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!

All 403

California mugwort ¹
Artemisia douglasiana

Cobwebby Thistle ²
Cirsium occidentale

Clustered Tarweed ³
Deinandra fasciculata

Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Erigeron foliosus foliosus

Cliff Aster ⁴
Malacothrix saxatilis

white rabbit-tobacco ⁵
Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum

Hairy Horsebrush ⁶
Tetradymia comosa

canyon sunflower ⁷
Venegasia carpesioides

Venus Thistle ⁸
Cirsium occidentale venustum

milk thistle ⁹
Silybum marianum

Smooth Cat's Ear ¹⁰
Hypochaeris glabra

Common Cat's-ear ¹¹
Hypochaeris radicata

white hawkweed ¹²
Hieracium albiflorum

Common Sow-thistle ¹³
Sonchus oleraceus

Sonchus asper ssp. asper ¹⁴
Sonchus asper asper

Willowleaf Lettuce ⁸
Lactuca saligna

prickly lettuce ¹⁵
Lactuca serriola

silverpuffs ¹⁶
Uropappus lindleyi

mountain dandelion ¹⁷
Agoseris heterophylla

California chicory ⁸
Rafinesquia californica

rod wirelettuce ¹⁸
Stephanomeria virgata

Annual Desert-Dandelion ¹⁹
Malacothrix clevelandii

Woolly Desertdandelion ²⁰
Malacothrix floccifera

Sacapellote ²¹
Acourtia microcephala

Royal Goldfields
Lasthenia coronaria

Golden Yarrow ²²
Eriophyllum confertiflorum

Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum ²³
Eriophyllum confertiflorum confertiflorum

common woolly sunflower ²⁴
Eriophyllum lanatum

Eriophyllum lanatum var. achilleoides
Eriophyllum lanatum achilleoides

woodland woollythreads ⁸
Monolopia gracilens

tidy tips ²⁵
Layia platyglossa

grassy tarweed ⁸
Madia gracilis

coast tarweed ²⁶
Madia sativa

woodland madia ⁸
Anisocarpus madioides

nodding tarweed ²⁷
Harmonia nutans

California cudweed ⁸
Pseudognaphalium californicum

cottonbatting plant ²¹
Pseudognaphalium stramineum

California cottonrose ²⁸
Logfia filaginoides

narrowleaf cottonrose ²⁹
Logfia gallica

Achillea millefolium

roughleaf aster ³⁰
Eurybia radulina

Golden-fleece ³¹
Ericameria arborescens

Ericameria parishii var. parishii
Ericameria parishii parishii

Telegraphweed ³²
Heterotheca grandiflora

California ragwort ³³
Senecio californicus

common groundsel ³⁴
Senecio vulgaris

slender sunflower ³⁵
Helianthus gracilentus

odora ³⁶
Porophyllum gracile

Artemisia-leaved Chaenactis ³⁷
Chaenactis artemisiifolia

Common Yellow Chaenactis ³
Chaenactis glabriuscula

Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula
Chaenactis glabriuscula glabriuscula

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California Fire Follower Flowers

California mugwort 1 Artemisia douglasiana

Cobwebby Thistle 2 Cirsium occidentale

Clustered Tarweed 3 Deinandra fasciculata

Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus Erigeron foliosus foliosus

Cliff Aster 4 Malacothrix saxatilis

white rabbit-tobacco 5 Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum

Hairy Horsebrush 6 Tetradymia comosa

canyon sunflower 7 Venegasia carpesioides

Venus Thistle 8 Cirsium occidentale venustum

milk thistle 9 Silybum marianum

Smooth Cat's Ear 10 Hypochaeris glabra

Common Cat's-ear 11 Hypochaeris radicata

white hawkweed 12 Hieracium albiflorum

Common Sow-thistle 13 Sonchus oleraceus

Sonchus asper ssp. asper 14 Sonchus asper asper

Willowleaf Lettuce 8 Lactuca saligna

prickly lettuce 15 Lactuca serriola

silverpuffs 16 Uropappus lindleyi

mountain dandelion 17 Agoseris heterophylla

California chicory 8 Rafinesquia californica

rod wirelettuce 18 Stephanomeria virgata

Annual Desert-Dandelion 19 Malacothrix clevelandii

Woolly Desertdandelion 20 Malacothrix floccifera

Sacapellote 21 Acourtia microcephala

Royal Goldfields Lasthenia coronaria

Golden Yarrow 22 Eriophyllum confertiflorum

Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 23 Eriophyllum confertiflorum confertiflorum

common woolly sunflower 24 Eriophyllum lanatum

Eriophyllum lanatum var. achilleoides Eriophyllum lanatum achilleoides

woodland woollythreads 8 Monolopia gracilens

tidy tips 25 Layia platyglossa

grassy tarweed 8 Madia gracilis

coast tarweed 26 Madia sativa

woodland madia 8 Anisocarpus madioides

nodding tarweed 27 Harmonia nutans

California cudweed 8 Pseudognaphalium californicum

cottonbatting plant 21 Pseudognaphalium stramineum

California cottonrose 28 Logfia filaginoides

narrowleaf cottonrose 29 Logfia gallica