
Summer holly
Comarostaphylis diversifolia
A shrub in the heath family that grows in coastal chapparal areas of southern California and Baja California, which can exceed 13 feet.,

Blochman’s dudleya
Dudleya blochmaniae
A reddish-brown succulent with white flowers that grows in coastal southern California and Baja California.

California Adolphia
Adolphia californica
This flowering plant occurs in dry canyons and washes, coastal scrub and chaparral below 1000'. It is rare in California and blooms from December to April.

Rainbow Manzanita
Arctostaphylos rainbowensis
This shrub is found only in the chaparral areas of San Diego. It can reach anywhere from 3 feet to 13 feet in height. It blooms with urn-shaped white flowers.

Nevin's barberry
Mahonia nevinii
Nevin's barberry is a federally listed endangered species with roughly 500 individuals remaining across southern California.

Chaparral beargrass
Nolina cismontana
This rare and declining flowering plant occurs in coastal mountain ranges in dry chaparral and coastal sage scrub habitat

Orcutt's brodiaea
Brodiaea orcuttii
This perennial herb is native to California and Baja California and occurs in wetlands, riparian areas and vernal pools.

Heart-leaved pitcher sage
Lepichinia cardiophylla
Also called Santa Ana pitcher sage, this native shrub grows in chaparral areas between 600-1200 meters in elevation.

Spreading navarretia
Navarretia fossalis
A rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family, growing only in vernally wet areas (vernal pools).

Engelmann oak
Quercus engelmannii
Engelmann oak is a small tree that grows up to 33 feet tall, and is mostly evergreen with thick gray bark and leathery leaves.

San Miguel savory
Clinopodium chandleri
An uncommon flowering plant in the mint family with a wonderful minty fragrance.
Photo from calflora.net

Gander’s ragwort
Packera ganderi
Gander's ragwort is a rare, hairy plant with yellow flowers that grows well in chaparral and especially after a fire.

Parry's tetracoccus
Tetracoccus dioicus
A flowering shrub native to the chaparral areas of southern California and Baja California, and can grow up to 6 feet.












