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Corethrogyne filaginifolia (Common sandaster) is still blooming now! Statewide distribution by Calflora using hundreds of aggregated datasets. (Gorgeous) photo by by Mike Russler.
https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=9825

What do you think about our Fall Flowering Natives list (so far)?! https://www.calflora.org/app/ipl?list_id=px5637

Please share your photos of a CA native garden with several species blooming together, ideally w a residential/garden feel, and/or a close-up of a butterfly or native bee visiting a California native flower. Also, include sci names for plants and pollinators (if you can) along with your photos in your comment here. If we use yours, we will of course credit you as the photographer. TIA!

Together, we reached our fall fundraising goal! Your donations help Calflora provide comprehensive information about the distribution of California’s wild plants by bringing together data from hundreds of scientific, agency, and community sources. Thank you, Calflora Community!

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Plant names change. Calflora keeps up.
Hundreds of new and updated plant names are now in Calflora!
Search Calflora using a plant's current or former scientific name --or by its common name. We regularly incorporate taxonomic updates from Jepson eFlora, USDA PLANTS, Plants of the World Online (Kew Gardens), and iNaturalist.
Here are a few of the plants with newly added or updated names:

Happy Anniversary to Our State Grass! August 23 marks the 22nd anniversary of the signing of legislation designating Stipa pulchra, or purple needlegrass, as CA’s official state grass.

A long-lived perennial bunchgrass, Stipa pulchra is one of California’s most widespread native grasses. It grows from the Oregon border to N. Baja CA in habitats ranging from grasslands and coastal sage scrub to chaparral, oak woodland, and coastal prairie.

Some Stipa pulchra plants may survive 150+ years. Their roots can extend 1 to 5 meters underground, helping them persist through California’s long dry summers. The long awns twist when dry and straighten with moisture. As they repeatedly twist and untwist, they help “drill” the sharply pointed seeds into the soil.

The next time you encounter this graceful bunchgrass, consider that its roots may reach meters below you and the plant itself may have been growing in that spot for a century. Thanks to the California Native Grasslands Association for inspiring this anniversary celebration!

Meet Durango Root: A Surprisingly Unusual California Native! https://conta.cc/4wKagj2

Every California wild plant has its own Plant Range page. Try it yourself! https://www.calflora.org/search.html