Special Status Plants of the Bakersfield Field Office

This plant guide identifies the special status plants that are known to occur on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, but they may only be suspected on land administered by the Bakersfield Field Office.  To view a photograph and more information on an individual plant, click on the plant's common name below. To see a complete list of all plants, regardless of if it is known or suspected, click here.

Alkali Mariposa Lily Calochortus striatus	Blochman's Leafy Daisy Erigeron blochmaniae	Boggs Lake Hedge Hyssop Gratiola heterosepala
Kern Buckwheat Eriogonum kennedyi var. pinicola	Calico Monkeyflower Mimulus pictus	California Jewelflower Caulanthus californicus
Charlotte's Phacelia Phacelia nashiana	Coulter's Goldfields Lasthenia glabrata ssp. coulteri	Crisp Monardella Monardella crispa
Hardham's Bedstraw Galium hardhamiae	Heart-Leaved Saltbush Atriplex cordulata	Hoover's Bent Grass Agrostis hooveri
Hoover's Woolystar Eriastrum hooveri	Jared's Pepper-Grass Lepidium jaredii ssp. jaredii	Kaweah Monkeyflower Mimulus norrisii
Keck's Checkerbloom Sidalcea keckii	Kelso Creek Monkeyflower Mimulus shevockii	Kern County Larkspur Delphinium purpusii
Kern Mallow Eremalche kernensis	Lemmon's Jewelflower Caulanthus coulteri var. lemmonii	Lost Hills Saltbush Atriplex vallicola
Morro Manzanita Arctostaphylos morroensis	Mouse Buckwheat Eriogonum nudum var. murinum	Muir's Raillardella Carlquistia muirii
Munz's Tidy-Tips Layia munzii	Nine Mile Canyon Phacelia Phacelia novenmillensis	Onyx Peak Bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. onycense
Owens Peak Lomatium Lomatium shevockii	Pale-Yellow Layia Layia heterotricha	Piute Cypress Cupressus arizonica ssp. nevadensis
Piute Mountains Navarretia Navarretia setiloba	Piute Mountains Jewel-Flower Streptanthus cordatus ssp. piutensis	Pygmy Poppy Canbya candida
Recurved Larkspur Delphinium recurvatum	Sand Mesa Manzanita Arctostaphylos rudis	Santa Margarita Manzanita Arctostaphylos pilosula
San Joaquin Valley Orcutt Grass Orcuttia inaequalis	San Joaquin Woolly Threads Monolopia congdonii	San Luis Obispo Sedge Carex obispoensis
Seaside Bird's-Beak Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis	Sequoia Gooseberry Ribes tularense	Shevock's Hairy Golden-Aster Heterotheca shevockii
Shevock's Milk-Vetch Astragalus shevockii	Shirley Meadows Star-Tulip Calochortus westonii	Showy Madia Madia radiata
Spanish Needle Onion Allium shevockii	Straight-Awned Spineflower Chorizanthe rectispina	Succulent Owl's Clover Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta
Surf Thistle Cirsium rhothophilum	Temblor Buckwheat Eriogonum temblorense	Walker Pass Milk-Vetch Astragalus ertterae
Yellow-Flowered Eriastrum Eriastrum luteum

Special status plants are those plants whose survival is of concern due to 1) their limited distribution, 2) low number of individuals and/or populations, and 3) potential threats to habitat.  The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) uses the term "special status plants" to include: 1) Federal endangered, threatened,proposed and candidate species; 2) California State endangered, threatened, and rare species; and 3) BLM Sensitive plants. Sensitive plants are those species that do not occur on Federal or state lists, but which are designated by the BLM State Director for special management consideration.

It is BLM policy to manage for the conservation of special status plants and their associated habitats and to ensure that actions authorized, funded, or carried out do not contribute to the need to list any species as threatened or endangered.