Archives: Native Plants

White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum)

A flowering white trout lily, its single nodding bloom rising between two mottled leaves. Photo: Eric Hunt, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Erythronium albidum,

Scouring Rush (Equisetum hyemale)

Scouring rush forms dense colonies of upright, jointed stems from spreading rhizomes. Photo: Elie Ardy / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Equisetum hyemale, commonly called

Leafy Fleabane (Erigeron foliosus)

Leafy fleabane in bloom, San Diego County. Photo: Stickpen / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Erigeron foliosus, known as Leafy Fleabane or Leafy Daisy, is a

Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum)

Golden yarrow in full bloom, Fort Ord National Monument, California. Photo: BLM California / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Eriophyllum confertiflorum, commonly called Golden Yarrow or

Glade Coneflower (Echinacea simulata)

Glade coneflower in a prairie setting, its narrow pink rays drooping below a spiny coppery cone. Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Echinacea

California Encelia (Encelia californica)

California Encelia blanketing a coastal bluff in Malibu, a classic setting for this Southern California coastal sage scrub shrub. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons

Lama (Diospyros hillebrandii)

A young Lama (Diospyros hillebrandii) growing in mesic forest, showing the salmon-pink flush of new leaves beside mature dark green foliage. Photo: Kevin Faccenda, via

Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa)

Wild yam twining through woodland edge vegetation, with its distinctive heart-shaped leaves and drooping strings of developing seed capsules. Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, Scotts Run Nature Preserve,

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