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habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
ferns & allies
aquatic & OBL wetland species
special groups
composites
legumes
milkweeds
mints
orchids
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Robert Madera
Species Count: 123
Adoxaceae
Sambucus cerulea
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus palmeri
Chenopodium fremontii
Amaryllidaceae
Nothoscordum bivalve
Anacardiaceae
Rhus ovata
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Apocynaceae
Asclepias nyctaginifolia
Asteraceae
Adenophyllum porophylloides
Ambrosia confertiflora
Artemisia dracunculus
Baccharis salicifolia
Bahiopsis parishii
Brickellia coulteri
Eclipta prostrata
Ericameria laricifolia
Erigeron divergens
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Hymenothrix loomisii
Hymenothrix wrightii
Oncosiphon pilulifer
Porophyllum gracile
Rafinesquia californica
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia intermedia
Cryptantha barbigera
Cryptantha decipiens
Cryptantha pterocarya
Emmenanthe penduliflora
Pectocarya recurvata
Phacelia cryptantha
Phacelia heterophylla
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Brassicaceae
Boechera pulchra
Erysimum capitatum
Lepidium virginicum
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Campanulaceae
Triodanis perfoliata
Caryophyllaceae
Silene antirrhina
Convolvulaceae
Convolvulus arvensis
Cuscuta salina
Evolvulus alsinoides
Ipomoea cristulata
Ipomoea hederacea
Crassulaceae
Crassula connata
Dudleya saxosa
Crossosomataceae
Crossosoma bigelovii
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita pepo
Cyperaceae
Cyperus acuminatus
Cyperus eragrostis
Cyperus odoratus
Eleocharis geniculata
Equisetaceae
Equisetum laevigatum
Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha neomexicana
Chamaesyce capitellata
Chamaesyce florida
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
Chamaesyce melanadenia
Euphorbia pediculifera
Euphorbia setiloba
Fabaceae
Amorpha fruticosa
Lupinus concinnus
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Medicago minima
Senna covesii
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Geranium carolinianum
Juncaceae
Juncus bufonius
Juncus marginatus
Lamiaceae
Hedeoma nana
Lamium amplexicaule
Lythraceae
Lythrum californicum
Malvaceae
Abutilon parvulum
Ayenia filiformis
Herissantia crispa
Sphaeralcea rusbyi
Nyctaginaceae
Boerhavia coccinea
Boerhavia coulteri
Boerhavia intermedia
Onagraceae
Camissonia micrantha
Epilobium canum
Oenothera primiveris
Orchidaceae
Triphora trianthophoros
Papaveraceae
Eschscholzia californica
Phrymaceae
Erythranthe guttata
Erythranthe verbenacea
Plantaginaceae
Keckiella antirrhinoides
Maurandya antirrhiniflora
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Poaceae
Achnatherum miliaceum
Avena fatua
Bromus arvensis
Bromus catharticus
Bromus diandrus
Bromus japonicus
Bromus rubens
Elymus glaucus
Eragrostis cilianensis
Eriochloa acuminata
Muhlenbergia microsperma
Muhlenbergia porteri
Panicum capillare
Pennisetum setaceum
Phalaris minor
Polypogon monspeliensis
Setaria leucopila
Portulacaceae
Portulaca umbraticola
Primulaceae
Lysimachia arvensis
Pteridaceae
Myriopteris fendleri
Rhamnaceae
Ceanothus greggii
Rubiaceae
Galium aparine
Salicaceae
Salix exigua
Salix gooddingii
Solanaceae
Calibrachoa parviflora
Physalis hederifolia
Solanum douglasii
Solanum nigrescens
Solanum xanti
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix chinensis
Urticaceae
Parietaria hespera
Verbenaceae
Aloysia wrightii
Glandularia gooddingii
Zygophyllaceae
Kallstroemia californica
Kallstroemia parviflora