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Plant Guide – By Scientific Name

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  • tree covered in purple flowers and green leaves
    Common Name:

    Chaparral Sweet Pea

    Scientific Name:

    Lathyrus vestitus

    Family Name:

    Fabaceae

  • field with tall yellow flowers
    Common Name:

    Sea Dahlia

    Scientific Name:

    Leptosyne maritima

    Family Name:

    Asreraceae

  • small purple and white flowers on a branch
    Common Name:

    California Sea Lavender

    Scientific Name:

    Limonium californicum

    Family Name:

    Plumbaginaceae

  • clusters of purple and white sea lavender
    Common Name:

    Perez’s Sea Lavender (not native)

    Scientific Name:

    Limonium perezii

    Family Name:

    Plumbaginaceae

  • sprays of white and purple flowers
    Common Name:

    Wavyleaf Sea Lavender (not native)

    Scientific Name:

    Limonium sinuatum

    Family Name:

    Plumbaginaceae

  • small cream colored flowers on branches
    Common Name:

    Southern Honeysuckle

    Scientific Name:

    Lonicera subspicata

    Family Name:

    Caprifoliaceae

  • green scrub with blue-purple flowers
    Common Name:

    Dove Lupine

    Scientific Name:

    Lupinus bicolor

    Family Name:

    Fabaceae

  • close up of dark and light purple flowers
    Common Name:

    Collared Lupine

    Scientific Name:

    Lupinus truncatus

    Family Name:

    Fabaceae

  • branch with succulent leaves and red berries
    Common Name:

    California Box Thorn

    Scientific Name:

    Lycium californicum

    Family Name:

    Solanaceae