| Criteria: found in Kern County • is not native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 569 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 321 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Biennial | 1 plant | ||
Lifeform: Perennial | 172 plants | ||
| Achillea filipendulina | Fernleaf yarrow | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Acroptilon repens ! | Russian knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Ageratina adenophora ! | Thoroughwort | Perennial herb | |
| Agropyron cristatum | Crested wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 5 |
| Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum | Crested wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Agropyron desertorum | Desert crested wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Agropyron fragile | Crested wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Agrostis avenacea ! | Pacific bentgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Agrostis semiverticillata | Beardless rabbitsfoot grass | Perennial grass | |
| Agrostis stolonifera ! | Redtop | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Agrostis viridis | Bentgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Arundo donax ! | Giant reed | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Asparagus officinalis | Garden asparagus | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Asparagus officinalis ssp. officinalis | Asparagus | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Asphodelus fistulosus ! | Onionweed | Perennial herb | |
| Atriplex semibaccata ! | Australian saltbush | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Barbarea verna | Wintercress | Perennial herb | |
| Barbarea vulgaris | Yellow rocket | Perennial herb | |
| Beta vulgaris | Beet | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris | Beet | Perennial herb | |
| Bromus inermis | Smooth brome | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Bromus inermis ssp. inermis | Smooth brome | Perennial grass | |
| Cardaria chalepensis | Lens podded hoary cress | Perennial herb | |
| Cardaria draba | Heart podded hoary cress | Perennial herb | |
| Cardaria pubescens | White top | Perennial herb | |
| Carum carvi | Caraway | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Centaurea biebersteinii | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea maculosa | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea stoebe | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos ! | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Cerastium fontanum | Common mouse ear chickweed | Perennial herb | |
| Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare | Common chickweed | Perennial herb | |
| Chloris gayana | Rhodes grass | Perennial grass | |
| Cicer arietinum | Chick pea | Perennial herb | |
| Cichorium intybus | Chicory | Perennial herb | 9 |
| Cirsium arvense ! | Canada thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Cirsium canescens | Prairie thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Cirsium undulatum | Wavy leaved thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Cirsium vulgare ! | Bullthistle | Perennial herb | |
| Conium maculatum ! | Poison hemlock | Perennial herb | |
| Convolvulus arvensis | Field bindweed | Perennial herb, Vine | |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Garden coreopsis | Perennial herb | 15 |
| Cortaderia selloana ! | Pampas grass | Perennial grass | 11 |
| Cotula coronopifolia ! | Brass buttons | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Cynara cardunculus ! | Cardoon | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Cynodon dactylon ! | Bermuda grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Cyperus rotundus | Nutgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Dactylis glomerata ! | Orchardgrass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Daucus carota | Carrot | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Dipsacus fullonum ! | Wild teasel | Perennial herb | |
| Egeria densa ! | Brazilian water weed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Eichhornia crassipes ! | Water hyacinth | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Elymus hispidus | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Elymus ponticus | Tall wheat grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Elytrigia elongata | Tall wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Elytrigia intermedia | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Elytrigia intermedia ssp. barbulata | Barbed intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Elytrigia intermedia ssp. intermedia | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Elytrigia pontica | Tall wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Elytrigia pontica ssp. pontica | Rush wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Eriogonum effusum | Spreading buckwheat | Perennial herb | |
| Festuca arundinacea ! | Reed fescue | Perennial grass | 7 |
| Festuca pratensis | Meadow fescue | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Foeniculum vulgare ! | Fennel | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Gamochaeta pensylvanica | Pennsylvania everlasting | Perennial herb | |
| Grindelia squarrosa | Curlycup gumweed | Perennial herb | |
| Grindelia squarrosa var. serrulata | Curlycup gumweed | Perennial herb | |
| Hirschfeldia incana ! | Mustard | Perennial herb | |
| Holcus lanatus ! | Common velvetgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides | Lawn marsh pennywort | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Hypericum perforatum ! | Klamathweed | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Hypericum perforatum ssp. perforatum | Klamathweed | Perennial herb | |
| Hypochaeris radicata ! | Hairy cats ear | Perennial herb | |
| Iris pseudacorus ! | Horticultural iris | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Juncus usitatus | Perennial grass | ||
| Lactuca virosa | Poison wild lettuce | Perennial herb | |
| Lathyrus latifolius ! | Sweet pea | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Lathyrus pauciflorus | Fewflower pea | Perennial herb | |
| Lathyrus venosus | Veiny pea | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Lepidium alyssoides | Mesa pepperwort | Perennial herb | |
| Lepidium appelianum ! | Hairy whitetop | Perennial herb | |
| Lepidium draba ! | Whitetop | Perennial herb | |
| Lepidium draba ssp. chalepense | Lenspod whitetop | Perennial herb | |
| Lepidium draba ssp. draba | Whitetop | Perennial herb | |
| Lepidium latifolium ! | Perennial pepperweed | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria dalmatica | Dalmatian toadflax | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica ! | Dalmatian toadflax | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria genistifolia | Broomleaf toadflax | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica | Dalmatian toad flax | Perennial herb | |
| Linum perenne | Blue flax | Perennial herb | 38 |
| Lobularia maritima ! | Sweet alyssum | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Lolium perenne | Perennial rye grass | Perennial grass | 5 |
| Lotus corniculatus | Bird's foot trefoil | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Lotus pedunculatus | Big trefoil | Perennial herb | |
| Lotus uliginosus | Marsh lotus | Perennial herb | |
| Ludwigia peploides ! | Marsh purslane | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Lythrum salicaria ! | Purple loosestrife | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Malva sylvestris | High mallow | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Marrubium vulgare ! | White horehound | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Matthiola longipetala | Night scented stock | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Medicago sativa | Alfalfa | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Mentha Xpiperita | Peppermint | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Mentha spicata | Spearmint | Perennial herb | 7 |
| Modiola caroliniana | Carolina bristle mallow | Perennial herb | |
| Myriophyllum aquaticum ! | Parrot's feather | Perennial herb (aquatic) | 1 |
| Onopordum acanthium ! | Scotch cottonthistle | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis corniculata | Creeping wood sorrel | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis pes-caprae ! | Bermuda buttercup | Perennial herb | |
| Paspalum dilatatum | Dallis grass | Perennial grass | |
| Peganum harmala ! | Harmal peganum | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Pennisetum clandestinum ! | Kikuyu grass | Perennial grass | |
| Phalaris aquatica ! | Harding grass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Phleum pratense | Common timothy | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Piptatherum miliaceum | Smilo grass | Perennial grass | |
| Plantago lanceolata ! | Ribwort | Perennial herb | |
| Plantago major | Common plantain | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Poa bulbosa | Bulbous blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| Poa bulbosa ssp. bulbosa | Bulbous blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| Poa bulbosa ssp. vivipara | Bulbous blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| Poa bulbosa var. bulbosa | Perennial grass | ||
| Poa bulbosa var. vivipara | Perennial grass | ||
| Poa compressa | Canada blue grass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Poa pratensis ! | Kentucky blue grass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Poa pratensis ssp. angustifolia | Narrow leaved kentucky blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis | Kentucky blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| Polypogon australis | Chilean beard grass | Perennial grass | |
| Polypogon interruptus | Ditch beard grass | Perennial grass | |
| Polypogon viridis | Water beard grass | Perennial grass | |
| Potamogeton crispus ! | Crispate leaved pondweed | Perennial herb (aquatic) | |
| Poterium sanguisorba | Garden burnet | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Rhaponticum repens ! | Russian knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Rumex acetosella ! | Sheep sorrel | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Rumex conglomeratus | Green dock | Perennial herb | |
| Rumex crispus ! | Curly dock | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Rumex obtusifolius | Broadleaf dock | Perennial herb | |
| Rumex pulcher | Fiddleleaf dock | Perennial herb | |
| Rumex stenophyllus | Narrowleaf dock | Perennial herb | |
| Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata | Garden burnet | Perennial herb | |
| Saxifraga virginiensis | Early saxifrage | Perennial herb | |
| Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus | Hardstem bulrush | Perennial grass | |
| Sesuvium portulacastrum | Shoreline seapurslane | Perennial herb | |
| Sesuvium sessile | Western seapurslane | Perennial herb | |
| Solanum dimidiatum | Torrey's nightshade | Perennial herb | |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Horse nettle | Perennial herb | |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnsongrass | Perennial grass | |
| Sphaerophysa salsula ! | Austrian peaweed | Perennial herb | |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum | Saint augustine grass | Perennial grass | |
| Stipa miliacea | Smilo grass | Perennial grass | |
| Stipa miliacea var. miliacea ! | Smilo grass | Perennial grass | |
| Suaeda suffrutescens | Desert seepweed | Perennial herb | |
| Tanacetum parthenium | Feverfew | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Taraxacum officinale | Red seeded dandelion | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale | Common dandelion | Perennial herb | |
| Thinopyrum intermedium | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Thinopyrum ponticum | Tall wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Tragopogon dubius | Goat's beard | Perennial herb | |
| Tragopogon porrifolius | Salsify | Perennial herb | |
| Tragopogon pratensis | Meadow salsify | Perennial herb | |
| Trifolium fragiferum | Strawberry clover | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Trifolium hybridum | Alsike clover | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Trifolium pratense | Red clover | Perennial herb | 7 |
| Trifolium repens | White clover | Perennial herb | 9 |
| Typha angustifolia | Narrow leaf cattail | Perennial herb (aquatic) | |
| Urtica dioica ssp. dioica | Stinging nettle | Perennial herb | |
| Verbascum thapsus ! | Woolly mullein | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Verbena pulchella | South american mock vervain | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Verbena tenuisecta | South american mock vervain | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Veronica anagallis-aquatica | Water speedwell | Perennial herb | |
| Veronica catenata | Chain speedwell | Perennial herb | |
| Veronica filiformis | Thread stalk speedwell | Perennial herb | |
| Vinca major ! | Vinca | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Zygophyllum fabago ! | Syrian beancaper | Perennial herb | |
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Lifeform: Shrub | 41 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Tree | 32 plants | ||
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Pink background indicates a plant is non-native.
! indicates a plant is potentially invasive. |
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| NB: found in Kern County is intended to indicate only plants found growing in the wild. However, the evidence is not always clear, and may occasionally include plants found in cultivation. To verify the wild presence of any particular plant in the list above, please click through to Calflora and look closely at the observations in this county. | ||