Family Ericaceae (Magnoliopsida | Asteranae | Ericales) |
Mission Manzanita
Family: Ericaceae (HEATH).
Location: Deer Creek Canyon, coastal sage scrub, March 2023. Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring. Most of the photos shown here are from the Cabrillo National Monument, 2009. |
Family Loasaceae (Magnoliopsida | Asteranae | Cornales) |
Veatch's Blazing Star
TJM1: Mentzelia veatchiana.
Family: Loasaceae (LOASA).
Location: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve: grassland, April 2023. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. Final identification pending examination of mature fruit. |
Family Primulaceae (Magnoliopsida | Asteranae | Ericales) |
California Androsace
TJM1: Androsace elongata ssp. acuta.
Family: Primulaceae (PRIMROSE).
Location: Cornell Roadside: rocky outcrop in exposed grassland, April 2023. Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. California Rare Plant Rank: 4.2. |