| Criteria: found in Santa Clara County • is not native • group by lifeform | ||||
| 844 records | include photos for these plants | # number of sources | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Lifeform | # |
Lifeform: Annual | 380 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Biennial | 4 plants | ||
Lifeform: Perennial | 279 plants | ||
| Acanthus mollis | Bear's breech | Perennial herb | 10 |
| Acroptilon repens ! | Russian knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Agave americana | American century plant | Perennial herb, Shrub | 16 |
| Ageratina adenophora ! | Thoroughwort | Perennial herb | |
| Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum | Crested wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Agropyron desertorum | Desert crested wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 3 |
| 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 | |
| Ajuga reptans | Common bugle | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Alcea rosea | Holly hock | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Alisma lanceolatum | Water plantain | Perennial herb (aquatic) | |
| Allium neapolitanum | White garlic | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Allium triquetrum | White flowered onion | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Allium vineale | Vineyard onion | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Amaryllis belladonna | Naked lady | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Anchusa azurea | Blue alkanet | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Anredera cordifolia | Mignonette vine | Perennial herb, Vine | |
| Apium nodiflorum | Smallage | Perennial herb | |
| Aptenia cordifolia | Dew plant | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Araujia sericifera ! | Bladderflower | Perennial herb, Vine | |
| Arctium lappa | Greater burdock | Perennial herb | 1 |
| 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 |
| Asclepias fruticosa | African milkweed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Asparagus aethiopicus | Perennial herb | 9 | |
| Asparagus officinalis | Garden asparagus | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Asparagus officinalis ssp. officinalis | Asparagus | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Asparagus setaceus | Common asparagus fern | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Atriplex semibaccata ! | Australian saltbush | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Aubrieta deltoidea | Garden aubrieta | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Bacopa monnieri | Herb of grace | Perennial herb | |
| Barbarea verna | Wintercress | Perennial herb | |
| Barbarea vulgaris | Yellow rocket | 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 |
| Brachypodium sylvaticum ! | Slender false brome | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Bromus inermis | Smooth brome | Perennial grass | 3 |
| Cardamine parviflora | Sand bittercress | Perennial herb | |
| Cardaria chalepensis | Lens podded hoary cress | Perennial herb | |
| Cardaria draba | Heart podded hoary cress | Perennial herb | |
| Cardaria pubescens | White top | Perennial herb | |
| Carpobrotus chilensis ! | Sea fig | Perennial herb | |
| Carpobrotus edulis ! | Iceplant | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | Perennial herb | |
| Casuarina cunninghamiana | River sheoak | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Centaurea biebersteinii | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea diffusa ! | Diffuse knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea iberica | Iberian knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea maculosa | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea stoebe | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos ! | Spotted knapweed | Perennial herb | |
| Chasmanthe bicolor | Chasmanthe | Perennial herb | |
| Chondrilla juncea ! | Skeleton weed | Perennial herb | |
| Cichorium intybus | Chicory | Perennial herb | 9 |
| Cirsium arvense ! | Canada thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Cirsium vulgare ! | Bullthistle | 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 |
| Crepis bursifolia | Italian hawksbeard | Perennial herb | |
| Cynara cardunculus ! | Cardoon | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Cynara cardunculus ssp. flavescens | Cardoon | Perennial herb | |
| Cynodon dactylon ! | Bermuda grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Cyperus involucratus | Umbrella plant | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Cyperus rotundus | Nutgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Dactylis glomerata ! | Orchardgrass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Daucus carota | Carrot | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Delairea odorata ! | Cape ivy | Perennial herb | |
| Dicentra eximia | Turkey corn | Perennial herb | |
| Dichondra micrantha | Asian ponysfoot | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Digitalis purpurea ! | Foxglove | Perennial herb | 14 |
| Dipsacus fullonum ! | Wild teasel | Perennial herb | |
| Drosanthemum floribundum | Ice plant | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Duchesnea indica | Mock strawberry | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Duchesnea indica var. indica | Mock-strawberry | Perennial herb | |
| Egeria densa ! | Brazilian water weed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Ehrharta erecta ! | Upright veldt grass | Perennial grass | |
| Elymus hispidus | Intermediate wheatgrass | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Elymus ponticus | Tall wheat grass | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Elymus repens | Quack grass | Perennial grass | |
| 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 |
| 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 cyparissias | Cypress spurge | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Euphorbia oblongata ! | Eggleaf spurge | Perennial herb | |
| 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 mollugo | Wild madder | Perennial herb | |
| Galium schultesii | Schultes' bedstraw | Perennial herb | |
| Gazania linearis ! | Gazania | Perennial herb | |
| Glaucium flavum | Yellow horned poppy | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Glechoma hederacea | Ground ivy | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Glycyrrhiza glabra | Licorice | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Helianthus tuberosus ! | Jerusalem artichoke | Perennial herb | |
| Heracleum sphondylium | Eltrot | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Hirschfeldia incana ! | Mustard | Perennial herb | |
| Holcus lanatus ! | Common velvetgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Hydrocotyle moschata | Musk hydrocotyle | Perennial herb | |
| Hypericum perforatum ! | Klamathweed | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Hypericum perforatum ssp. perforatum | Klamathweed | Perennial herb | |
| Hypochaeris radicata ! | Hairy cats ear | Perennial herb | |
| Impatiens balfourii | Balfour's touch me not | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Iris foetidissima | Stinking iris | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Iris germanica | German iris | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Iris pseudacorus ! | Horticultural iris | Perennial herb | 5 |
| 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 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Leucojum aestivum | Summer snowflake | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Limonium perezii | Canarian sea lavender | Perennial herb | 8 |
| Limonium ramosissimum ! | Algerian sealavender | Perennial herb | |
| Limonium sinuatum | Statice | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Linaria purpurea | Purple toad flax | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Liriope muscari | Big blue lilyturf | Perennial herb (bulb) | 7 |
| 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 | |
| Lychnis coronaria | Rose campion | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Lycianthes rantonnetii | Blue potatobush | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Lythrum junceum | Creeping loosestrife | Perennial herb | |
| Lythrum salicaria ! | Purple loosestrife | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Malva sylvestris | High mallow | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Marrubium vulgare ! | White horehound | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Medicago sativa | Alfalfa | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Melissa officinalis | Lemon balm | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Mentha Xpiperita | Peppermint | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Mentha aquatica | Water mint | Perennial herb | 3 |
| Mentha pulegium ! | Pennyroyal | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Mentha 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 | |
| Myriophyllum aquaticum ! | Parrot's feather | Perennial herb (aquatic) | 1 |
| Narcissus papyraceus | Paperwhite narcissus | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Narcissus pseudonarcissus | Daffodil | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Narcissus tazetta | Cream narcissus | Perennial herb (bulb) | |
| Nassella tenuissima ! | Mexican feathergrass | Perennial grass | 13 |
| Nicotiana alata | Flowering tobacco | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Nothoscordum gracile ! | Slender false garlic | Perennial herb | |
| Nothoscordum inodorum | Grace, false garlic | Perennial herb | |
| Nymphoides peltata | Water fringe | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Oenothera glazioviana | Red sepaled evening primrose | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Oenothera speciosa | Mexican evening primrose | Perennial herb | 11 |
| Origanum vulgare | Oregano | Perennial herb | 11 |
| Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum | Oregano | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Orobanche ramosa | Yellow broom rape | Perennial herb (parasitic) | |
| Oxalis articulata ssp. rubra | Windowbox woodsorrel | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis corniculata | Creeping wood sorrel | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis incarnata | Crimson woodsorrel | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis pes-caprae ! | Bermuda buttercup | Perennial herb | |
| Oxalis rubra | Red oxalis | Perennial herb | |
| Parietaria judaica | Spreading pellitory | Perennial herb | |
| Paspalum dilatatum | Dallis grass | Perennial grass | |
| Paspalum urvillei ! | Vasey's grass | Perennial grass | |
| Pennisetum clandestinum ! | Kikuyu grass | Perennial grass | |
| Pennisetum setaceum ! | Fountaingrass | Perennial grass | 15 |
| Pennisetum villosum ! | Feathertop | Perennial grass | 6 |
| Persicaria capitata | Himalayan smartweed | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Phalaris aquatica ! | Harding grass | Perennial grass | 1 |
| Phelipanche ramosa | Yellow broom rape | Perennial herb (parasitic) | |
| Phleum pratense | Common timothy | Perennial grass | 4 |
| Phytolacca americana ! | Pokeweed | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Phytolacca americana var. americana | American pokeweed | Perennial herb | |
| Piptatherum miliaceum | Smilo grass | Perennial grass | |
| Plantago lanceolata ! | Ribwort | Perennial herb | |
| Plantago major | Common plantain | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Plumbago auriculata | Cape leadwort | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Poa bulbosa | Bulbous blue grass | Perennial grass | |
| Poa bulbosa ssp. vivipara | Bulbous blue grass | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Potamogeton crispus ! | Crispate leaved pondweed | Perennial herb (aquatic) | |
| Potentilla recta | Sulphur cinquefoil | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Poterium sanguisorba | Garden burnet | Perennial herb | 6 |
| Puccinellia maritima | Seaside alkaligrass | Perennial grass | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Ruta chalepensis | Fringed rue | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Rytidosperma penicillatum ! | Purple awned wallaby grass | Perennial grass | |
| 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 | |
| Scolymus hispanicus ! | Golden thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Selaginella kraussiana | Krauss' spikemoss | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Senecio hybridus | Florist's cineraria | Perennial herb | |
| Senecio jacobaea ! | Tansy ragwort | Perennial herb | |
| Senecio mikanioides | German ivy | Perennial herb | |
| Silene vulgaris | Common campion | Perennial herb | 1 |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Horse nettle | Perennial herb | |
| Solanum furcatum | Forked nightshade | Perennial herb, Shrub | |
| Sonchus arvensis | Perennial sow thistle | Perennial herb | |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnsongrass | Perennial grass | |
| Sparaxis tricolor | Harlequin flower | Perennial herb | 2 |
| Spartina alterniflora | Salt water cord grass | Perennial grass | |
| Spergularia villosa | Villous sand spurry | Perennial herb | |
| Sporobolus indicus | Smutgrass | Perennial grass | |
| Stachys byzantina | Woolly hedgenettle | Perennial herb | 15 |
| Stellaria graminea | Grasslike starwort | Perennial herb | |
| 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 erythrospermum | Red-seeded dandelion | Perennial herb | |
| 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 |
| Tradescantia fluminensis | Small leaf spiderwort | Perennial herb | |
| Tragopogon dubius | Goat's beard | 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 |
| 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 | |
| Veronica filiformis | Thread stalk speedwell | Perennial herb | |
| Vicia cracca | Bird vetch | Perennial herb, Vine | |
| Vinca major ! | Vinca | Perennial herb | 4 |
| Vinca minor | Common periwinkle | Perennial herb | 5 |
| Zantedeschia aethiopica ! | Callalily | Perennial herb | 6 |
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Lifeform: Fern | 3 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Shrub | 94 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Tree | 73 plants | ||
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Lifeform: Vine | 10 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 Santa Clara 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. | ||