Plant Database

a single chamisso sedge with leaves a littl eunder half the height of the inflorescence stalks, which rise above and nod
Chamisso Sedge
Carex pachystachya
a rounded tuft of foothill sedge with thin leaves that are pretty straight.
Foothill Sedge
Carex tumulicola
Buckbrush Ceanothus cuneatus stem with clusters of small white flowers and glossy oval leaves
Buckbrush
Ceanothus cuneatus
Redstem Ceanothus
Ceanothus sanguineus
an attractive evergreen shrub; low growing with clusters of white flowers at tips.
Snowbrush
Ceanothus velutinus
Pinkish flower subtended by bracts with long spines.
Purple Starthistle
Centaurea calcitrapa
Meadow Knapweed Centaurea pratensis Purple flowers on long stems
Meadow Knapweed
Centaurea pratensis (aka Centaurea jacea x nigra, Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri)
Two spiky flower heads, on spiky stems, with yellow flower
Yellow Starthistle
Centaurea solstitialis
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