List of California native plants now in bloom on the Cal State University Dominguez Hills campus.

1. Blooming Right Now on the CSUDH Campus – 5/1/15
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For map and description of locations see the ‘Map – Native Plants at CSUDH’
page (see: http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/). For additional photos of each
plant see ‘Gallery of Native Plants’ page (http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/).
Place names in bold green indicate places where plants are in peak bloom.
Plant name Where seen Learn more about this plant
*Abutilon palmeri
Indian mallow
Earth Science Garden
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
abutilon-palmeri
Achillea millefolium
Western (Common)
yarrow
Earth Science Garden
Garden of Dreams
Water-wise Garden
http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2012/06/plan
t-of-month-june-western-yarrow.html
Asclepias fascicularis
Narrowleaf Milkweed
Heritage Creek
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-asclepias-fascicularis-
28637357
Baccharis salicifolia
Mulefat
Garden of Dreams
Heritage Creek
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-baccharis-salicifolia
* Bouteloua gracilis
Blue grama
Water-wise Garden
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
bouteloua-gracilis
Clarkia unguiculata
Elegant Clarkia
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-clarkia-unguiculata
Cleome isomeris
Bladderpod
Earth Science Garden
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-cleome-isomeris
Constancea nevinii
Catalina silverlace
Garden of Dreams
http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2014/08/plan
t-of-month-august-catalina.html

2. Plant name Where seen Learn more about this plant
Diplacus aurantiacus
Sticky monkeyflower
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
diplacus-aurantiacus-311
Elymus glaucus
Blue wildrye
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-elymus-glaucus
Encelia californica
California bush sunflower
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
encelia-californica
Epilobium canum
California fuschia
Water-wise Garden
(cultivars)
http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2012/10/plan
t-of-month-october-california.html
Eriogonum fasciculatum
California buckwheat
Water-wise Garden
http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2014/06/plan
t-of-month-june-california.html
Eriogonum giganteum
St. Catherine’s lace
Garden of Dreams
http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2013/08/plan
t-of-month-august-st-catherines.html
* Eriogonum grande var.
rubescens
Red buckwheat
Garden of Dreams
http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2012/07/plan
t-of-month-july-red-buckwheat.html
Eriogonum parvifolium
Coastal buckwheat
Garden of Dreams
Heritage Creek
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-eriogonum-
parvifolium
Eschscholzia californica
Coastal California poppy
Earth Sciences Garden
Ecology Garden
Garden of Dreams
Heritage Creek
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-eschscholzia-
californica
Gambelia speciosa
Catalina snapdragon
Garden of Dreams
Water-wise Garden
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-gambelia-speciosa
Grindelia camporum
Big gumplant
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-grindelia-camporum
Grindelia hirsutula
Coastal gumplant
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
grindelia-hirsutula

3. Plant name Where seen Learn more about this plant
Hazardia squarrosa
Sawtooth goldenbush
Heritage Creek
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-hazardia-squarrosa
Helianthus annuus
Annual sunflower
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-helianthus-annuus
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Toyon; CA Christmas-berry
Garden of Dreams
http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2013/12/plan
t-of-month-december-toyon.html
* Hyptis emoryi
Desert lavender
Heritage Creek
(hedgerow)
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
hyptis-emoryi
Lavatera assurgentiflora
Southern island mallow
Garden of Dreams (under
trees near Victoria St.)
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-lavatera-
assurgentiflora
Layia platyglossa
Coastal tidy-tips
Earth Sciences Garden
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-layia-platyglossa
Malosma laurina
Laurel sumac
Heritage Creek
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-malosma-laurina
Nemophila menziesii
Baby blue-eyes
Earth Sciences Garden
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-nemophila-menziesii
Oenothera elata
Hooker’s evening primrose
Garden of Dreams
Heritage Creek
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-oenothera-elata-
29907243
Pluchea sericea
Arrowweed
Heritage Creek
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
pluchea-sericea
Pseudognaphalium
californicum
California everlasting
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-pseudognaphalium-
californicum
Rosa californica
California wild rose
Garden of Dreams
Heritage Creek
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-rosa-californica

4. Plant name Where seen Learn more about this plant
* Salvia clevelandii
Hybrid: one parent is S.
clevelandii
Cleveland sage
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
salvia-clevelandii
Salvia leucophylla
Purple sage
Garden of Dreams http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-salvia-leucophylla
Salvia spathacea
Hummingbird sage
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-salvia-spathacea
Sambucus nigra ssp.
cerulea
Blue (Mexican) elderberry
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-sambucus-caerulea
Sisyrinchium bellum
Western blue-eyed grass
Water-wise Garden
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-sisyrinchium-bellum
Sporobolus airoides
Alkali sacaton
Ecology Garden
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-sporobolus-airoides
Stachys bullata
California woodmint
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-stachys-bullata
Stipa (Nassella) lepida
Foothill needlegrass
Garden of Dreams
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/
gardening-sheet-stipa-lepida