Botanical Inhabitants of Pinnacles National Park

Guide to the plant communities of Pinnacles

Species list taken from the Pinnacles Vascular Species List from the NPS Inventory and Monitoring

Complex Achillea millefolium 1
Achillea millefolium
Blow Wives 2
Achyrachaena mollis
annual bur-sage 3
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
woolly fishhooks 4
Ancistrocarphus filagineus
Stinking chamomile 5
Anthemis cotula
biennial wormwood 6
Artemisia biennis
California sagebrush 7
Artemisia californica
California mugwort 8
Artemisia douglasiana
Tarragon 9
Artemisia dracunculus
marsh baccharis 10
Baccharis glutinosa
coyote brush 11
Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia
Baccharis salicifolia salicifolia
Glandular Big Tarweed 4
Blepharizonia laxa
California brickellbush 12
Brickellia californica
Fitch's tarweed 13
Centromadia fitchii
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula
Chaenactis glabriuscula glabriuscula
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. lanosa 14
Chaenactis glabriuscula lanosa
Brass Buttons 15
Cotula coronopifolia
Three-ray tarweed 16
Deinandra lobbii
Salinas River Tarweed 17
Deinandra pentactis
Stinkwort 18
Dittrichia graveolens
horseweed 19
Erigeron canadensis
Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Erigeron foliosus foliosus
Erigeron petrophilus var. petrophilus 2
Erigeron petrophilus petrophilus
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 20
Eriophyllum confertiflorum confertiflorum
many-stem woolly sunflower 21
Eriophyllum multicaule
western goldenrod 22
Euthamia occidentalis
western marsh cudweed 23
Gnaphalium palustre
Great Valley gumweed 24
Grindelia camporum
California matchweed 21
Gutierrezia californica
Rosilla 2
Helenium puberulum
Hesperevax acaulis var. ambusticola 25
Hesperevax acaulis ambusticola
Telegraphweed 26
Heterotheca grandiflora
Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. echioides 25
Heterotheca sessiliflora echioides
common hareleaf 21
Lagophylla ramosissima
California goldfields 21
Lasthenia californica
small-ray goldfields 27
Lasthenia microglossa
whitedaisy tidytips 28
Layia glandulosa
Tall Tidytips 29
Layia hieracioides
Layia pentachaeta ssp. pentachaeta 30
Layia pentachaeta pentachaeta
Douglas' Tickseed 31
Leptosyne douglasii
Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera 32
Lessingia glandulifera glandulifera
spring lessingia 25
Lessingia tenuis
California cottonrose 33
Logfia filaginoides
narrowleaf cottonrose 34
Logfia gallica
Common Madia 21
Madia elegans
small tarweed 35
Madia exigua
grassy tarweed 21
Madia gracilis
coast tarweed 36
Madia sativa
pineapple-weed 37
Matricaria discoidea
Micropus californicus var. californicus 38
Micropus californicus californicus
Brewer's ragwort 16
Packera breweri
Tiny Pygmydaisy
Pentachaeta alsinoides
Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica 2
Pentachaeta exilis aeolica
Pentachaeta exilis ssp. exilis
Pentachaeta exilis exilis
Fragrant Everlasting 39
Pseudognaphalium beneolens
two-color rabbit tobacco 40
Pseudognaphalium biolettii
California cudweed 21
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Jersey Cudweed 41
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
cottonbatting plant 42
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
slender woolly-marbles 43
Psilocarphus tenellus
wirestem 42
Rigiopappus leptocladus
San Gabriel ragwort
Senecio astephanus
California ragwort 44
Senecio californicus
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii 45
Senecio flaccidus douglasii
common groundsel 46
Senecio vulgaris
Solidago velutina ssp. californica 21
Solidago velutina californica
everlasting neststraw 47
Stylocline gnaphaloides
Gray Mule-Ears 4
Wyethia helenioides
spiny cocklebur 48
Xanthium spinosum
rough cocklebur 49
Xanthium strumarium

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