Panorama Vista Preserve
Plant List
Compiled
by Steve Hampson
Ephedraceae (ephedra family)
Ephedra
mormon/mexican/desert tea
californica
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (carrot
family)
Bowlesia
incana
Asteraceae (Compositae)
(sunflower family)
Achillea
yarrow
millefolium
(inc. A. lanulosa, no vars)
Artemisia
sagebrush
douglasiana
mugwort
Baccharis
douglasii
marsh baccharis
emoryi
salicifolia
(B. glutinosa) mule fat, seepwillow, water wally
Centaurea
star thistle
melitensis?
tocalote
Chamomilla
suaveolens
(Matricaria matricarioides) pineapple weed
Conyza
canadensis
tall/common/canada horseweed
coulteri
Coulter's horseweed
Gnaphalium
cudweed, everlasting
stramineum
(G. chilense)? cotton batting plant
Heterotheca
grandiflora
telegraph weed
Hypochaeris
(Hypochoeris) cat's ear
glabra
smooth cat's ear
Isocoma
goldenbush (Haplopappus)
acradenia
(H. a.) alkali goldenbush
Lessingia
glandulifera
(L. germanorum) vinegar plant
Pluchea
sericea
arrowweed
Senecio
groundsel, ragwort, butterweed
vulgaris
common groundsel
Sonchus
sow-thistle
asper
ssp. asper prickly/common sow thistle
oleraceus
common sow thistle
Xanthium
cocklebur
strumarium
(no vars) cocklebur
Betulaceae (birch family)
Alnus
alder
rhombifolia?
white alder
Boraginaceae (borage family)
Amsinckia
fiddleneck, fireweed
menziesii
var. menziesii (A. m.) common fiddleneck, rancher's fireweed
Heliotropium
heliotrope
curassavicum
(no vars) salt/alkali/wild heliotrope
Pectocarya
combseed, comb-bur
penicillata
hairy-leaved/winged combseed
Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
(mustard family)
Brassica
mustard
tournefortii
wild turnip, Sahara mustard
Capsella
shepherd's purse
bursa-pastoris
Descurainia
tansy-mustard
pinnata
yellow/western tansy-mustard
Hirschfeldia
incana
(Brassica geniculata) shortpod/summer/Mediterranean mustard
Lepidium
peppergrass
nitidum
shining/common peppergrass
Sisymbrium
irio
London rocket
Cactaceae (cactus family)
Opuntia
prickly-pear, cholla
basilaris
var. treleasei bakersfield cactus
Capparaceae (caper family)
Isomeris
bladderpod
arborea
(no vars) (Cleome isomeris)
Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle
family)
Sambucus
elderberry
mexicana
(S. caerulea) blue elderberry
Caryophyllaceae (pink
family)
Stellaria
chickweed, starwort, stitchwort
media
common chickweed
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family)
Atriplex
salt bush
lentiformis
big saltbush, quail brush
polycarpa
allscale, common saltbush, cattle spinach
semibaccata
australian saltbush
serenana
var. serenana bractscale
Salsola
tragus
(S. australis, iberica, kali) russian thistle, tumbleweed
Crassulaceae (stonecrop family)
Crassula
connata
(Tillaea erecta, C. e.) pigmy weed/stonecrop
Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)
Cucurbita
gourd, melon
foetidissima
calabazilla, coyote/stinking gourd/melon
palmata
coyote gourd/melon
Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea
family)
Astragalus
milkvetch, rattleweed, locoweed
lentiginosus
freckled milkvetch
Glycyrrhiza
licorice
lepidota
(no vars) wild licorice
Lupinus
lupine
benthamii
spider lupine
bicolor
(no vars) dove/miniature lupine
concinnus
(no vars) (L. desertorum, pallidus, agardhianus) desert/bajada lupine
nanus
sky/grass lupine
Medicago
polymorpha
bur-clover
Melilotus
sweetclover/sourclover
indica
(M. indicus) yellow sweetclover
Parkinsonia
aculeata
Mexican palo verde
Geraniaceae (geranium family)
Erodium
storksbill, filaree
cicutarium
red stemmed filaree
Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family)
Eriodictyon
yerba santa
californicum
Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint
family)
Marrubium
horehound
vulgare
Trichostema
bluecurls
lanceolatum
vinegar weed
Liliaceae (lily family)
Dichelostemma
(Brodiaea)
capitatum
(B., D. pulchella) blue dicks, wild hyacinth
Malvaceae (mallow family)
Malva
parviflora
cheeseweed
Onagraceae
(evening-primrose family)
Camissonia
(Oenothera) sun cup
sp.
Platanaceae (sycamore family)
Platanus
racemosa
California/western sycamore
Poaceae (grass family)
Bromus
brome
diandrus
(B. rigidus) ripgut grass/brome
madritensis
ssp. rubens (B. r.) red/foxtail chess/brome
Cortaderia
sp.
pampas grass
Distichlis
salt grass
spicata
(no vars)
Pontederiaceae (pickerel-weed
famiy)
Eichhornia
water hyacinth
crassipes
Rosaceae (rose family)
Rosa
rose
californica
California wild rose
Rubus
ursinus
California blackberry
Rubiaceae (madder family)
Cephalanthus
button bush
occidentalis
var. californicus buttonwillow
Galium
bedstraw, cleavers
aparine
common bedstraw, goose grass
Salicaceae (willow family)
Populus
fremontii
ssp. fremontii alamo/fremont cottonwood
Salix
willow
exigua
(inc. S. hindsiana) slender/sandbar/narrow-leaf willow
gooddingii
(no vars) black/southwestern willow
laevigata
(no vars) red willow
lasiolepis
(no vars) arroyo willow
Simaroubaceae (Quassia/Simarouba family)
Ailanthus
altissima
tree of heaven
Solanaceae (nightshade family)
Datura
thorn-apple, jimson-weed
wrightii
(D. meteloides) western jimsonweed
Nicotiana
tobacco
glauca
tree tobacco
quadrivalvis
(N. bigelovii) indian tobacco
Solanum
nightshade
americanum
(S. nodiflorum) small-flowered nightshade
Tamaricaceae (tamarisk
family)
Tamarix
tamarisk
aphylla
athel tree
Typhaceae (cattail family)
Typha
cattail
domingensis
southern/slender cattail
Urticaceae (nettle family)
Urtica
stinging nettle
dioica
ssp. holosericea (U. h.) hoary/common/creek nettle
urens
dwarf nettle
Viscaceae (Loranthaceae)
(mistletoe family)
Phoradendron
mistletoe
macrophyllum
(P. tomentosum m.) chaparral/big-leaf mistletoe
Vitaceae (grape family)
Vitis
grape
californica
wild grape
number of families = 33
number of genera = 68
number of species, subspecies and varieties = 85
Updated 24 October 2006