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California Academy of Sciences Living Roof Flora

A guide to the plant species that inhabit the Osher Living Roof of Cal Academy in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.

California Poppy 1
Eschscholzia californica
Beach strawberry 2
Fragaria chiloensis
common selfheal 3
Prunella vulgaris
common yarrow 4
Achillea millefolium
silver burr ragweed 5
Ambrosia chamissonis
Common Deerweed 6
Acmispon glaber
pearly everlasting 7
Anaphalis margaritacea
california sweet grass 8
Anthoxanthum occidentale
Pinemat Manzanita 9
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Western Columbine 10
Aquilegia formosa
Little Sur manzanita 11
Arctostaphylos edmundsii
California sagebrush 12
Artemisia californica
California thrift 13
Armeria maritima californica
California Mugwort 14
Artemisia douglasiana
beach wormwood 13
Artemisia pycnocephala
Western wild ginger 7
Asarum caudatum
Nuttall's Milkvetch 15
Astragalus nuttallii
Coyote Brush 16
Baccharis pilularis
sanddune sedge 17
Carex pansa
field sedge 18
Carex praegracilis
maritime ceanothus 19
Ceanothus maritimus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 20
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus griseus
California Aster 6
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
Coast Dudleya 21
Dudleya caespitosa
Canyon Live-forever 13
Dudleya cymosa
bluff lettuce 22
Dudleya farinosa
lanceleaf liveforever 22
Dudleya lanceolata
Chalk Dudleya 23
Dudleya pulverulenta
Epilobium canum ssp. canum 24
Epilobium canum canum
Rough Horsetail 25
Equisetum hyemale
Seaside Daisy 26
Erigeron glaucus
Eriogonum grande var. rubescens 27
Eriogonum grande rubescens
seaside buckwheat 28
Eriogonum latifolium
Seacliff Wild Buckwheat 6
Eriogonum parvifolium
Sulphur flower 15
Eriogonum umbellatum
Seaside Woolly Sunflower 29
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
California fescue 30
Festuca californica
hairy gumweed 31
Grindelia hirsutula
Oregon gumplant 28
Grindelia stricta
island alumroot 32
Heuchera maxima
Crevice Alumroot 33
Heuchera micrantha
Douglas iris 34
Iris douglasiana
Baltic rush 35
Juncus balticus
spreading rush 15
Juncus patens
irisleaf rush 36
Juncus xiphioides
California Goldfields 22
Lasthenia californica
Tidy Tips 37
Layia platyglossa
American dune grass 38
Leymus mollis
Pink Honeysuckle 22
Lonicera hispidula
Miniature Lupine 39
Lupinus bicolor
Sky Lupine 22
Lupinus nanus
Varied Lupine 40
Lupinus variicolor
Orange Bush Monkeyflower 41
Mimulus aurantiacus
Scarlet Monkeyflower 10
Mimulus cardinalis
Seep Monkeyflower 42
Mimulus guttatus
coyote mint 22
Monardella villosa
California Wax Myrtle 40
Morella californica
deergrass 43
Muhlenbergia rigens
baby-blue-eyes 44
Nemophila menziesii
bunchleaf penstemon 44
Penstemon heterophyllus
California phacelia 34
Phacelia californica
dotseed plantain 22
Plantago erecta
Western Swordfern 16
Polystichum munitum
Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata 45
Prunella vulgaris lanceolata
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens 46
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens
California buttercup 47
Ranunculus californicus
fuchsiaflower gooseberry 48
Ribes speciosum
California wild rose 41
Rosa californica
California blackberry 49
Rubus ursinus
Black Sage 6
Salvia mellifera
Sonoma sage 50
Salvia sonomensis
hummingbird sage 51
Salvia spathacea
California figwort 52
Scrophularia californica
Colorado Stonecrop 53
Sedum spathulifolium
Sidalcea malvaeflora 29
Sidalcea malviflora
Western Blue-eyed Grass 31
Sisyrinchium bellum
golden blue-eyed grass 29
Sisyrinchium californicum
Solidago velutina ssp. californica 22
Solidago velutina californica
California Hedge Nettle 29
Stachys bullata
Stipa pulchra 54
Nassella pulchra
Giant Chain Fern 55
Woodwardia fimbriata
cow parsnip
Heracleum maximum
Henderson's angelica 40
Angelica hendersonii
California pitcher sage 22
Lepechinia calycina
Coulter's matilija poppy 56
Romneya coulteri
Utah serviceberry 35
Amelanchier utahensis
yerba mansa 10
Anemopsis californica
Horseweed 57
Erigeron canadensis
elegant clarkia 22
Clarkia unguiculata
Chinese houses 58
Collinsia concolor
Hooker's evening primrose 10
Oenothera elata hookeri
alpine fescue 59
Festuca brachyphylla breviculmis
red fescue 60
Festuca rubra
purple needlegrass 54
Nassella pulchra
farewell-to-spring 61
Clarkia amoena
California Dutchman's Pipe 10
Aristolochia californica
showy milkweed 10
Asclepias speciosa
Winecup Clarkia 13
Clarkia purpurea
common madia 22
Madia elegans
two-fork clover
Trifolium amoenum

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