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Native Plants of the Los Angeles Coastal Prairie and Its Vernal Pools. Habitats: D, dunes and prairie; P, prairie (not dunes); V, vernal pools. 1Southern California vernal pool indicator species. 2Vernal pool associates, found also in aquatic, marsh or seepage areas. 3Found in vernal pool basins, but common in other habitats (Zedler 1987). *Species or examples of genera listed by Keeley (1989) as composing pristine native California grasslands.
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat |
| DICOTYLEDONES | ||
| AIZOACEAE | ||
| Sesuvium verrucosum | Western Sea-Purslane | V |
| APIACEAE | ||
| Apiastrum angustifolium | P | |
| Eryngium aristulatum parishii | San Diego Button-Celery | V1 |
| ASTERACEAE | ||
| Achyrachaena mollis | Blow-Wives | P3 |
| Ambrosia acanthicarpa | Annual Bur-Sage | P |
| Ambrosia psilostachya | Western Ragweed | P |
| Aster subulatus var. ligulatus | Aster | V |
| Baccharis emoryi | V | |
| Blennosperma nanum | V1 | |
| Chaenactis glabriuscula | Yellow Pincushion | D* |
| Corethrogyne filaginifolia var. virgata | ||
| [Lessingia f., C. virgata] | California-Aster | D |
| Filago californica | Herba Impia | D3 |
| Gnaphalium decurrens | D | |
| Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum | Cudweed, Everlasting | P |
| Gnaphalium palustre | V1 | |
| Grindelia camporum var. bracteosum | Gumplant | P3 |
| Hemizonia fasciculata [Deinandra f.] | Tarplant, Tarweed | P*3 |
| Heterotheca grandiflora | Telegraph Weed | D |
| Heterotheca villosa [Chrysopsis fastigiata] | D | |
| Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides | ||
| [Haplopappus venetus ssp. vernonioides] | Goldenbush | P |
| Lasthenia californica | Goldfields | P* |
| Lasthenia glabrata coulteri | Goldfields | V* |
| Layia platyglossa | Tidy-Tips | P* |
| Malacothrix saxatilis | D | |
| Micropus californicus | Slender Cottonweed | P |
| Psilocarphus brevissimus | Wooly-Heads | V1 |
| Psilocarphus tenellus | V1 | |
| Rafinesquia californica | California Chicory | D |
| Senecio californicus | Ragwort | D |
| Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa [Microseris h.] | P | |
| Stephanomeria exigua coronaria | D | |
| Stephanomeria virgata [Ptiloria v.] | D | |
| BORAGINACEAE | ||
| Amsinckia spectabilis | Fiddleneck | D* |
| Cryptantha clevlandii florosa | D* | |
| Cryptantha intermedia | P* | |
| Cryptantha muricata | D* | |
| Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum | Heliotrope | D |
| Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula | P | |
| Plagiobothrys canescens | P* | |
| Plagiobothrys nothofulvus | Popcornflower | P* |
| Plagiobothrys trachycarpus [Allocarya t.] | Popcornflower | V* |
| BRASSICACEAE | ||
| Erysimum insulare [E. angustata] | Wallflower | D |
| Hutchinsia procumbens [Hymenolobus p.] | V | |
| Lepidium dictyotum [L. acutidens] | Peppergrass | V |
| Lepidium latipes | Peppergrass | V3 |
| Lepidium nitidum | Peppergrass | P3 |
| Sibara virginica [Arabis v.] | V1 | |
| CALLITRICHACEAE | ||
| Callitriche marginata | Water-Starwort | V1 |
| CARYOPHYLLACEAE | ||
| Cardionema ramosissimum | P | |
| Loeflingia squarrosa | D | |
| Polycarpon depressum | Polycarp | V |
| Spergularia marina | Sand-Spurrey | D3 |
| CHENOPODIACEAE | ||
| Atriplex lentiformis [A. breweri] | Big Saltbush | P |
| CONVOLVULACEAE | ||
| Calystegia macrostegia [Convolvulus m.] | Morning-Glory | D |
| Cressa truxillensis | Alkali Weed | V2 |
| CRASSULACEAE | ||
| Crassula connata [C. erecta, Tillaea minima] | Pygmy-Weed | D |
| CUCURBITACEAE | ||
| Cucurbita foetidissima | Calabazilla | D |
| CUSCUTACEAE | ||
| Cuscuta californica | Dodder | D |
| ELATINACEAE | ||
| Elatine brachysperma | Waterwort | V1 |
| EUPHORBIACEAE | ||
| Chamaesyce albomarginata | Prostrate Spurge | D |
| Croton californicus | D | |
| Eremocarpus setigerus | Turkey Mullein | P*3 |
| FABACEAE | ||
| Astragalus didymocarpus var. milesianus | Two-seeded Milkvetch | P* |
| Astragalus tener titi | Coastal Dunes Milkvetch | P* |
| Astragalus trichopodus lonchus [A. leucopsis] | D* | |
| Lotus purshianus [L. americanus, L. unifoliolatus] | P* | |
| Lotus salsuginosus | P | |
| Lotus scoparius | Deerweed | D* |
| Lotus strigosus | D* | |
| Lupinus bicolor | Miniature Lupine | D* |
| Lupinus truncatus | D* | |
| Trifolium gracilentum | Clover | P* |
| FRANKENIACEAE | ||
| Frankenia salina [F. grandifolia] | Alkali Heath | V2 |
| HYDROPHYLLACEAE | ||
| Phacelia distans | P* | |
| Phacelia stellaris [P. douglasii var. cryptantha] | Brand's Phacelia | P* |
| LAMIACEAE | ||
| Salvia carduacea | Thistle Sage | D |
| Salvia columbariae | Chia | P |
| Stachys ajugoides | Hedge Nettle | V2 |
| LIMNANTHACEAE | ||
| Limnanthes douglasii | Meadowfoam | V |
| LOASACEAE | ||
| Mentzelia affinis | Blazing Star | D |
| MALVACEAE | ||
| Malvella leprosa [Sida hederaca] | Alkali-Mallow | V2 |
| Sidalcea malviflora malviflora | Checker Mallow | P* |
| Sidalcea neomexicana [S. parviflora] | V | |
| ONAGRACEAE | ||
| Camissonia bistorta | California Sun Cup | P* |
| Camissonia cheiranthifolia | Beach Evening Primrose | D* |
| Camissonia lewisii | Lewis' Evening Primrose | D* |
| Camissonia micrantha | D* | |
| Epilobium pygmaeum [Boisduvalia glabella] | Fireweed | V1 |
| Oenothera elata hirsutissima | Evening Primrose | P |
| PAPAVERACEAE | ||
| Eschscholzia californica | California Poppy | D* |
| Platystemon californicus | Cream Cups | P* |
| PLANTAGINACEAE | ||
| Plantago elongata [P. bigelovii] | Plantain | P*3 |
| Plantago erecta [P. hookeriana] | Dwarf Plantain | P*3 |
| POLEMONIACEAE | ||
| Gilia angelensis | P | |
| Gilia capitata abrotanifolia | P | |
| Linanthus dianthiflorus | P* | |
| Navarretia prostrata | V1 | |
| POLYGONACEAE | ||
| Mucronea californica | ||
| [Chorizanthe c. var. suksdorfii] | California Spineflower | D* |
| Eriogonum gracile | Wild Buckwheat | P* |
| Rumex hymenosepalus | Wild-Rhubarb | D |
| PORTULACACEAE | ||
| Calandrinia ciliata [C. caulescens, C. menziesii] | Red Maids | P* |
| RANUNCULACEAE | ||
| Ranunculus californicus | Buttercup | P*3 |
| ROSACEAE | ||
| Horkelia cuneata | D | |
| SCROPHULARIACEAE | ||
| Antirrhinum nuttallianum | Snapdragon | P |
| Castilleja exserta [Orthocarpus purpurascens] | Purple Owl's-Clover | P* |
| Linaria canadensis var. texana | Blue Toadflax | P |
| Veronica peregrina | Purslane Speedwell | P2 |
| SOLANACEAE | ||
| Datura wrightii [D. meteloides] | Jimson Weed | D |
| Petunia parviflora | V1 | |
| VERBENACEAE | ||
| Verbena bracteata | V | |
| MONOCOTYLEDONES | ||
| CYPERACEAE | ||
| Cyperus eragrostis | Nutsedge | V |
| Cyperus esculentus | Nutsedge | V |
| Eleocharis acicularis | Spikerush | V2 |
| Eleocharis macrostachya | Spikerush | V2 |
| IRIDACEAE | ||
| Sisyrinchium bellum | Blue-Eyed Grass | P |
| JUNCACEAE | ||
| Juncus balticus | V | |
| Juncus bufonius | Toad Rush | V2 |
| Juncus mexicanus | V2 | |
| Juncus phaeocephalus | V2 | |
| LILAEACEAE | ||
| Bloomeria crocea [B. aurea] | Common Goldenstar | P* |
| Calochortus catalinae | Catalina Mariposa-Lily | P |
| Dichelostemma capitatum [Brodiaea pulchella] | Blue Dicks | D* |
| LEMNACEAE | ||
| Lemna gibba | V2 | |
| POACEAE | ||
| Alopecurus saccatus [A. howellii, A. californicus] | Foxtail | V1 |
| Bromus carinatus | California Brome | D |
| Deschampsia danthonioides | Annual Hairgrass | V1 |
| Distichlis spicata | Saltgrass | P2 |
| Elymus triticoides [Leymus t.] | D | |
| Festuca megalura [Vulpia microstachys hirsuta] | Fescue | D3 |
| Hordeum intercedens | Barley | V |
| Koeleria macrantha [K. cristata] | Junegrass | P* |
| Leptochloa uninervia | Mexican Sprangletop | V |
| Orcuttia californica | California Orcutt Grass | V1 |
| Phalaris lemmonii | V1 | |
| Stipa cernua [Nassella c.] | Nodding Needlegrass | P* |