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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!

Lacy phacelia 1
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Pholistoma auritum var. auritum
Pholistoma auritum auritum
Racemed Fiestaflower 2
Pholistoma racemosum
Shortlobe Phacelia 3
Phacelia brachyloba
caterpillar scorpionweed 4
Phacelia cicutaria
Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida 5
Phacelia cicutaria hispida
Davidson's phacelia 6
Phacelia davidsonii
distant phacelia 7
Phacelia distans
Large-flowered Phacelia 8
Phacelia grandiflora
Mountain Phacelia 9
Phacelia imbricata
Santiago Peak phacelia 10
Phacelia keckii
stinging phacelia 4
Phacelia malvifolia
wild canterbury bells 11
Phacelia minor
Parry's phacelia 6
Phacelia parryi
Sweet Scented Phacelia 12
Phacelia suaveolens
Sticky Phacelia 13
Phacelia viscida
Phacelia nemoralis ssp. nemoralis 14
Phacelia nemoralis nemoralis
White nemophila 15
Nemophila heterophylla
Menzies' baby blue eyes 16
Nemophila menziesii
small-flowered nemophila 17
Nemophila parviflora
Fiesta Flower 18
Pholistoma auritum
white fiesta flower 19
Pholistoma membranaceum
common eucrypta 20
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia 21
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia chrysanthemifolia
whispering bells 6
Emmenanthe penduliflora
Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora 22
Emmenanthe penduliflora penduliflora

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

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