SAN LORENZO VALLEY

Native Plant Guide

Popular San Lorenzo Valley Natives

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Melica subulata

Alaska Oniongrass (Melica subulata)

Melica subulata
Baby Blue Eyes

Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii)

Nemophila menziesii
Black Sage (Salvia mellifera)

Black Sage (Salvia mellifera)

Salvia mellifera
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea fruit

Blue Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea)

Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
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Blue Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)

Sisyrinchium bellum
Elymus glaucus

Blue Wildrye (Elymus glaucus)

Elymus glaucus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus

Blueblossom (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Sticky Monkey Flower, Diplacus aurantiacus. Photo by Kristen Hill

Bush Monkey Flower (Diplacus aurantiacus)

Diplacus aurantiacus
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Cephalanthus occidentalis
Pacific Aster (Symphyotrichum chilense)

California Aster (Symphyotrichum chilense)

Symphyotrichum chilense
California Figwort / Bee Plant

California Bee Plant (Scrophularia californica)

Scrophularia californica
Bromus carinatus var. carinatus

California Brome (Bromus carinatus)

Bromus carinatus
California Buckwheat

California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)

Eriogonum fasciculatum
Frangula californica

California Coffeeberry (Frangula californica)

Frangula californica
Festuca california

California Fescue (Festuca californica)

Festuca californica
Epilobium canum 900_53

California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum)

Epilobium canum
Catkins on Corylus cornuta (beaked hazel) in winter.

California Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica)

Corylus cornuta californica
STACKYS IN BLOOM

California Hedge Nettle (Stachys bullata)

Stachys bullata

California Oatgrass (Danthonia californica)

Danthonia californica
Phacelia californica

California Phacelia (Phacelia californica)

Phacelia californica
Dutchman's Pipe

California Pipevine / California Dutchman’s Pipe

Aristolochia californica
California Poppy

California Poppy (Eschcholzia californica)

Eschcholzia californica
Artemisia, californica

California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)

Artemisia californica
Morella californica_1

California Wax Myrtle (Morella californica)

Morella californica

Clarkia (Clarkia unguiculat)

Clarkia unguiculat

Native Plants A–Z

Pacific Ninebark (Physocarpus capitatus)

Pink Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum)

Pink Honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula)

Purple Needlegrass (Stipa pulchra)

Purple Sage (Salvia leucophylla)

Rattan’s Beardtongue (Penstemon ratannii)

Redtwig Dogwood (Cornus sericea)

Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)

Sea Lettuce (Dudleya caespitosa)

Silver Bush Lupine (Lupinus albifrons)

Small-bracted Sedge (Carex subbracteata)

Sneezeweed (Helenium puberulum)

St. Catherine’s Lace (Eriogonum giganteum)

Stream Orchid (Epipactus giganteum)

Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)

Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)

Valley Oak (Quercus lobata)

Virgin’s Bower (Clematis ligusticifolia)

Western Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)

Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

Western Goldenrod (Euthamia occidentalis)

Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)

Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum)

White Sage (Salvia apiana)

Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum)

Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)

Wood Rose (Rosa gymnocarpa)

Yellow Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium californicum)

Yerba Buena (Clinopodium douglasii)

Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum)

Invasive Plants A–Z

Aerial Ivy

Foxtail

French Broom

Ground Ivy

Himalayan Blackberry

Vinca major