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Calflora Great Places to view California Native Plants:

Santiago Peak and Modjeska Peak

©2014 Ron Vanderhoff

Mount San Jacinto State Park

©2016 California State Parks

Joshua Tree National Park

©2011 James Gonsman



CNPS Chapter: Riverside-San Bernardino -- covering southwestern San Bernardino County and all of Riverside County.

Wildscaping for gardeners in Southern California: How to attract and nurture wildlife in your own yard.

Theodore Payne Foundation:
Native Plant Garden Tour

Tom Chester - Trail Guides for Southern California locations, organized by Jepson Bioregion

The California Chaparral Institute, Escondido

Sources of Native Plants
Riverside County
Acorn Cap Native Plant Nursery, The  PROFILE 
Wildomar 92595 Native Plant Nursery
Fremontia Horicultural  PROFILE 
Ontario 91761
Green Valley Nursery  PROFILE 
Indio 92203
Mockingbird Nurseries  PROFILE 
Riverside 92504
Upper Chase Nursery  PROFILE 
Riverside 92504 Wholesale
San Bernardino County
Mojave Desert Land Trust  PROFILE 
Joshua Tree 92252 plant sales 3 X a year
Oak Hills Nursery  PROFILE 
Herperia 92344
Imperial County
San Diego County
Anderson's Seed Co  PROFILE 
Escondido 92029 seeds
Briggs Nursery and Tree Company  PROFILE 
Vista 92081
Coastal Sage Gardening  PROFILE 
San Diego 92110
Evergreen Nursery  PROFILE 
San Diego 92110
Green Acres Nursery  PROFILE 
Vista 92084 wholesale
In Harmony Herbs and Spices  PROFILE 
San Diego 92167 seeds
Moosa Creek Nursery  PROFILE 
Valley Center 92082 wholesale
Recon Native Plants Inc.  PROFILE 
San Diego 92154 wholesale
Rincon Tribal Nursery  PROFILE 
Valley Center 92082
Sherman Nursery  PROFILE 
San Marcos 92069 Wholesale Nursery
Orange County
Flowerdale Nursery  PROFILE 
Santa Ana 92705
Tree of Life Nursery  PROFILE 
San Juan Capistrano 92693 wholesale, contract
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wild Plants in  Riverside County

Native Plants, by lifeform
Native Plants at the edge of their range
non-Native Plants
by Jepson Bioregion:
 
Mojave Desert
Sonoran Desert
Desert Mountains
Peninsular Ranges
South Coast
Transverse Ranges
  MAP of Riverside County

 

What Grows Here?
-- a county level flora --

 

 

 

Native Perennials that grow wild in Riverside County:   Trees  •  Shrubs  •  Perennials  •  Annuals  •  Ferns
Abutilon palmeri
Achillea millefolium
Achnatherum coronatum
Achnatherum hymenoides
Achnatherum speciosum
Acmispon glaber
Acmispon grandiflorus
Acmispon heermannii
Agastache urticifolia
Agave deserti
 
Agoseris grandiflora
Agrostis exarata
Agrostis idahoensis
Agrostis pallens
Agrostis scabra
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Alisma triviale
Allium haematochiton
Allium marvinii
Allium praecox
 
Allium unifolium
Ambrosia psilostachya
Ambrosia pumila
Anaphalis margaritacea
Anemopsis californica
Antennaria microphylla
Apocynum cannabinum
Aquilegia formosa
Aralia californica
Argemone munita
 
Aristida purpurea
Arnica chamissonis
Artemisia douglasiana
Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia ludoviciana
Arthrocnemum subterminale
Asclepias asperula
Asclepias californica
Asclepias eriocarpa
Asclepias erosa
 
Asclepias fascicularis
Asclepias subulata
Aster chilensis
Astragalus pomonensis
Astragalus purshii
Astragalus trichopodus
Baccharis douglasii
Baccharis glutinosa
Baileya multiradiata
Bidens laevis
 
Bloomeria crocea
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosus
Bolboschoenus robustus
Bothriochloa barbinodis
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua gracilis
Brickellia californica
Brodiaea coronaria
Bromus carinatus
 
Bromus carinatus var. marginatus
Bromus laevipes
Bromus marginatus
Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus
Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus
Calochortus albus
Calochortus catalinae
Calochortus splendens
Calochortus venustus
Calyptridium umbellatum
 
Calystegia macrostegia
Calystegia macrostegia ssp. cyclostegia
Calystegia purpurata
Carex athrostachya
Carex barbarae
Carex densa
Carex dudleyi
Carex globosa
Carex pellita
Carex praegracilis
 
Carex senta
Carex spissa
Carex subfusca
Castilleja angustifolia
Castilleja chromosa
Castilleja foliolosa
Castilleja miniata
Chamerion angustifolium
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Cirsium occidentale
Clematis lasiantha
 
Clematis ligusticifolia
Clinopodium chandleri
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
Cressa truxillensis
Croton californicus
Cucurbita foetidissima
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Cylindropuntia californica
Cyperus eragrostis
Datura inoxia
 
Datura wrightii
Delphinium cardinale
Deschampsia elongata
Dicentra chrysantha
Dicentra formosa
Dichelostemma capitatum
Dichondra donelliana
Dipterostemon capitatus
Distichlis spicata
Dodecatheon clevelandii
 
Dodecatheon jeffreyi
Drymocallis glandulosa
Dudleya cymosa
Dudleya edulis
Dudleya lanceolata
Dudleya pulverulenta
Dudleya virens
Ehrendorferia chrysantha
Eleocharis macrostachya
Eleocharis palustris
 
Elymus condensatus
Elymus elymoides
Elymus glaucus
Elymus multisetus
Elymus spicatus
Elymus trachycaulus
Elymus triticoides
Epilobium canum
Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium
Epipactis gigantea
 
Eriastrum densifolium
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron linearis
Erigeron lobatus
Eriogonum elongatum
Eriogonum latifolium
Eriogonum oblongifolium
Eriogonum umbellatum
Eriogonum wrightii
Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum
 
Eriophyllum lanatum
Erysimum capitatum
Erysimum menziesii
Erythranthe cardinalis
Erythranthe guttata
Erythranthe tilingii
Eschscholzia californica
Eschscholzia procera
Euthamia occidentalis
Festuca californica
 
Festuca occidentalis
Festuca rubra
Fragaria crinita
Fragaria vesca
Frankenia salina
Fritillaria biflora
Galium angustifolium
Glyceria elata
Glyceria striata
Gnaphalium californicum
 
Gnaphalium canescens
Gnaphalium stramineum
Grindelia camporum
Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi
Gutierrezia californica
Helenium bigelovii
Helenium puberulum
Helianthella californica
Helianthus californicus
Helianthus gracilentus
Heliotropium curassavicum
 
Heracleum lanatum
Heracleum maximum
Hesperostipa comata
Heterotheca grandiflora
Heterotheca villosa
Heuchera alpestris
Heuchera caespitosa
Heuchera cespitosa
Heuchera elegans
Heuchera hirsutissima
 
Heuchera parishii
Heuchera rubescens
Hilaria rigida
Hoita macrostachya
Hoita orbicularis
Hordeum brachyantherum
Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum
Hordeum jubatum
Horkelia cuneata
Hosackia crassifolia
 
Iris hartwegii
Iva hayesiana
Juncus acutus
Juncus balticus
Juncus effusus
Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus
Juncus effusus var. pacificus
Juncus mexicanus
Juncus patens
Juncus phaeocephalus
 
Juncus tenuis
Juncus textilis
Juncus torreyi
Juncus xiphioides
Koeleria macrantha
Lathyrus vestitus
Lemna minor
Lepidium fremontii
Lessingia filaginifolia
Lessingia filaginifolia var. californica
 
Lewisia rediviva
Leymus condensatus
Leymus triticoides
Lilium humboldtii
Lilium parryi
Linum lewisii
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia cardinalis var. pseudosplendens
Lobelia dunnii
Lobelia dunnii var. serrata
 
Lomatium dasycarpum
Lomatium dissectum
Lotus crassifolius
Lotus grandiflorus
Lotus heermannii
Lotus scoparius
Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus
Lupinus bicolor
Lupinus formosus
Lupinus latifolius
 
Lupinus polyphyllus
Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei
Lupinus rivularis
Luzula comosa
Luzula comosa var. laxa
Maianthemum racemosum
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule
Maianthemum stellatum
Malacothrix saxatilis
Malvella leprosa
 
Marah fabacea
Marah fabaceus
Marah fabaceus var. agrestis
Marah macrocarpa
Marah macrocarpus
Melica californica
Melica imperfecta
Mentha arvensis
Mentha canadensis
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Mimulus cardinalis
 
Mimulus guttatus
Mimulus primuloides
Mimulus tilingii
Mirabilis bigelovii
Mirabilis californica
Mirabilis laevis
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
Mirabilis multiflora
Monardella linoides
 
Monardella linoides ssp. viminea
Monardella macrantha
Monardella odoratissima
Monardella villosa
Monardella viminea
Montia parvifolia
Muhlenbergia dumosa
Muhlenbergia rigens
Nassella cernua
Nassella lepida
 
Nassella pulchra
Nasturtium officinale
Nolina bigelovii
Nolina parryi
Oenanthe sarmentosa
Oenothera caespitosa
Oenothera californica
Oenothera cespitosa
Oenothera elata
Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima
 
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri
Oenothera villosa ssp. strigosa
Oreostemma alpigenum
Osmorhiza berteroi
Osmorhiza chilensis
Penstemon centranthifolius
Penstemon clevelandii
Penstemon eatonii
Penstemon grinnellii
Penstemon heterophyllus
 
Penstemon newberryi
Penstemon palmeri
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Penstemon rostriflorus
Penstemon speciosus
Penstemon spectabilis
Persicaria punctata
Phacelia californica
Phacelia cinerea
Phacelia imbricata
 
Phacelia ramosissima
Phacelia ramosissima var. latifolia
Phacelia ramosissima var. montereyensis
Phyla nodiflora
Phyla nodiflora var. incisa
Plantago subnuda
Pleuraphis rigida
Pluchea odorata
Poa ampla
Poa fendleriana
 
Poa juncifolia
Poa nevadensis
Poa secunda
Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Polygonum punctatum
Potentilla glandulosa
Potentilla gracilis
Primula clevelandii
Primula jeffreyi
Prunella vulgaris
 
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
Pseudognaphalium biolettii
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Pseudognaphalium microcephalum
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Pseudoroegneria spicata
Pycnanthemum californicum
Ranunculus californicus
Ranunculus occidentalis
Romneya coulteri
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
 
Rumex salicifolius
Sagittaria latifolia
Salicornia pacifica
Salicornia subterminalis
Satureja chandleri
Schoenoplectus acutus
Schoenoplectus americanus
Schoenoplectus californicus
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Scirpus americanus
 
Scirpus californicus
Scirpus maritimus
Scirpus microcarpus
Scirpus robustus
Scirpus tabernaemontani
Scrophularia californica
Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda
Scutellaria siphocampyloides
Sedum spathulifolium
Senna covesii
 
Sidalcea malviflora
Sidalcea oregana
Silene laciniata
Sisyrinchium bellum
Smilacina racemosa
Smilacina stellata
Solanum douglasii
Solanum xanti
Solidago californica
Solidago confinis
 
Solidago sparsiflora
Solidago velutina
Solidago velutina ssp. californica
Sparganium eurycarpum
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Sporobolus airoides
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Stachys ajugoides
Stachys albens
Stachys bullata
 
Stachys pycnantha
Stachys rigida
Stanleya pinnata
Stipa cernua
Stipa comata
Stipa coronata
Stipa hymenoides
Stipa lepida
Stipa pulchra
Stipa speciosa
 
Suaeda moquinii
Suaeda nigra
Symphyotrichum chilense
Thalictrum fendleri
Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum
Thalictrum polycarpum
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Toxicoscordion fremontii
Trifolium wormskioldii
Trillium albidum
 
Triteleia laxa
Typha domingensis
Typha latifolia
Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea
Venegasia carpesioides
Veratrum californicum
Verbena lasiostachys
Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida
Veronica americana
 
Vicia americana
Viola adunca
Xylorhiza tortifolia
Zigadenus fremontii