Virtual Herbarium

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Welcome to the BLM Hollister Field Office Virtual Herbarium.  The list of plants in the table below can be found throughout the Field Office area with an emphasis on the Fort Ord National Monument.  To view a photo of a plant, click the dot symbol ---- to the left of the plant name in the Virtual Herbarium list.

The Hollister Field Office area is home to several important and rare plant species.  Visit our webpage Special Status Plants of the Hollister Field Office to view images of these unique plants and learn more about their habitats, flowering seasons, and biogeographic distribution.

The Fort Ord National Monument supports a beautiful and diverse group of plant communities, individiual rare plants, and many showy wildflowers.  On a single visit you can enjoy majestic coast live oak woodlands, aromatic maritime chaparral, wide open grasslands, or vernal pools.  For many of the rare plants, 50-90% of their worldwide habitat occurs here.

Fort Ord National Monument plant list -- alphabetical

	Common Name	Scientific Name	Family	Status	Comments
	Sand Verbena	Abronia pogonantha	Nyctaginaceae - Four o´clock		Found in dry, sandy, desert communities
	Spear-leafed Agoseris (in fruit)	Agoseris retrorsa	Asteraceae - Sunflower		Common; found in oak woodland, shrubland
	Vernal Fiddleneck, Forked Fiddleneck	Amsinckia vernicosa var. furcata	Boraginaceae - Borage		Rare; San Joaquin Valley, San Benito, Co, Kern Co
	Pajaro Manzanita	Arctostaphylos pajaroensis	Ericaceae	Native, Rare, species of concern
	Sandmat Manzanita	Arctostaphylos pumila	Ericaceae	Native
	Prickly Poppy, Chicolote	Argemone munita	Papervaceae - Poppy		Found in open areas, yellow sap
	Dwarf Brodiaea	Brodiaea terrestris	Liliaceae	Native
	Large-flowered Star Tulip	Calochortus uniflorus	Liliaceae	Native
	South Coast Morning-Glory	Calystegia collina ssp. venusta	Convolvulaceae		Uncommon; often on serpentine
	San Benito Evening Primrose	Camissonia benitensis	Onagraceae - Evening Primrose		Federally threatened, found on serpentine soils in San Benito Co
	Suncups	Camissonia ovata	Onagraceae	Native
	Indian Paintbrush	Castilleja affinis ssp.affinis	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	Indian Paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei	Scrophulariaceae - Figwort		Common; found on dry slopes, interior
	Owl's Clover	Castilleja exerta	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	Woolly Indian Paint-Brush	Castilleja foliolosa	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	California Jewelflower (white-purple)	Caulanthus californicus	Brassicaceae - Mustard	Federally Endangered	San Joaquin Valley, grassland, open juniper woodland
	Desert Candle	Caulanthus inflatus	Brassicaceae - Mustard		Grows in open, sany plains to rocky slopes
	Jim Brush	Ceanothus oliganthus var. sorediatus	Rhamnaceae	Native
	Yellow Pincushion, Inner Coast Range Chaenactis	Chaenactis glabriuscula var. lanosa	Asteraceae - Sunflower		Found in open, dry areas, loose sand, serpentine
	Brewer's Clarkia	Clarkia brewerii	Onagraceae		Uncommon; usually on serpentine, sweet fragrance
	Elegant Clarkia, Canyon Clarkia	Clarkia unguiculata	Onagraceae - Evening Primrose		Common; found in woodland areas
	Chinese Houses	Collinsia heterophylla	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	Parry's Larkspur	Delphinium parryi	Ranunculaceae	Native
	Blue Dicks	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	Liliaceae - Lily	Native	Common; open areas, grasslands
	Shooting Star	Dodecatheon clevelandii ssp. sanctarum	Primulaceae	Native
	Parry's Mallow	Eremalche parryi	Malvaceae - Mallow		Common; found on dry flats and hills inland
	Naked Buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. indictum	Polygonaceae		Uncommon; dry, barren slopes
	Golden Yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum	Asteraceae	Native
	California Poppy	Eschscholzia californica	Papaveraceae	Native
	Chocolate Fritillary	Fritillaria affinis	Liliaceae	Native
	Talus Fritillary (photo by Bell)	Fritillaria falcata	Liliaceae		Rare; Found on serpentine talus in San Benito Co only
	Phlox-leafed Bedstraw	Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii	Rubiaceae - Madder		Often found in serpentine soils, very small, low growing
	Tricolored Gilia (with Poppies and Blue Dicks)	Gilia tricolor ssp. diffusa	Polemoniaceae - Phlox		Grows on open grassland, hills, and valleys
	Rush-Rose	Helianthemum scoparium	Cistaceae	Native
	Contra Costa Goldfields	Lasthenia conjugens	Asteraceae	Native, Federally Endangered
	Rayless Layia (very tiny)	Layia discoidea	Asteraceae, Sunflower Family		Rare; found on serpentine soils in San Benito Co
	Pale Yellow Layia	Layia heterotricha	Asteraceae, Sunflower		Rare; open, clay soils; fruity fragrance (pear)
	Tidy Tips	Layia platyglossa	Asteraceae	Native
	Sky Lupine	Lupinus nanus	Fabaceae	Native
	Wild Cucumber, Man-Root	Marah fabaceus	Cucurbitaceae - Gourd		Common; grows in sandy-gravelly places, vinelike, strong fragrance
	Sticky Monkey Flower	Mimulus aurantiacus	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	Baby Blue Eyes	Nemophila menziesii	Hydrophyllaceae	Native
	Basket Evening Primrose (with sand verbena)	Oenothera deltoides ssp. cognata	Onagraceae - Evening Primrose		Occurs in dry sandy places, San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert
	Indian Warrior	Pedicularis densiflora	Scrophulariaceae	Native
	Grinnell's Penstemon	Penstemon Grinellii	Scrophulariaceae - Figwort (Snapdragon)		Found in chaparral-woodland, open flower throat, yellow-hairy staminode
	Chaparral Penstemon	Penstemon heterophyllus ssp. heterophyllus	Scrophulariaceae - Figwort		Common; found in chaparral-woodland, magenta flowers, yellow-pink buds
	Purple Fiesta flower	Pholistoma auritum	Hydrophyllaceae	Native
	White Fiesta Flower	Pholistoma membranaceum	Hydrophyllaceae	Native
	Cream Cups	Platystemon californicus	Papaveraceae	Native
	Coast Live Oak	Quercus agrifolia	Fagaceae	Native
	Wild Rhubarb	Rumex hymenosepalus	Polygonaceae - Buckwheat		Found in dry sandy places, deserts
	Thistle Sage	Salvia carduacea	Lamiaceae - Mint		Stunning sage with orange pollen, found in sandy/gravelly places
	Footsteps of Spring	Sanicula arctopoides	Apiaceae	Native
	Checker bloom	Sidalcea malvaeflora	Malvaceae	Native
	Blue-Eyed Grass	Sisyrinchium bellum	Iridaceae	Native
	Blue Witch	Solanum umbelliferum	Solanaceae	Native
	Hairy Fringe Pod	Thysanocarpus curvipes	Brassicaceae - Mustard		Common; slopes, washes, meadows
	Poison Oak	Toxidendron diversilobum	Anacardiaceae	Native	Oils may cause rash