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Asparagaceae
Brodiaea jolonensis Dwarf Brodiaea May–June	Dichelostemma capitatum blue dicks Jan–July
Iridaceae
Sisyrinchium bellum blue eyed grass Feb–June
Asteraceae
Corethrogyne filaginifolia California Aster July–Mar	Erigeron foliosus leafy fleabane Apr–Jan	Carduus tenuiflorus Slender Thistle Nov–June
Cirsium vulgare Bull thistle Jan–Nov	Silybum marianum milk thistle All year	Stephanomeria cichoriacea Chicory-leaved wire-lettuce June–Jan
Stephanomeria exigua Small Wirelettuce June–Dec
Campanulaceae
Lobelia dunnii Dunn’s lobelia June–Nov
Apocynaceae
Vinca major periwinkle All year
Lamiaceae
Monardella lanceolata Mustang Mint May–Aug	Salvia columbariae chia Feb–June	Salvia leucophylla purple sage Feb–July
Salvia mellifera black sage Dec–Sep	Scutellaria tuberosa Danny’s Skullcap March	Trichostema lanatum Woolly bluecurls Feb–Aug
Trichostema lanceolatum Turpentine Weed June–Oct
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja brevistyla Shortstyle Indian paintbrush Apr–May	Castilleja exserta Owl’s clover Mar–June
Plantaginaceae
Antirrhinum kelloggii climbing snapdragon Feb–June	Antirrhinum multiflorum Sticky snapdragon Mar–Aug	Collinsia heterophylla Chinese Houses Feb–July
Penstemon grinnellii Grinnelli’s Penstemon Apr–June	Penstemon heterophyllus Foothill Penstemon Apr–Aug	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Water Speedwell All year
Verbenaceae
Verbena lasiostachys Western verbena Feb–Sep
Solanaceae
Solanum lanceolatum Lance-Leaf Nightshade All year	Solanum umbelliferum Blue Witch Jan–Mar	Solanum xanti purple nightshade All year
Boraginaceae
Eriodictyon crassifolium Bicolored Yerba Santa Mar–Apr	Nemophila menziesii baby blue eyes Feb–May	Phacelia brachyloba Short Lobed Phacelia Mar–June
Phacelia campanularia California bluebells Mar–May	Phacelia cicutaria Caterpillar phacelia Mar–June	Phacelia distans common phacelia Feb–Oct
Phacelia grandiflora large flowered phacelia Feb–Aug	Phacelia parryi Parry’s phacelia April	Phacelia ramosissima Rambling Phacelia Apr–Nov
Phacelia tanacetifolia Tansy Phacelia Feb–June	Phacelia viscida-viscida Sticky Phacelia April	Pholistoma auritum fiesta flower Jan–June
Polemoniaceae
Allophyllum gilioides Dense false giliflower Mar–Oct	Gilia capitata Globe gilia Feb–July	Leptodactylon californicum Prickly-phlox Jan–July
Leptosiphon bicolor True Babystars May–June	Navarretia hamata Hooked Pincushionplant Mar–July	Navarretia mitracarpa Paso Robles Navarretia May
Aizoaceae
Carpobrotus chilensis Sea Fig All year
Nyctaginaceae
Mirabilis laevis Wishbone bush Dec–July
Polygonaceae
Chorizanthe staticoides Turkish Rugging Apr–July
Brassicaceae
Cakile maritima sea rocket All year	Raphanus ssp wild radish All year
Geraniaceae
Erodium botrys long-beaked storksbill Jan–Sep	Erodium cicutarium Red-stemmed storksbill Dec–Aug	Geranium dissectum cut-leaved geranium Feb–May
Malvaceae
Malva nicaeensis bull mallow All year
Fabaceae
Lathyrus vestitus common pacific pea Sep–June	Vicia villosa Hairy Vetch Dec–July	Lupinus albifrons Silver Lupine Mar–Aug
Lupinus bicolor miniature lupine Feb–June	Lupinus chamissonis Dune lupine Feb–Oct	Lupinus hirsutissimus stinging lupine Jan–June
Lupinus latifolius Canyon Lupine Feb–May	Lupinus microcarpus-microcarpus Valley Lupine April	Lupinus nanus sky lupine Feb–June
Lupinus sparsiflorus Mojave Lupine Feb–July	Lupinus succulentus arroyo lupine Dec–July	Lupinus truncatus blunt leaved lupine March
Hoita macrostachya California Hemp May–Nov	Pickeringia montana Chaparral-pea Mar–Aug	Medicago sativa alfalfa May–June
Trifolium willdenovii Tomcat clover Apr–June
Rhamnaceae
Ceanothus leucodermis Whitethorn Ceanothus Feb–Mar	Ceanothus spinosus Greenbark Dec–Aug	Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Blue Bush Dec–June
Ranunculaceae
Delphinium parishii pale larkspur Feb–July	Delphinium parryi purple larkspur Feb–June	Delphinium patens spreading larkspur Jan–June