		X	X
Lotus strigosus	Bishop's lotus		X	X
Lotus wrangelianus	Chilean lotus			X
Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons	silver bush lupine		X	X
Lupinus bicolor	dwarf lupine		X	X
Lupinus hirsutissimus	stinging lupine		X	X
Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus	white-whorled lupine		X	X
Lupinus succulentus	arroyo lupine		X	X
Lupinus truncatus	collar lupine		X	X
Medicago polymorpha	California burclover	*	X	X
Melilotus alba	white sweetclover	*	X	X
Melilotus indica	sourclover	*	X	X
Robinia pseudoacacia	black locust	*		X
Trifolium pratense	red clover	*	X	X
Trifolium willdenovii	tomcat clover		X	X
Fagaceae	Oak Family
Quercus agrifolia	coast live oak		X	X
Quercus berberidifolia	scrub oak		X	X
Quercus Xmacdonaldii	MacDonald's oak			X
Frankeniaceae	Frankenia Family
Frankenia salina	alkali heath		X	X
Geraniaceae	Geranium Family
Erodium botrys	long-beaked filaree	*	X	X
Erodium cicutarium	redstem filaree	*	X	X
Erodium moschatum	white-stemmed filaree	*	X	X
Geranium carolinianum	Carolina geranium		X	X
Grossulariaceae	Gooseberry Family
Ribes speciosum	fuchsia-flowered gooseberry		X	X
Hydrophyllaceae	Phacelia Family
Emmenanthe penduliflora	whispering bells		X	X
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia	eucrypta		X	X
Phacelia cicutaria	caterpillar phacelia		X	X
Phacelia distans	common phacelia		X	X
Phacelia parryi	Parry's phacelia		X	X
Phacelia ramosissima	branching phacelia		X	X
Pholistoma auritum var. auritum	fiesta flower		X	X
Lamiaceae	Mint Family
Marrubium vulgare	horehound	*	X	X
Monardella lanceolata	mustang mint		X	X
Salvia apiana	white sage		X	X
Salvia apiana X S. mellifera	gray sage		X	X
Salvia mellifera	black sage		X	X
Salvia spathacea	hummingbird sage		X	X
Scutellaria tuberosa	common skullcap			X
Stachys ajugoides var. rigida	rigid hedge-nettle		X	X
Stachys albens	cobwebby hedge-nettle			X
Trichostema lanceolatum	vinegar weed		X	X
Malvaceae	Mallow Family
Malacothamnus fasciculatus	chaparral bush mallow		X	X
Malva parviflora	cheeseweed	*	X	X
Malva sylvestris	high mallow	*	X
Myoporaceae	Myoporum Family
Myoporum laetum	campground shrub	*		X
Myrtaceae	Myrtle Family
Eucalyptus globulus	blue gum	*		X
Nyctaginaceae	Four-O'Clock Family
Abronia maritima	red sand-verbena			X
Mirabilis californica	California four o'clock		X	X
Oleaceae	Olive Family
Ligustrum ovalifolium	privet	*		X
Onagraceae	Evening Primrose
Camissonia bistorta	California suncup		X	X
Camissonia cheiranthifolia ssp. suffruticosa	shrubby beach-primrose		X	X
Camissonia micrantha	small-flowered evening-primrose		X	X
Epilobium canum ssp. canum	California fuchsia		X	X
Oxalidaceae	Oxalis Family
Oxalis pes-caprae	Bermuda buttercup	*	X	X
Papaveraceae	Poppy Family
Eschscholzia californica	California poppy		X	X
Plantaginaceae	Plantain Family
Plantago erecta	California plantain		X	X
Plantago major	common plantain	*	X	X
Plantago subnuda	naked plantain		X	X
Platanaceae	Sycamore Family
Platanus racemosa	western sycamore		X	X
Plumbaginaceae	Leadwort Family
Limonium perezii	marsh rosemary	*		X
Polemoniaceae	Phlox Family
Linanthus dianthiflorus	ground pink			X
Polygonaceae	Buckwheat Family
Chorizanthe staticoides	Turkish rugging		X	X
Emex spinosa	devil's thorn	*	X	X
Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum	long-stemmed buckwheat		X	X
Eriogonum fasciculatum	California buckwheat		X	X
Eriogonum parvifolium	sea-cliff buckwheat			X
Lastarriaea coriacea	leather spineflower		X	X
Polygonum arenastrum	knotweed	*	X	X
Rumex conglomeratus	whorled dock	*	X	X
Rumex crispus	curly dock	*	X	X
Rumex salicifolius	willow-leaved dock		X	X
Portulacaceae	Purslane Family
Calandrinia ciliata	red maids		X
Claytonia perfoliata	miner's lettuce		X	X
Primulaceae	Primrose Family
Anagallis arvensis	scarlet pimpernel	*	X	X
Dodecatheon clevelandii	shooting star			X
Samolus parviflorus	water-pimpernel		X	X
Ranunculaceae	Buttercup Family
Clematis ligusticifolia	virgin's bower		X	X
Ranunculus californicus	California buttercup		X	X
Rhamnaceae	Buckthorn Family
Rhamnus ilicifolia	hollyleaf redberry		X	X
Rosaceae	Rose Family
Heteromeles arbutifolia	toyon		X	X
Potentilla glandulosa	sticky cinquefoil		X	X
Rosa californica	California wild rose		X	X
Rubus ursinus	California blackberry		X	X
Rubiaceae	Bedstraw Family
Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	narrowleaf bedstraw		X	X
Galium aparine	common bedstraw		X	X
Galium nuttallii ssp. nuttallii	climbing bedstraw		X	X
Salicaceae	Willow Family
Salix gooddingii	black willow		X	X
Salix laevigata	red willow		X	X
Salix lasiolepis	arroyo willow		X	X
Saururaceae	Lizard-Tail Family
Anemopsis californica	yerba mansa		X	X
Scrophulariaceae	Snapdragon Family
Antirrhinum nuttallianum	purple snapdragon		X	X
Castilleja affinis	Indian paintbrush		X	X
Castilleja exserta	purple owl's clover		X	X
Castilleja foliolosa	woolly Indian paintbrush		X	X
Keckiella cordifolia	heartleaf penstemon		X	X
Linaria canadensis var. texana	rough-seeded blue toad-flax		X	X
Mimulus aurantiacus	bush monkeyflower		X	X
Mimulus brevipes	wide-throated yellow monkeyflower		X	X
Mimulus guttatus	common yellow monkeyflower		X	X
Scrophularia californica	California bee plant		X	X
Veronica sp.	speedwell		X	X
Solanaceae	Nightshade Family
Datura wrightii	sacred datura		X	X
Lycium californicum	California box-thorn		X	X
Nicotiana glauca	tree tobacco	*	X	X
Nicotiana quadrivalvis	Indian tobacco		X	X
Physalis crassifolia	yellow nightshade ground cherry		X	X
Salpichroa origanifolia	lily of the valley vine	*		X
Solanum americanum	small-flowered nightshade		X	X
Solanum douglasii	white nightshade		X	X
Solanum umbelliferum	blue-witch nightshade		X	X
Solanum xanti	purple nightshade		X	X
Tamaricaceae	Tamarisk Family
Tamarix chinensis	Chinese tamarisk	*	X	X
Tropaeolaceae	Tamarisk Family
Tropaeolum majus	nasturtium	*	X	X
Urticaceae	Nettle Family
Hesperocnide tenella	western stinging nettle		X	X
Parietaria hespera	pellitory			X
Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea	hoary nettle		X	X
Urtica urens	dwarf nettle	*	X	X
Verbenaceae	Nettle Family
Verbena lasiostachys	western vervain		X	X
Viscaceae	Mistletoe Family
Phoradendron macrophyllum	big leaf mistletoe		X	X
Pinaceae	Pine Family
Pinus torreyana	Torrey pine			X
Arecaceae	Ginseng Family
Phoenix canariensis	Canary Island date palm	*	X	X
Washingtonia sp.	fan palm	*		X
Cyperaceae	Sedge Family
Carex sp	Sedge		X	X
Cyperus odoratus	fragrant flatsedge			X
Scirpus cernuus	annual tule		X	X
Scirpus koilolepis	keeled bulrush		X	X
Scirpus maritimus	prairie rush		X	X
Iridaceae	Iris Family
Sisyrinchium bellum	blue-eyed grass		X	X
Juncaceae	Rush Family
Juncus balticus	wire rush		X	X
Juncus xiphioides	iris-leaved rush		X	X
Lemnaceae	Laurel Family
Lemna sp.	duckweed		X	X
Liliaceae	Lily Family
Bloomeria crocea	common goldenstar		X	X
Calochortus catalinae	Catalina mariposa lily		X	X
Calochortus splendens	splendid mariposa lily		X	X
Calochortus weedii var. intermedius	intermediate mariposa lily			X
Chlorogalum pomeridianum	soaproot		X	X
Dichelostemma capitatum	blue dicks		X	X
Triteleia ixioides	pretty face			X
Poaceae	Grass Family
Agrostis exarata	spike bentgrass		X	X
Agrostis stolonifera	creeping bentgrass	*	X	X
Arundo donax	giant reed	*	X	X
Avena barbata	slender wild oats	*	X	X
Avena fatua	wild oats	*	X	X
Brachypodium distachyon	purple false-brome	*	X	X
Bromus carinatus	California brome		X	X
Bromus catharticus	rescue grass	*	X	X
Bromus diandrus	ripgut brome	*	X	X
Bromus hordeaceus	soft chess	*	X	X
Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	red brome	*	X	X
Cynodon dactylon	bermuda grass	*	X	X
Distichlis spicata	saltgrass		X	X
Elymus glaucus	blue wildrye		X	X
Gastridium ventricosum	nit grass	*	X	X
Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum	foxtail barley	*	X	X
Hordeum sp.	wild barley	*		X
Hordeum vulgare var. trifurcatum	cultivated barley	*	X	X
Lamarckia aurea	goldentop	*	X	X
Leymus condensatus	giant wild rye		X	X
Leymus triticoides	creeping wild rye		X	X
Lolium multiflorum	Italian rye-grass	*	X	X
Melica imperfecta	small-flowered melica		X	X
Muhlenbergia microsperma	littleseed muhly		X	X
Nassella lepida	foothill needlegrass		X	X
Nassella pulchra	purple needlegrass		X	X
Pennisetum setaceum	fountain grass	*	X	X
Phalaris paradoxa	hood canarygrass	*	X	X
Piptatherum miliaceum	smilo grass	*		X
Polypogon interruptus	ditch beard grass	*	X	X
Polypogon monspeliensis	rabbits-foot grass	*	X	X
Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta	hairy rattail fescue	*		X
Vulpia myuros var. myuros	rattail fescue	*	X
Typhaceae	Cat Tail Family
Typha latifolia	broadleaf cattail		X	X
Dennstaedtiaceae	Bracken Family
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	bracken		X	X
Dryopteridaceae	Woodfern Family
Dryopteris arguta	California wood fern		X	X
Polypodiaceae	Polypody Family
Polypodium californicum	California polypody		X	X
Pteridaceae	Fern Family
Adiantum jordanii	California maidenhair fern		X	X
Pellaea andromedifolia	coffee fern		X	X
Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis	goldback fern		X	X

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