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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!

miniature suncup 1
Camissoniopsis micrantha
fairy fans 2
Clarkia breweri
canyon clarkia 3
Clarkia epilobioides
Winecup Clarkia 1
Clarkia purpurea
Clarkia purpurea ssp. purpurea 4
Clarkia purpurea purpurea
Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera
Clarkia purpurea quadrivulnera
Elegant Clarkia 5
Clarkia unguiculata
Clarkia concinna ssp. automixa 2
Clarkia concinna automixa
Clarkia concinna ssp. concinna 6
Clarkia concinna concinna
panicled willowherb 7
Epilobium brachycarpum
Epilobium canum ssp. canum 8
Epilobium canum canum
plains evening primrose 9
Camissonia contorta
sandysoil suncup 10
Camissonia strigulosa
California sun cup 11
Camissoniopsis bistorta
hairy suncup 5
Camissoniopsis hirtella
Jurupa Hills Sun Cup 12
Camissoniopsis ignota
intermediate suncup 2
Camissoniopsis intermedia
Eulobus californica 5
Eulobus californicus

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

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