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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!

bajada lupine 1
Lupinus concinnus
arroyo lupine 2
Lupinus succulentus
pinpoint clover 1
Trifolium gracilentum
foothill deervetch 3
Acmispon brachycarpus
California broom 4
Acmispon glaber glaber
Gambel's milkvetch 5
Astragalus gambelianus
Tree Clover 6
Trifolium ciliolatum
forest scurfpea 7
Rupertia physodes
Rose Clover 8
Trifolium hirtum
small-headed clover 6
Trifolium microcephalum
Loma Prieta hoita 9
Hoita strobilina
Big deervetch 2
Hosackia crassifolia
Meadow Bird's Foot Trefoil 2
Hosackia pinnata
Acmispon strigosus 10
Ottleya strigosa
deerweed 11
Acmispon glaber
Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus 12
Acmispon glaber brevialatus
chaparral bird's-foot trefoil 13
Acmispon grandiflorus
Acmispon grandiflorus var. grandiflorus 14
Acmispon grandiflorus grandiflorus
coastal bird's-foot trefoil 15
Acmispon maritimus
Acmispon maritimus var. maritimus 16
Acmispon maritimus maritimus
Small-flowered Lotus 17
Acmispon micranthus
Chile trefoil 18
Acmispon wrangelianus
Spanish clover 19
Acmispon americanus americanus
Silver Lupine 20
Lupinus albifrons
Miniature Lupine 21
Lupinus bicolor
Stinging Lupine 22
Lupinus hirsutissimus
cobb mountain lupine 23
Lupinus sericatus
Coulter's lupine 24
Lupinus sparsiflorus
collared annual lupine 22
Lupinus truncatus
Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus 25
Lathyrus vestitus vestitus
Braunton's milkvetch 26
Astragalus brauntonii
Astragalus didymocarpus var. dispermus 27
Astragalus didymocarpus dispermus
Santa Ynez goldenbanner
Thermopsis macrophylla

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

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