| Criteria: found in San Francisco County • is not native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 693 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 284 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Biennial | 1 plant | ||
Lifeform: Perennial | 254 plants | ||
| Acanthus mollis | Bear's breech | Perennial herb | 10 |
| Agapanthus africanus | Lily of the nile | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Agapanthus praecox | African lily | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Agave americana | American century plant | Perennial herb, Shrub | 16 |
| Ageratina adenophora ! | Thoroughwort | Perennial herb | |
| Ageratina riparia | Spreading snakeroot | Perennial herb | |
| 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 neapolitanum | White garlic | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Allium triquetrum | White flowered onion | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Allium vineale | Vineyard onion | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Aloe Xschoenlandii | Aloe | Perennial herb | 3 |
| 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 |
| Ammophila breviligulata | American beach grass | Perennial grass | |
| Aptenia cordifolia | Dew plant | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Arctium lappa | Greater burdock | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Argyranthemum foeniculaceum | Canary island margeurite | Perennial herb | |
| Arrhenatherum elatius | Tall oatgrass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Arum italicum | Italian lords and ladies | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Arundo donax ! | Giant reed | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Asclepias curassavica | Blood flower | Perennial herb | 9 |
| Asparagus officinalis | Garden asparagus | Perennial herb | 1 |
| 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 |
| Bryonia dioica | Wild hop | Perennial herb, Vine | 1 |
| Carex divulsa | Grassland sedge | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Carex divulsa ssp. divulsa | Gray sedge | Perennial grass | |
| Carex pendula ! | Hanging sedge | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Carpobrotus chilensis ! | Sea fig | Perennial herb | |
| Carpobrotus edulis ! | Iceplant | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Cedronella canariensis | Herb of gilead | Perennial herb, Shrub | 1 |
| Cerastium fontanum | Common mouse ear chickweed | Perennial herb | |
| Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare | Common chickweed | Perennial herb | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Crassula multicava | Cape province pygmyweed | Perennial herb, Shrub | 2 |
| Crassula multicava ssp. multicava | Cape province pygmyweed | Perennial herb, Shrub | |
| Crepis bursifolia | Italian hawksbeard | Perennial herb | |
| Crocosmia Xcrocosmiiflora ! | Monbretia | Perennial herb | |
| Cynara cardunculus ! | Cardoon | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Cynodon dactylon ! | Bermuda grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Cynosurus cristatus | Crested dogtail grass | Perennial grass | |
| Cyperus involucratus | Umbrella plant | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Cyperus owanii | Owan's flatsedge | Perennial grass | |
| Dactylis glomerata ! | Orchardgrass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| 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 fruticosa | Trailing african daisy | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Dipsacus fullonum ! | Wild teasel | Perennial herb | |
| Disphyma australe | Perennial herb | ||
| Dittrichia viscosa ! | False yellowhead | Perennial herb | |
| Dracunculus vulgaris | Common dracunculus | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Drosanthemum floribundum | Ice plant | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Duchesnea indica | Mock strawberry | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Duchesnea indica var. indica | Mock-strawberry | Perennial herb | |
| Echinops exaltatus | Tall globethistle | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Egeria densa ! | Brazilian water weed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Ehrharta calycina ! | Perennial veldt grass | Perennial grass | |
| Ehrharta erecta ! | Upright veldt grass | Perennial grass | |
| Eichhornia crassipes ! | Water hyacinth | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Elymus hispidus | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Elymus repens | Quack grass | Perennial grass | |
| Elytrigia intermedia | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Elytrigia intermedia ssp. intermedia | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Elytrigia juncea ssp. boreo-atlantica | North atlantic wheatgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Elytrigia repens | Quack grass | Perennial grass | |
| Epipactis helleborine | Helleborine | Perennial herb | |
| Erigeron karvinskianus | Latin american fleabane | Perennial herb | 16 |
| Euphorbia characias | Albanian spurge | Perennial herb | 11 |
| Euphorbia oblongata ! | Eggleaf spurge | Perennial herb | |
| Fallopia japonica ! | Japanese knotweed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Felicia amelloides | Blue daisy | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Festuca arundinacea ! | Reed fescue | Perennial grass | 7 |
| Festuca pratensis | Meadow fescue | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Foeniculum vulgare ! | Fennel | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Freesia corymbosa | Common freesia | Perennial herb | |
| Fumaria capreolata | White ramping fumitory | Perennial herb | |
| Galium tinctorium | Stiff marsh bedstraw | Perennial herb | |
| Gazania linearis ! | Gazania | Perennial herb | |
| Geranium core-core | Alderney crane's-bill | Perennial herb | |
| Geranium retrorsum | New zealand geranium | Perennial herb | |
| Gunnera tinctoria ! | Chilean gunnera | Perennial herb (aquatic) | 3 |
| Heracleum sphondylium | Eltrot | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Hirschfeldia incana ! | Mustard | Perennial herb | |
| Holcus lanatus ! | Common velvetgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Hyacinthoides hispanica | Hispanic hyacinthoides | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Hyacinthus orientalis | Garden hyacinth | Perennial herb | |
| Hydrilla verticillata ! | Hydrilla | Perennial herb | |
| Hypochaeris radicata ! | Hairy cats ear | Perennial herb | |
| Impatiens glandulifera | Ornamental jewelweed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Ipheion uniflorum | Spring star | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Ipomoea indica ! | Oceanblue morning glory | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Ipomoea mutabilis | Ipomoea | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Iris foetidissima | Stinking iris | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Iris pseudacorus ! | Horticultural iris | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Iris xiphium | Spanish iris | Perennial herb (rhizomatous) | |
| Kickxia elatine | Sharp point fluellin | Perennial herb | |
| Kniphofia uvaria ! | Redhot poker | Perennial herb | 15 |
| Kyllinga brevifolia | Short leaf spikesedge | Perennial grass | |
| 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 latifolium ! | Perennial pepperweed | Perennial herb | |
| Leucanthemum vulgare ! | Oxe eye daisy | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Leucojum aestivum | Summer snowflake | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Libertia formosa | Showy libertia | Perennial herb | |
| Limonium binervosum | Rock sea lavender | Perennial herb | |
| Limonium ramosissimum ! | Algerian sealavender | Perennial herb | |
| Limonium ramosissimum ssp. provinciale ! | Algerian sealavender | 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 |
| Lotus tenuis | Narrow-leaf bird's-foot trefoil | Perennial herb | |
| Ludwigia hexapetala ! | Six petal water primrose | Perennial herb | |
| Ludwigia peploides ! | Marsh purslane | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Ludwigia peploides ssp. montevidensis | Floating water primrose | Perennial herb | |
| Lycianthes rantonnetii | Blue potatobush | Perennial herb | 3 |
| 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 Xpiperita | Peppermint | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Mentha pulegium ! | Pennyroyal | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Mentha spicata | Spearmint | Perennial herb | 7 |
| Mentha spicata var. spicata | Spearmint | Perennial herb | 7 |
| Mentha suaveolens | Apple mint | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Mirabilis jalapa | Wishbone bush | 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 | |
| Narcissus papyraceus | Paperwhite narcissus | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Narcissus pseudonarcissus | Daffodil | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Nassella tenuissima ! | Mexican feathergrass | Perennial grass | 13 |
| Nothoscordum inodorum | Grace, false garlic | Perennial herb | |
| Oenothera rosea | Pink evening primrose | Perennial herb | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Mexican evening primrose | Perennial herb | 11 |
| Orobanche hederae | Ivy broomrape | Perennial herb (parasitic) | |
| Osteospermum fruticosum | Shrubby daisybush | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Oxalis articulata ssp. rubra | Windowbox woodsorrel | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis corniculata | Creeping wood sorrel | Perennial herb | |
| 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 | |
| Paspalum dilatatum | Dallis grass | Perennial grass | |
| Pelargonium peltatum | Ivy geranium | Perennial herb, Shrub | 3 |
| Pelargonium vitifolium | Grape leafed geranium | Perennial herb | |
| Pennisetum clandestinum ! | Kikuyu grass | Perennial grass | |
| Pennisetum villosum ! | Feathertop | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Persicaria capitata | Himalayan smartweed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Phalaris aquatica ! | Harding grass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Phytolacca americana ! | Pokeweed | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Phytolacca americana var. americana | American pokeweed | Perennial herb | |
| Phytolacca heterotepala | Pokeweed | Perennial herb | |
| Pinellia ternata | Crowdipper | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Piptatherum miliaceum | Smilo grass | Perennial grass | |
| Piptochaetium setosum | Bristly spear grass | Perennial grass | |
| Plantago lanceolata ! | Ribwort | Perennial herb | |
| Plantago major | Common plantain | Perennial herb | 2 |
| 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 | |
| Poa trivialis | Rough blue grass | Perennial grass | 2 |
| Polygonum capitatum | Himalayan smartweed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Polygonum cuspidatum | Japanese knotweed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Polypogon interruptus | Ditch beard grass | Perennial grass | |
| Polypogon viridis | Water beard grass | Perennial grass | |
| Potentilla anglica | English cinquefoil | Perennial herb | |
| 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 |
| Puccinellia distans | European alkali grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Puccinellia maritima | Seaside alkaligrass | Perennial grass | |
| Ranunculus repens ! | Crowfoot, creeping buttercup | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Reseda alba | White mignonette | Perennial herb | |
| Romulea rosea ! | Rosy sandcrocus | 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 | |
| Rytidosperma penicillatum ! | Purple awned wallaby grass | Perennial grass | |
| Salpichroa origanifolia ! | Lily of the valley vine | Perennial herb | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn sage | Perennial herb | 17 |
| Salvia leucantha | Mexican bush sage | Perennial herb | 12 |
| 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 | |
| Sedum album | White stonecrop | Perennial herb | 12 |
| Sedum praealtum | Green cockscomb | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Senecio hybridus | Florist's cineraria | Perennial herb | |
| Senecio jacobaea ! | Tansy ragwort | Perennial herb | |
| Senecio mikanioides | German ivy | Perennial herb | |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Horse nettle | Perennial herb | |
| Solanum furcatum | Forked nightshade | Perennial herb, Shrub | |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnsongrass | Perennial grass | |
| Spartina alterniflora | Salt water cord grass | Perennial grass | |
| Spartina alterniflora X Spartina foliosa ! | Hybrid smooth cord grass | Perennial grass | |
| Spergularia villosa | Villous sand spurry | Perennial herb | |
| Sporobolus indicus | Smutgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Stachys byzantina | Woolly hedgenettle | Perennial herb | 15 |
| Stipa miliacea | Smilo grass | Perennial grass | |
| Stipa miliacea var. miliacea ! | Smilo grass | Perennial grass | |
| Stipa tenuissima ! | Mexican feathergrass | Perennial grass | 13 |
| Symphytum officinale | Comfrey | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Tanacetum parthenium | Feverfew | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Taraxacum erythrospermum | Red-seeded dandelion | Perennial herb | |
| Taraxacum officinale | Red seeded dandelion | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Thinopyrum intermedium | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Thinopyrum junceiforme ! | Russian wheatgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Tradescantia fluminensis | Small leaf spiderwort | Perennial herb | |
| Tragopogon porrifolius | 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) | |
| Verbascum thapsus ! | Woolly mullein | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Veronica anagallis-aquatica | Water speedwell | Perennial herb | |
| Veronica filiformis | Thread stalk speedwell | Perennial herb | |
| Vinca major ! | Vinca | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Viola odorata | English violet | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Wahlenbergia marginata | Southern rockbell | Perennial herb | |
| Zantedeschia aethiopica ! | Callalily | Perennial herb | 6 |
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Lifeform: Fern | 1 plant | ||
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Lifeform: Shrub | 98 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Tree | 43 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Vine | 8 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 San Francisco 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. | ||