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John Muir National Historic Site
Wildflowers
Mt. Wanda Wildflower & Flora List (alpha by family)
Native plants only

Amaranthaceae (Amaranth)
Prostrate Pigweed
Anacardiaceae (Sumac)
Western Poison Oak
Western Poison Ivy
Apiaceae (Carrot)
Rattlesnake weed
Bladder Parsnip
Mountain Sweet Cicely
Foothill Lomatium
Kellogg's Yampah
Purple Sanicle
Pacific Snakeroot
Aristolochiaceae (Birthwort)
California Dutchman's Pipe
Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed)
Heart-leaved Milkweed
Narrowleaf Milkweed
Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Yarrow
Blow Wives
California Dandelion
California Sagebrush
California Mugwort
Woodland Aster
Pacific Aster
Coyote Brush
Horseweed
Golden Yarrow
Fluff Weed
California Everlasting
Common Gumplant
Mount Diablo Sunflower
Sticky Tarweed
Smooth Cat's Ear
Common Hareleaf
Common Tarweed
Slender Tarweed
Slender Cottonweed
Wooly Head
California Goldenrod
Silver Puffs
Narrowleaf Mule Ears
Green Leaf Mule Ears
Gray Mule Ears
Cocklebur
Boraginaceae (Forget-Me-Not)
Intermediate Fiddleneck
Hound's Tongue
Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Western Bittercress
Field Mustard
Poorman's Peppergrass
Lacepod
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle)
Hairy Honeysuckle
Blue Elderberry
Common Snowberry
Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory)
Hill Morning Glory
Bindweed
Cucurbitaceae (Cucumber)
California Manroot
Dryopteridaceae (Fern)
Wood Fern
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge)
Turkey Mullein
Spatulate Leaved Spurge
Fabaceae (Pea)
Pacific Pea
Hill Lotus
Spainish Lotus
Deerweed
Common Trefoil
Miniature Lupine
Summer Lupine
Valley/Chick Lupine
Ocean-blue Lupine
Hollow-leaf Annual Lupine
California Tea
Deceiving Clover
Pinpoint Clover
Small Head Clover
Few Flower Clover
Thimble Clover
Bur Clover
Tomcat Clover
American Vetch
Fagaceae (Beech)
Live Oak
Blue Oak
Black Oak
Valley Oak
Grossulariaceae  (Saxifrage)
Hillside Gooseberry
Hippocastanaceae (Buckeye)
California Buckeye
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf)
Canyon Nemophilia

Iridacea (Iris)
California Blue-eyed Grass
Juglandaceae (Walnut)
California Walnut
Juncaceae (Arrow-weed)
Spreading Rush
Iris-leaf Juncus
Woodrush
Lamiaceae (Mint)
Coyote Mint
Black Sage
Skullcap
Hedge Nettle
Lauraceae (Laurel)
California Laurel
Liliaceae (Lily)
Serrated Onion
Elegant Brodiaea
Square Mariposa Lily
Wavyleaf Soap-plant
Wild Hyacinth
Ookow
Wally Basket
Fremont's Deathcamas
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose)
Chaparral Clarkia
Elegant Clarkia
Annual Fireweed
Papaveraceae (Poppy)
California Poppy
Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Bicolored Linanthus
Slender Phlox
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Nude Buckwheat
Polypodiaceae (Fern)
California Polypody
Portulacaeae (Purslane)
Miner's Lettuce
Primulaceae (Primrose)
Mosquito-bills
Pteridaceae (Fern)
Maidenhair Fern
Coffee Fern
Goldback Fern
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup)
Foothill Larkspur
California Buttercup
Woodland Buttercup
Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn)
California Coffeeberry
Rosaceae (Rose)
Chamise
Lady's Mantle
Toyon
Ocean Spray
Oso Berry
Sticky Cinquefoil
Wood Rose
California Blackberry
Rubiaceae (Bedstraw)
Bedstraw
Rutaceae (Rue)
Hop Tree
Salicaceae (Willow)
Fremont Cottonwood
Red Willow
Arroyo Willow
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage)
Woodland Star
Hillside Woodland Star
California Saxifrage
Scrophulariaceae (Figwort)
Coast Paintbrush
Valley Tassels
Purple Owl's-clover
Texas Indian Paintbrush
Cream Sacs
Chinese Houses
Blue-eyed Mary
Blue Toadflax
Bush Monkeyflower
Figwort
Dwarf Owl's Clover
Soloanaceae (Nightshade)
Small-flowered Nightshade
Bluewitch
Taxodiaceae (Redwood)
Redwood
Typhaceae (Cattail)
Narrow-leafed Cattail
Valerianaceae (Valerian)
Short-spurred Seablush
Long-spurred Seablush
Viscaceae (Mistletoe)
Big-leafed Mistletoe
Pacific Mistletoe

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Did You Know?
"...and doubtless, under certain precautionary restrictions, these useful, progressive, blunt-nosed mechanical beetles will hereafter be allowed to puff their way into all the parks and mingle their gasbreath with the breath of pines and waterfalls..." LIFE & LETTERS OF JOHN MUIR

Last Updated: October 07, 2006 at 15:00 EST