| Criteria: found in Monterey County • is not native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 796 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 377 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Biennial | 2 plants | ||
Lifeform: Perennial | 262 plants | ||
| Acanthus mollis | Bear's breech | Perennial herb | 10 |
| Achillea millefolium var. borealis | Boreal yarrow | Perennial herb | 67 |
| Achnatherum brachychaetum | Argentine needlegrass | Perennial grass | |
| Acroptilon repens ! | Russian knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Agapanthus praecox | African lily | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Agave americana | American century plant | Perennial herb, Shrub | 16 |
| Ageratina adenophora ! | Thoroughwort | Perennial herb | |
| Agropyron cristatum | Crested wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 5 |
| Agrostis avenacea ! | Pacific bentgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Agrostis capillaris | Colonial bentgrass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Agrostis gigantea | Creeping bentgras | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Agrostis semiverticillata | Beardless rabbitsfoot grass | Perennial grass | |
| Agrostis stolonifera ! | Redtop | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Agrostis viridis | Bentgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Allium paniculatum | Mediterranean onion | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Allium triquetrum | White flowered onion | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Allium vineale | Vineyard onion | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Aloe maculata | Perennial herb | 3 | |
| Alopecurus pratensis ! | Meadow foxtail | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Amaryllis belladonna | Naked lady | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Ammophila arenaria ! | European beachgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Aptenia cordifolia | Dew plant | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Arrhenatherum elatius | Tall oatgrass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Arum italicum | Italian lords and ladies | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Arundo donax ! | Giant reed | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Asparagus officinalis | Garden asparagus | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Asparagus officinalis ssp. officinalis | Asparagus | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Atriplex lindleyi | Lindley's saltbush | Perennial herb | |
| Atriplex semibaccata ! | Australian saltbush | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Barbarea verna | Wintercress | Perennial herb | |
| Bellis perennis | English lawn daisy | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Beta vulgaris | Beet | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima | Sea beet | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris | Beet | Perennial herb | |
| Bromus inermis | Smooth brome | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Cardaria chalepensis | Lens podded hoary cress | Perennial herb | |
| Cardaria draba | Heart podded hoary cress | Perennial herb | |
| Cardaria pubescens | White top | Perennial herb | |
| Carduus acanthoides ! | Spiny plumeless thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides | Plumeless thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Carex divulsa | Grassland sedge | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Carex divulsa ssp. divulsa | Gray sedge | Perennial grass | |
| Carpobrotus chilensis ! | Sea fig | Perennial herb | |
| Carpobrotus edulis ! | Iceplant | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Centaurea biebersteinii | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea diffusa ! | Diffuse knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea jacea ssp. nigra | Black knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea maculosa | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea nigra | Lesser 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 | |
| Chamaemelum nobile | Russian chamomile | Perennial herb | 9 |
| Chasmanthe floribunda ! | Chasmanthe | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Chondrilla juncea ! | Skeleton weed | Perennial herb | |
| Cichorium intybus | Chicory | Perennial herb | 9 |
| Cirsium arvense ! | Canada thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Cirsium vulgare ! | Bullthistle | Perennial herb | |
| Clinopodium vulgare | Wild basil | Perennial herb | |
| Conicosia pugioniformis ! | False ice plant | Perennial herb | |
| Conium maculatum ! | Poison hemlock | Perennial herb | |
| Convolvulus arvensis | Field bindweed | Perennial herb, Vine | |
| Cortaderia jubata ! | Andean pampas grass | Perennial grass | |
| Cortaderia selloana ! | Pampas grass | Perennial grass | 11 |
| Cotula coronopifolia ! | Brass buttons | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Cotula mexicana | Mexican brassbuttons | Perennial herb | |
| Cotyledon orbiculata | Pig's ear | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblonga | Cotyledon | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Crassula multicava | Cape province pygmyweed | Perennial herb, Shrub | 2 |
| Crocosmia Xcrocosmiiflora ! | Monbretia | Perennial herb | |
| Cynara cardunculus ! | Cardoon | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Cynodon dactylon ! | Bermuda grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus | Yellow nutsedge | Perennial grass | |
| Cyperus involucratus | Umbrella plant | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Dactylis glomerata ! | Orchardgrass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Danthonia decumbens | Mountain heath grass | Perennial grass | |
| Daucus carota | Carrot | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Delairea odorata ! | Cape ivy | Perennial herb | |
| Dichondra micrantha | Asian ponysfoot | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Digitalis purpurea ! | Foxglove | Perennial herb | 14 |
| Dimorphotheca ecklonis | Blue & white daisybush | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Diplotaxis tenuifolia | Perennial wall rocket | Perennial herb | |
| Dipsacus fullonum ! | Wild teasel | Perennial herb | |
| Drosanthemum floribundum | Ice plant | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Duchesnea indica | Mock strawberry | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Ehrharta calycina ! | Perennial veldt grass | Perennial grass | |
| Ehrharta erecta ! | Upright veldt grass | Perennial grass | |
| Eichhornia crassipes ! | Water hyacinth | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Elymus ponticus | Tall wheat grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Elymus repens | Quack grass | Perennial grass | |
| Elymus subsecundus | Bearded wheatgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Elytrigia pontica | Tall wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Elytrigia pontica ssp. pontica | Rush wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Elytrigia repens | Quack grass | Perennial grass | |
| Epipactis helleborine | Helleborine | Perennial herb | |
| Eragrostis curvula | Weeping lovegrass | Perennial grass | 9 |
| Erigeron karvinskianus | Latin american fleabane | Perennial herb | 16 |
| Euphorbia characias | Albanian spurge | Perennial herb | 11 |
| Euphorbia oblongata ! | Eggleaf spurge | Perennial herb | |
| Festuca altaica | Altai fescue | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Festuca arundinacea ! | Reed fescue | Perennial grass | 7 |
| Festuca pratensis | Meadow fescue | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Foeniculum vulgare ! | Fennel | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Fumaria capreolata | White ramping fumitory | Perennial herb | |
| Gazania linearis ! | Gazania | Perennial herb | |
| Geranium core-core | Alderney crane's-bill | Perennial herb | |
| Geranium retrorsum | New zealand geranium | Perennial herb | |
| Glyceria Xoccidentalis | Western manna grass | Perennial grass (aquatic) | 2 |
| Glyceria declinata ! | Waxy mannagrass | Perennial grass | |
| Heracleum sphondylium | Eltrot | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Hirschfeldia incana ! | Mustard | Perennial herb | |
| Holcus lanatus ! | Common velvetgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Humulus lupulus | Common hop | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Hypericum perforatum ! | Klamathweed | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Hypericum perforatum ssp. perforatum | Klamathweed | Perennial herb | |
| Hypochaeris radicata ! | Hairy cats ear | Perennial herb | |
| Iris foetidissima | Stinking iris | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Iris pseudacorus ! | Horticultural iris | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Iris spuria | Seashore iris | Perennial herb (rhizomatous) | 2 |
| Ixia maculata | African cornlily | Perennial herb | |
| Kickxia elatine | Sharp point fluellin | Perennial herb | |
| Kickxia spuria | Fluellin | Perennial herb | |
| Kniphofia uvaria ! | Redhot poker | Perennial herb | 15 |
| Lactuca canadensis | Canada wild lettuce | Perennial herb | |
| Lactuca virosa | Poison wild lettuce | Perennial herb | |
| Lathyrus latifolius ! | Sweet pea | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Lathyrus venosus | Veiny pea | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Leontodon taraxacoides | Hawkbit | Perennial herb | |
| Leontodon taraxacoides ssp. taraxacoides | Lesser hawkbit | 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 | |
| Leucanthemum vulgare ! | Oxe eye daisy | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Limonium duriusculum ! | European sea lavender | Perennial herb | |
| Limonium perezii | Canarian sea lavender | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Limonium sinuatum | Statice | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica ! | Dalmatian toadflax | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria genistifolia | Broomleaf toadflax | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica | Dalmatian toad flax | Perennial herb | |
| Linaria vulgaris ! | Butter and eggs | Perennial herb | |
| Lobularia maritima ! | Sweet alyssum | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Lolium perenne | Perennial rye grass | Perennial grass | 5 |
| Lotus corniculatus | Bird's foot trefoil | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Ludwigia hexapetala ! | Six petal water primrose | Perennial herb | |
| Ludwigia peploides ! | Marsh purslane | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Lychnis coronaria | Rose campion | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Lythrum salicaria ! | Purple loosestrife | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Malva sylvestris | High mallow | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Marrubium vulgare ! | White horehound | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Matthiola incana | Stock | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Medicago sativa | Alfalfa | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Melissa officinalis | Lemon balm | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Mentha pulegium ! | Pennyroyal | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Mentha spicata | Spearmint | Perennial herb | 7 |
| Mentha spicata var. spicata | Spearmint | Perennial herb | 7 |
| Mirabilis jalapa | Wishbone bush | Perennial herb | |
| Mirabilis longiflora var. longiflora | Sweet four o'clock | Perennial herb | |
| Modiola caroliniana | Carolina bristle mallow | Perennial herb | |
| Muscari botryoides | Common grape hyacinth | Perennial herb | |
| Myosotis latifolia ! | Wide leaved forget me not | Perennial herb | |
| Myosotis sylvatica | Woodland forget me not | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Myriophyllum aquaticum ! | Parrot's feather | Perennial herb (aquatic) | 1 |
| Myriophyllum spicatum ! | Water milfoil | Perennial herb | |
| Nassella tenuissima ! | Mexican feathergrass | Perennial grass | 13 |
| Oenothera speciosa | Mexican evening primrose | Perennial herb | 11 |
| Onopordum acanthium ! | Scotch cottonthistle | Perennial herb | |
| Onopordum tauricum | Taurian thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Osteospermum ecklonis | African daisy | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Oxalis articulata ssp. rubra | Windowbox woodsorrel | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis corniculata | Creeping wood sorrel | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis hirta | Tropical woodsorrel | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Oxalis incarnata | Crimson woodsorrel | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis latifolia | Mexican oxalis | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis pes-caprae ! | Bermuda buttercup | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis purpurea | Purple oxalis | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis rubra | Red oxalis | Perennial herb | |
| Parietaria judaica | Spreading pellitory | Perennial herb | |
| Paronychia franciscana | California whitlow wort | Perennial herb | |
| Parthenium argentatum | Guayule | Perennial herb | |
| Paspalum dilatatum | Dallis grass | Perennial grass | |
| Pennisetum clandestinum ! | Kikuyu grass | Perennial grass | |
| Pennisetum macrourum | African feathergrass | Perennial grass | |
| Pennisetum setaceum ! | Fountaingrass | Perennial grass | 15 |
| Persicaria capitata | Himalayan smartweed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Petroselinum crispum | Parsley | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Phalaris aquatica ! | Harding grass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Pimpinella anisum | Anise burnet saxifrage | Perennial herb | 1 |
| 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. vivipara | Bulbous blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| Poa bulbosa var. vivipara | Perennial grass | ||
| Poa nemoralis | Wood blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| 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 | |
| Polygonum capitatum | Himalayan smartweed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Polypogon australis | Chilean beard grass | Perennial grass | |
| Polypogon interruptus | Ditch beard grass | Perennial grass | |
| Polypogon viridis | Water beard grass | Perennial grass | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Potamogeton crispus ! | Crispate leaved pondweed | Perennial herb (aquatic) | |
| Poterium sanguisorba | Garden burnet | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Prunella vulgaris var. parviflora | Small flowered self heal | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris | Self heal | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Ranunculus repens ! | Crowfoot, creeping buttercup | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Rhaponticum repens ! | Russian knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Romulea rosea ! | Rosy sandcrocus | Perennial herb | |
| Romulea rosea var. australis | Rosy sand crocus | Perennial herb | |
| Rorippa sylvestris | Creeping yellowcress | Perennial herb | |
| Rumex acetosella ! | Sheep sorrel | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Rumex conglomeratus | Green dock | Perennial herb | |
| Rumex crispus ! | Curly dock | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Rumex kerneri | Kerner's dock | Perennial herb | |
| Rumex pulcher | Fiddleleaf dock | Perennial herb | |
| Rumex stenophyllus | Narrowleaf dock | Perennial herb | |
| Ruta chalepensis | Fringed rue | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Salpichroa origanifolia ! | Lily of the valley vine | Perennial herb | |
| Sanguisorba minor | Small burnet | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Sanguisorba minor ssp. balearica | Small burnet | Perennial herb | |
| Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata | Garden burnet | Perennial herb | |
| Saponaria officinalis ! | Bouncing bet | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Saxifraga virginiensis | Early saxifrage | Perennial herb | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | Perennial grass | 12 |
| Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus | Hardstem bulrush | Perennial grass | |
| Senecio mikanioides | German ivy | Perennial herb | |
| Sieglingia decumbens | Common heathgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Horse nettle | Perennial herb | |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnsongrass | Perennial grass | |
| Sparaxis tricolor | Harlequin flower | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Spergularia villosa | Villous sand spurry | Perennial herb | |
| Stachys byzantina | Woolly hedgenettle | Perennial herb | 15 |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum | Saint augustine grass | Perennial grass | |
| Stipa brachychaeta ! | Puna needle grass | Perennial grass | |
| Stipa miliacea | Smilo grass | Perennial grass | |
| Stipa miliacea var. miliacea ! | Smilo grass | Perennial grass | |
| Stipa tenuissima ! | Mexican feathergrass | Perennial grass | 13 |
| Tanacetum parthenium | Feverfew | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Taraxacum officinale | Red seeded dandelion | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Thinopyrum ponticum | Tall wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Tragopogon dubius | Goat's beard | Perennial herb | |
| Tragopogon porrifolius | Salsify | Perennial herb | |
| Tribolium obliterum | Capetown grass | Perennial grass | |
| 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 |
| Trifolium suffocatum | Suffocated clover | Perennial herb | |
| Trillium sessile | Toadshade | Perennial herb | 7 |
| Typha angustifolia | Narrow leaf cattail | Perennial herb (aquatic) | |
| Verbascum blattaria | Moth mullein | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Verbascum thapsus ! | Woolly mullein | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Verbascum virgatum | Wand mullein | Perennial herb | |
| Veronica anagallis-aquatica | Water speedwell | Perennial herb | |
| Veronica catenata | Chain speedwell | Perennial herb | |
| Vinca major ! | Vinca | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Zantedeschia aethiopica ! | Callalily | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Zygophyllum fabago ! | Syrian beancaper | Perennial herb | |
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Lifeform: Fern | 2 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Shrub | 102 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Tree | 38 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Vine | 9 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 Monterey 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. | ||