Native Plants of San Mateo County

A local guide to the flora of our fair county. SMC is a medium size county in central coastal California containing numerous biological preserves, state and local parks. It is home to numerous microclimates and a variety of ecological subregions including ocean beaches, salt marshes, coastal ...more ↓

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Coyote Brush ¹
Baccharis pilularis

white-rayed pentachaeta
Pentachaeta bellidiflora

San Mateo woolly sunflower ²
Eriophyllum latilobum

Tidy Tips ³
Layia platyglossa

California Mugwort ⁴
Artemisia douglasiana

common yarrow ⁵
Achillea millefolium

Pearly Everlasting ⁶
Anaphalis margaritacea

Golden Yarrow ⁷
Eriophyllum confertiflorum

smooth mule-ears ⁸
Wyethia glabra

Lasthenia glabrata ⁹

Pacific Aster ¹⁰
Symphyotrichum chilense

California Sagebrush ¹¹
Artemisia californica

California goldfields ⁸
Lasthenia californica

California Cudweed ¹²
Pseudognaphalium californicum

coast tarweed ¹³
Madia sativa

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