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California Fire Follower Flowers

Compiled from multiple sources, this guide represents mostly herbaceous (but a few showy shrubs) plants that respond to fire in California.
It includes both native and non-native species; please send additions to boschniakia!

flatbud prickly poppy 1
Argemone munita
sixweeks three-awn 2
Aristida adscensionis
California mugwort 3
Artemisia douglasiana
fringed redmaids 4
Calandrinia ciliata
Clubhair Mariposa Lily 5
Calochortus clavatus
Plummer's Mariposa Lily 6
Calochortus plummerae
Butterfly Mariposa Lily 7
Calochortus venustus
miniature suncup 8
Camissoniopsis micrantha
Coast Paintbrush 9
Castilleja affinis
purple owl's-clover 10
Castilleja exserta
Turkish rugging 11
Chorizanthe staticoides
Cobwebby Thistle 12
Cirsium occidentale
seaside calandrinia 11
Cistanthe maritima
small-flowered morning-glory 13
Convolvulus simulans
turkey mullein 14
Croton setiger
California dodder 15
Cuscuta californica
Clustered Tarweed 16
Deinandra fasciculata
Zigzag Larkspur 17
Delphinium patens
Western Tansymustard 18
Descurainia pinnata
western ponysfoot 19
Dichondra occidentalis
southern bush monkeyflower 20
Diplacus longiflorus
Blue Dicks 21
Dipterostemon capitatus
Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Erigeron foliosus foliosus
smallseed sandmat 8
Euphorbia polycarpa
sixweeks grass 22
Festuca octoflora
San Diego bedstraw
Galium nuttallii
Carolina crane's-bill 23
Geranium carolinianum
heartleaf keckiella 22
Keckiella cordifolia
Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii 24
Lepidium virginicum menziesii
Spreading Pygmyleaf 25
Loeflingia squarrosa
Shiny Biscuitroot 26
Lomatium lucidum
bajada lupine 27
Lupinus concinnus
arroyo lupine 20
Lupinus succulentus
Cliff Aster 28
Malacothrix saxatilis
False Monkeyflower 29
Mimetanthe pilosa
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia 30
Mirabilis laevis crassifolia
Nuttall's threadplant 31
Nemacladus ramosissimus
California woodsorrel 8
Oxalis californica
Lacy phacelia 32
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Pholistoma auritum var. auritum
Pholistoma auritum auritum
Racemed Fiestaflower 33
Pholistoma racemosum
Piperia unalascensis 34
Platanthera unalascensis
white rabbit-tobacco 35
Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum
splendid woodland-gilia 36
Saltugilia splendens
purple nightshade 37
Solanum xanti
Southern Umbrellawort 38
Tauschia arguta
Hairy Horsebrush 39
Tetradymia comosa
pinpoint clover 27
Trifolium gracilentum
clasping Venus's looking glass 40
Triodanis perfoliata
canyon sunflower 41
Venegasia carpesioides
Vulpia microstachys 42
Festuca microstachys
foothill deervetch 30
Acmispon brachycarpus
California broom 43
Acmispon glaber glaber
goldback fern 44
Pentagramma triangularis
Coffee Fern 14
Pellaea andromedifolia
bird's foot cliffbrake 6
Pellaea mucronata
Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata 45
Pellaea mucronata mucronata
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens 46
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens
Gambel's milkvetch 44
Astragalus gambelianus
western sword fern 24
Polystichum munitum
coastal woodfern 30
Dryopteris arguta
Tree Clover 37
Trifolium ciliolatum
forest scurfpea 47
Rupertia physodes
Rose Clover 48
Trifolium hirtum
small-headed clover 37
Trifolium microcephalum
Loma Prieta hoita 49
Hoita strobilina
Big deervetch 20
Hosackia crassifolia
Polygala californica 50
Rhinotropis californica
Meadow Bird's Foot Trefoil 20
Hosackia pinnata
Dwarf Nettle 41
Urtica urens
Acmispon strigosus 15
Ottleya strigosa
Western Star Flower 51
Lysimachia latifolia
Primula clevelandii var. clevelandii 52
Primula clevelandii clevelandii
fringed linanthus 53
Linanthus dianthiflorus
deerweed 16
Acmispon glaber
Orcutt's linanthus 54
Linanthus orcuttii
Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus 55
Acmispon glaber brevialatus
California gilia 56
Gilia achilleifolia
chaparral gilia 57
Gilia angelensis
chaparral bird's-foot trefoil 58
Acmispon grandiflorus
bluehead gilia 59
Gilia capitata
Acmispon grandiflorus var. grandiflorus 60
Acmispon grandiflorus grandiflorus
coastal bird's-foot trefoil 61
Acmispon maritimus
Gilia capitata ssp. abrotanifolia
Gilia capitata abrotanifolia
Acmispon maritimus var. maritimus 62
Acmispon maritimus maritimus
Gilia capitata ssp. capitata 63
Gilia capitata capitata
Small-flowered Lotus 64
Acmispon micranthus
purplespot gilia 65
Gilia clivorum
Chile trefoil 66
Acmispon wrangelianus
coastal gilia 67
Gilia diegensis
Spanish clover 68
Acmispon americanus americanus
purple false gilia 65
Allophyllum divaricatum
Sticky false gilia
Allophyllum glutinosum
Silver Lupine 63
Lupinus albifrons
Miniature Lupine 69
Lupinus bicolor
Allophyllum gilioides gilioides 70
Stinging Lupine 71
Lupinus hirsutissimus
Calistoga Pincushionplant 66
Navarretia heterodoxa
Honey-scented pincushion plant 72
Navarretia mellita
cobb mountain lupine 73
Lupinus sericatus

Edited by boschniakia, and Jose Esparza, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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