Moulton Meadow Park
Aizoaceae (fig-marigold family)
 Carpobrotus
  • edulis hottentot fig

    Anacardiaceae (sumac family)
     Malosma (Rhus)
  • laurina (Rhus l.) laurel sumac
    Rhus sumac
  • integrifolia lemonade berry

    Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (carrot family)
     Foeniculum
  • vulgare fennel
    Lomatium
  • lucidum shiny lomatium, biscuit root

    Asteraceae (Compositae) (sunflower family)
     Artemisia sagebrush
  • californica coastal sagebrush
    Baccharis
  • pilularis (no vars) coyote brush (bush), chaparral broom
    Carduus
  • pycnocephalus Italian thistle
    Cotula
  • coronopifolia african brass-buttons
    Cynara
  • cardunculus artichoke thistle, cardoon
    Encelia
  • californica California brittlebush
    Eriophyllum wooly sunflower
  • confertiflorum golden yarrow
    Gnaphalium cudweed, everlasting
  • californicum California/green everlasting
  • luteo-album weedy/white cudweed
  • stramineum (G. chilense) cotton batting plant
    Grindelia gum plant
  • camporum (G. robusta) gum plant
    Isocoma goldenbush (Haplopappus)
  • menziesii (H. venetus) coastal g.b.
    Osmadenia
  • tenella (Calycadenia t.) southern rosinweed
    Verbesina crown-beard
  • dissita big-leafed crown-beard

    Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (mustard family)
     Brassica mustard
  • nigra black mustard
    Hirschfeldia
  • incana (Brassica geniculata) shortpod/summer mustard

    Cactaceae (cactus family)
     Opuntia prickly-pear, cholla
  • littoralis (no vars) coastal prickly pear

    Capparaceae (caper family)
     Isomeris bladderpod
  • arborea (no vars) (Cleome isomeris)

    Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)
     Sambucus elderberry
  • mexicana (S. caerulea) blue elderberry

    Caryophyllaceae (pink family)
     Silene catchfly, campion
  • gallica windmill pink
    Spergularia sand-spurrey
  • villosa villous sand-spurrey

    Convolvulaceae (morning-glory family)
     Dichondra
  • occidentalis western/coast dichondra

    Crassulaceae (stonecrop family)
     Dudleya live-forever
  • lanceolata lance-leaved/coastal live-forever
  • multicaulis many-stemmed live-forever

    Cucurbitacea (gourd family)
     Marah wild cucumber, big-root, man-root
  • macrocarpus

    Ericaceae (heath family)
     Comarostaphylis
  • diversifolia ssp. diversifolia summer-holly

    Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea family)
     Lotus bird's-foot trefoil
  • scoparius deer weed, California broom
    Medicago
  • polymorpha bur-clover
    Melilotus sweetclover
  • indica (M. indicus) yellow sweetclover
    Vicia vetch
  • sativa spring vetch

    Geraniaceae (geranium family)
     Geranium cranesbill, geranium
  • sp. geranium

    Iridaceae (iris family)
     Sisyrinchium
  • bellum blue-eyed-grass

    Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint family)
     Salvia
  • mellifera black sage
    Stachys hedge-nettle
  • ajugoides var. rigida (S. r.)

    Liliaceae (lily family)
     Bloomeria golden stars
  • crocea
    Calochortus mariposa lily
  • catalinae
  • splendens splendid/lilac mariposa lily
    Dichelostemma (Brodiaea)
  • capitatum (B., D. pulchella) blue dicks

    Malvaceae (mallow family)
     Malacothamnus bushmallow
  • fasciculatus (no vars) bushmallow, chaparral mallow

    Onagraceae (evening-primrose family)
     Camissonia (Oenothera) sun cup
  • bistorta California/southern sun cups

    Polemoniaceae (phlox family)
     Linanthus
  • dianthiflorus (no vars) ground pink, fringed gilia

    Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
     Chorizanthe spineflower
  • staticoides (no vars) turkish rugging
    Eriogonum wild buckwheat
  • fasciculatum California buckwheat
    Rumex dock, sorrel
  • crispus curly dock

    Primulaceae (primrose family)
     Anagallis pimpernel
  • arvensis (no vars) scarlet pimpernel

    Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family)
     Ceanothus California-lilac
  • megacarpus bigpod ceanothus
    Rhamnus buckthorn
  • crocea spiny redberry

    Rosaceae (rose family)
     Heteromeles toyon, christmas berry, Calif. holly
  • arbutifolia

    Rubiaceae (madder family)
     Galium bedstraw, cleavers
  • angustifolium ssp. angustifolium narrow-leaf/chaparral bedstraw
  • nuttallii ssp. nuttallii nuttall's bedstraw

    Rutaceae (rue family)
     Cneoridium
  • dumosum bushrue

    Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
     Castilleja indian paintbrush
  • affinis coastal paintbrush
  • exserta (Orthocarpus purpurascens) common/purple owl's-clover
    Mimulus monkeyflower
  • aurantiacus (M. aridus, longiflorus, puniceus) bush/sticky monkeyflower

    Solanaceae (nightshade family)
     Solanum nightshade
  • umbelliferum (no vars) blue witch

    number of families = 29
    number of genera = 54
    number of species, subspecies and varieties = 60