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SITP Balboa Park Species Guide

A guide for School in the Park students to help them identify species for their SITP project at The San Diego Natural History Museum.

crimson clover 1
Trifolium incarnatum
white clover 2
Trifolium repens
deerweed 3
Acmispon glaber
American Coral Tree 4
Erythrina americana
Toyon 5
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Dwarf Nettle 6
Urtica urens
Greater periwinkle 7
Vinca major
Common Purslane 8
Portulaca oleracea
nightblooming cereus 9
Peniocereus greggii
Coast Cholla 10
Cylindropuntia prolifera
California buckwheat 11
Eriogonum fasciculatum
St. Catherine's-lace 12
Eriogonum giganteum
Common Catchfly 5
Silene gallica
Crystalline Ice Plant 13
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Wishbone Bush 14
Mirabilis laevis
nettle-leaved goosefoot 8
Chenopodium murale
Australian saltbush 15
Atriplex semibaccata
Prickly Russian Thistle 16
Salsola tragus
Redmaids 17
Calandrinia menziesii
jojoba 18
Simmondsia chinensis
Two-color Rabbit Tobacco 19
Pseudognaphalium biolettii
California Sagebrush 20
Artemisia californica
Australian Waterbuttons 21
Cotula australis
Garland Daisy 22
Glebionis coronaria
Glebionis coronaria discolor 23
mule fat 5
Baccharis salicifolia
common sowthistle 24
Sonchus oleraceus
Coastal Goldenbush 5
Isocoma menziesii
Lemonade Berry 25
Rhus integrifolia
Peruvian peppertree 26
Schinus molle
Brazilian pepper tree 27
Schinus terebinthifolius
Laurel Sumac 28
Malosma laurina
Showy Honey-myrtle 29
Melaleuca nesophila
Denseflower Indian Paintbrush 30
Castilleja densiflora
African tulip tree 31
Spathodea campanulata
Black Sage 3
Salvia mellifera
white horehound 32
Marrubium vulgare
Texas toadflax 33
Nuttallanthus texanus
California poppy 34
Eschscholzia californica
sacred datura 35
Datura wrightii
tree tobacco 36
Nicotiana glauca
Southern Honeysuckle 19
Lonicera subspicata
black elderberry 37
Sambucus nigra
cheeseweed mallow 38
Malva parviflora
chaparral bush-mallow 5
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
chaparral bush-mallow 39
Malacothamnus fasciculatus fasciculatus
Arroyo Willow 40
Salix lasiolepis
Petty Spurge 41
Euphorbia peplus
spotted spurge 42
Euphorbia maculata
Canary Island St. John's Wort 43
Hypericum canariense
Caterpillar Phacelia 40
Phacelia cicutaria
Thick-leaved Yerba Santa 14
Eriodictyon crassifolium
common eucrypta 14
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia
narrow-toothed pectocarya 44
Pectocarya linearis ferocula
shepherd's purse 45
Capsella bursa-pastoris
London rocket 46
Sisymbrium irio
wild radish 47
Raphanus sativus
Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry 48
Ribes speciosum
jade plant 49
Crassula ovata
Cape Smilax 50
Asparagus asparagoides
Belladonna Lily 51
Amaryllis belladonna
Onion-Leafed Asphodel 52
Asphodelus fistulosus
Mexican Fan Palm 53
Washingtonia robusta

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