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Species Accounts

The list below provides access to species accounts for 218 species and subspecies of plants listed as rare, threatened or endangered by the State of California. This list is provided in alphabetical order by the scientific name of the plant.

Each species account contains the latest status report from the Department of Fish and Game's periodic report on the status of these species. Each account also may contain links to additional, available status or life history information.

The list and the accompanying species accounts may not be complete or reflect the current legal status of these plants because of listing activities more recent than the status accounts in the links below. The current legal status for each species is provided online at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/cnddb/pdfs/TEPlants.pdf and is updated quarterly.

Common Name Scientific Name
San Mateo thorn-mint (Acanthomintha duttonii, =Acanthomintha obovata spp. duttonii)
San Diego thorn mint
 (Acanthomintha ilicifolia)
Marin bent grass (Agrostis blasdalei var. marinensis)
Munz's onion (Allium munzii)
Yosemite onion (Allium yosemitense)
Large-flowered fiddleneck (Amsinckia grandiflora)
McDonald's rock cress (Arabis macdonaldiana)
Baker's manzanita (Arctostaphylos bakeri)
Vine Hill manzanita (Arctostaphylos densiflora)
Hanging Gardens manzanita (Arctostaphylos edmundsii var. parvifolia)
Hearst's manzanita (Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. hearstiorum)
Presidio manzanita (Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. ravenii)
San Bruno mountain manzanita (Arctostaphylos imbricata)
Pacific manzanita (Arctostaphylos pacifica)
Pallid manzanita (=Alameda manzanita) (Arctostaphylos pallida)
Marsh sandwort (Arenaria paludicola)
Humboldt milk-vetch (Astragalus agnicidus)
Clara Hunt's milk-vetch (Astragalus clarianus)
Long Valley milk-vetch (Astragalus johannis-howellii)
Sodaville milk-vetch (Astragalus lentiginosus var. sesquimetralis)
Peirson's milk-vetch (Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii)
Mono milk-vetch (Astragalus monoensis= A. m. var. monoensis)
Ventura Marsh milk-vetch (Astragalus pycnostachys var. lanosissimus)
Coastal dunes milk-vetch (Astragalus tener var. titi)
Trask's milk-vetch (Astragalus traskiae)
Bakersfield Smallscale (=Bakersfield Saltbush) (Atriplex tularensis)
Encinitas baccharis (Baccharis vanessae)
Bensoniella (Bensoniella oregona)
Nevin's barberry (Berberis nevinii)
Island barberry (Berberis pinnata ssp. insularis)
Sonoma sunshine (=Baker's stickyseed) (Blennosperma bakeri)
Point Reyes blennosperma (Blennosperma nanum var. robustum)
Dwarf goldenstar (Bloomeria humilis)
Indian Valley Brodiaea (Brodiaea coronaria ssp. rosea)
Thread-leaved brodiaea (Brodiaea filifolia)
Kaweah brodiaea (Brodiaea insignis)
Chinese Camp brodiaea (Brodiaea pallida)
Leafy reed grass (Calamagrostis foliosa)
Dunn's mariposa lily (Calochortus dunnii)
Siskiyou mariposa lily (Calochortus persistens)
Tiburon mariposa lily (Calochortus tiburonensis)
Stebbins' morning-glory (Calystegia stebbinsii)
White sedge (Carex albida)
Tompkins' sedge (Carex tompkinsii)
Tree-anemone (Carpenteria californica)
Tiburon Indian paintbrush (=Tiburon paintbrush) (Castilleja affinis ssp. neglecta)
Succulent owl's-clover (=Fleshy owl's clover; Owl's clover) (Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta)
Mount Gleason Indian paintbrush (Castilleja gleasonii)
San Clemente Island Indian paintbrush (Castilleja grisea)
Pitkin Marsh Indian paintbrush (Castilleja uliginosa)
California jewel-flower (Caulanthus californicus)
Slender-pod jewel-flower (Caulanthus stenocarpus)
Hearst's ceanothus (Ceanothus hearstiorum)
Maritime ceanothus (Ceanothus maritimus)
Mason's Ceanothus (Ceanothus masonii)
Vail Lake ceanothus (Ceanothus ophiochilus)
Pine Hill ceanothus (Ceanothus roderickii)
Catalina Island mountain mahogany (=Santa Catalina Island mountain mahogany) (Cercocarpus traskiae)
Camatta Canyon amole (Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum)
Howell's spineflower (Chorizanthe howellii)
Orcutt's spineflower (Chorizanthe orcuttiana)
San Fernando spineflower (Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina)
Sonoma spineflower (Chorizanthe valida)
Ashland thistle (Cirsium ciliolatum)
Fountain thistle (Cirsium fontinale var. fontinale)
Chorro Creek bog thistle (Cirsium fontinale var. obispoense)
La Graciosa thistle (Cirsium loncholepis)
Surf thistle (Cirsium rhothophilum)
Presidio clarkia (Clarkia franciscana)
Vine Hill clarkia (Clarkia imbricata)
Merced clarkia (Clarkia lingulata)
Pismo clarkia (Clarkia speciosa ssp. immaculata)
Springville clarkia (Clarkia springvillensis)
Salt marsh bird's-beak (Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus)
Soft bird's-beak (Cordylanthus mollis ssp. mollis)
Mount Diablo bird's-beak (Cordylanthus nidularus)
Palmate-bracted bird's-beak (=Ferris' bird's-beak) (Cordylanthus palmatus)
Seaside bird's-beak (Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis)
Pennell's bird's-beak Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. capillaris
Wiggin's croton (Croton wigginsii)
Bristlecone cryptantha (Cryptantha roosiorum)
Santa Cruz cypress (Cupressus abramsiana)
July gold (Dedeckera eurekensis)
Baker's larkspur (Delphinium bakeri)
Cuyamaca larkspur (Delphinium hesperium ssp. cuyamacae)
Yellow larkspur (Delphinium luteum)
San Clemente Island larkspur (Delphinium variegatum var. kinkiense)
Geyser's dichanthelium (Dichanthelium lanuginosum var. thermale)
Beach spectaclepod (Dithyrea maritima)
Slender-horned spineflower (Dodecahema leptoceras)
Cuyamaca Lake downingia (Downingia concolor var. brevior)
Short-leaved dudleya (Dudleya blochmaniae ssp. brevifolia = D. brevifolia)
Marcescent dudleya (=Santa Monica Mountains dudleya) (Dudleya cymosa ssp. marcescens)
Santa Cruz Island dudleya (Dudleya nesiotica)
Laguna Beach dudleya (Dudleya stolonifera)
Santa Barbara Island dudleya (Dudleya traskiae)
Santa Ana River woollystar (Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum)
Tracy's eriastrum (Eriastrum tracyi)
Indian Knob mountainbalm (Eriodictyon altissimum)
Lompoc yerba santa (Eriodictyon capitatum)
Trinity buckwheat (Eriogonum alpinum)
Ione buckwheat (Eriogonum apricum var. apricum)
Irish Hill buckwheat (Eriogonum apricum var. prostratum)
Butterworth's buckwheat (Eriogonum butterworthianum)
Conejo buckwheat (Eriogonum crocatum)
Thorne's buckwheat (Eriogonum ericifolium var. thornei)
Santa Barbara Island buckwheat (Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum)
San Nicolas Island buckwheat (Eriogonum grande var. timorum)
Kellogg's buckwheat (Eriogonum kelloggii)
Twisselmann's buckwheat (Eriogonum twisselmannii)
Congdon's woolly sunflower (Eriophyllum congdonii)
San Mateo woolly sunflower (Eriophyllum latilobum)
San Diego button-celery (Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii)
Loch Lomond button-celery (=Loch Lomond coyote-thistle) (Eryngium constancei)
Delta button-celery (Eryngium racemosum)
Contra Costa wallflower (Erysimum capitatum var. angustatum)
Menzies' Wallflower (Erysimum menziesii)
Santa Cruz wallflower (Erysimum teretifolium)
Pine Hill flannelbush (Fremontodendron decumbens)
Mexican flannelbush (Fremontodendron mexicanum)
Roderick's fritillary (Fritillaria roderickii)
Striped adobe lily (Fritillaria striata)
Borrego bedstraw (Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense)
Box bedstraw (Galium buxifolium)
El Dorado bedstraw (Galium californicum ssp. sierrae)
San Clemente Island bedstraw (Galium catalinense ssp. acrispum)
Sand gilia (Gilia tenuiflora ssp. arenaria)
Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop (Gratiola heterosepala)
Algodones Dunes sunflower (Helianthus niveus ssp. tephrodes)
Red Rock tarplant (Hemizonia arida, = Deinandra arida)
Otay tarplant (Hemizonia conjugens, = Deinandra conjugens)
Gaviota tarplant (Hemizonia increscens ssp. villosa,=Deinandra increscens ssp. villosa)
Santa Susana tarplant (Hemizonia minthornii, = Deinandra minthornii)
Mojave tarplant (Hemizonia mohavensis, = Deinandra mohavensis)
Marin western flax (=Marin dwarf flax) (Hesperolinon congestum)
Lake County western flax (Hesperolinon didymocarpum)
Rock lady (Holmgrenanthe (=Maurandya) petrophila)
Santa Cruz tarplant (Holocarpha macradenia)
Tahquitz ivesia (Ivesia callida)
Burke's goldfields (Lasthenia burkei)
Beach layia (Layia carnosa)
San Francisco lessingia (Lessingia germanorum)
Congdon's lewisia (Lewisia congdonii)
Mason's lilaeopsis (Lilaeopsis masonii)
Western lily (Lilium occidentale)
Pitkin Marsh lily (Lilium pardalinum ssp. pitkinense)
Baker's meadowfoam (Limnanthes bakeri)
Point Reyes meadowfoam (Limnanthes douglasii var. sulphurea)
Butte County meadowfoam (=Shippee meadowfoam) (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica)
Parish's meadowfoam (Limnanthes gracilis var. parishii)
Sebastopol meadowfoam (Limnanthes vinculans)
San Clemente Island woodland star (Lithophragma maximum)
San Clemente Island bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus argophyllus var. adsurgens)
Santa Cruz Island bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus argophyllus var. niveus)
San Clemente Island lotus (Lotus dendroideus var. traskiae)
Mariposa lupine (Lupinus citrinus var. deflexus)
Milo Baker's lupine (Lupinus milo-bakeri)
Nipomo Mesa lupine (Lupinus nipomensis)
Father Crowley's lupine (Lupinus padre-crowleyi)
Tidestrom's lupine (=Clover lupine) (Lupinus tidestromii var. tidestromii)
Laguna Mountains aster (Machaeranthera asteroides var. lagunensis)
Truckee barberry (Mahonia (=Berberis) sonnei)
San Clemente Island bush mallow (Malacothamnus clementinus)
Santa Cruz Island bush mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus)
Willowy monardella (Monardella linoides ssp. viminea)
Few-flowered navarretia (Navarretia leucocephala ssp. pauciflora)
Many-flowered navarretia (Navarretia leucocephala ssp. plieantha)
Twisselmann's nemacladus (Nemacladus twisselmannii)
Colusa grass (Neostapfia colusana)
Amargosa nitrophila (Nitrophila mohavensis)
Dehesa nolina (Nolina interrata)
Eureka Dunes evening-primrose (Oenothera californica ssp. eurekensis)
Antioch Dunes evening-primrose (Oenothera deltoides var. howellii)
Bakersfield cactus (Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei)
California Orcutt grass (Orcuttia californica)
San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass (Orcuttia inaequalis)
Hairy Orcutt grass (Orcuttia pilosa)
Slender Orcutt grass (Orcuttia tenuis)
Sacramento Orcutt grass (Orcuttia viscida)
Baja California birdbush (Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia)
Lake County stonecrop (Parvisedum leiocarpum, =Sedalla leiocarpa)
Dudley's lousewort (Pedicularis dudleyi)
White-rayed pentachaeta (Pentachaeta bellidiflora)
Lyon's pentachaeta (Pentachaeta lyonii)
Yreka phlox (Phlox hirsuta)
San Francisco popcorn-flower (Plagiobothrys diffusus)
Calistoga popcorn-flower (Plagiobothrys strictus)
North Coast semaphore grass (Pleuropogon hooverianus)
Napa blue grass (Poa napensis)
San Diego mesa mint (Pogogyne abramsii)
Santa Lucia mint (Pogogyne clareana)
Otay Mesa mint (Pogogyne nudiuscula)
Hickman's cinquefoil (Potentilla hickmanii)
Hartweg's golden sunburst (Pseudobahia bahiifolia)
San Joaquin adobe sunburst (Pseudobahia peirsonii)
Gambel's watercress (Rorippa gambellii)
Tahoe yellow cress (Rorippa subumbellata)
Small-leaved rose (Rosa minutifolia)
Adobe sanicle (Sanicula maritima)
Rock sanicle (Sanicula saxatilis)
Gander's ragwort (Senecio ganderi)
Layne's ragwort (=Layne's butterweed) (Senecio layneae)
Owens Valley checkerbloom (Sidalcea covillei)
Cuesta Pass checkerbloom (Sidalcea hickmanii ssp. anomala)
Parish's checkerbloom (Sidalcea hickmanii ssp. parishii)
Kenwood Marsh checkerbloom (Sidalcea oregana ssp. valida)
Bird-foot checkerbloom (=Pedate checkerbloom) (Sidalcea pedata)
Scadden Flat checkerbloom (Sidalcea stipularis)
Red Mountain catchfly (Silene campanulata ssp. campanulata)
Tiburon jewelflower (Streptanthus niger)
Eureka Valley dune grass (Swallenia alexandrae)
Slender-petaled thelypodium (Thelypodium stenopetalum)
Santa Ynez false-lupine (Thermopsis macrophylla var. agnina)
Pacific Grove clover (Trifolium polyodon)
Monterey clover (Trifolium trichocalyx)
Greene's tuctoria (=Greene's Orcutt grass) (Tuctoria greenei)
Crampton's tuctora (=Crampton's Orcutt grass, Solano grass) (Tuctoria mucronata)
California verbena (=California vervain; Red Hills vervain) (Verbena californica)
Crownbeard (=Big-leaved crown-beard) (Verbesina dissita)