Vernal Pool Plants

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LYCOPODS

Isoetaceae - Quillwort Family

Isoetes howellii --- Quillwort
Isoetes orcuttii --- Quillwort


FERNS

Marsileaceae - Marsilea Family

Pilularia americana --- Pillwort


ANGIOSPERMS: DICOTS

Apiaceae (=Umbelliferae) - Carrot Family

Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii --- San Diego Button-Celery


Asteraceae (=Compositae) - Sunflower Family

Cotula coronopifolia --- Brass Buttons --- Asteraceae
Psilocarphus brevissimus var. brevissimus --- Dwarf Woolly-Heads
Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus --- Slender Wooly-Heads


Boraginaceae - Borage Family

Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus --- Adobe Allocarya


Callitrichaceae - Water-Starwort Family

Callitriche marginata --- Water-Starwort


Campanulaceae - Bellflower Family

Downingia cuspidata --- Downingia


Crassulaceae - Stonecrop Family

Crassula aquatica --- Water Pygmy Weed


Elatinaceae - Waterwort Family

Elatine brachysperma --- Waterwort


Lamiaceae (=Labiatae) - Mint Family

Pogogyne abramsii --- San Diego Mesa Mint


Lythraceae - Loosestrife Family

Lythrum hyssopifolium --- Grass Poly


Primulaceae - Primrose Family

Centunculus minimus --- Chaffweed


ANGIOSPERMS: MONOCOTS

Cyperaceae - Sedge Family

Eleocharis macrostachya --- Spikerush


Juncaginaceae - Arrow-Grass Family

Lilaea scilloides --- Flowering Quill Wort


Poaceae - Grass Family

Deschampsia danthonioides --- Annual Hairgrass


Themidaceae - Brodiaea Family

Brodiaea orcuttii --- Orcutt's Brodiaea



Vernal Pool Associates
(but also found in other habitats)

ANGIOSPERMS: DICOTS


Asteraceae (=Compositae) - Sunflower Family

Lasthenia californica --- Goldfields --- Asteraceae


Gentianaceae - Gentian Family

Centaurium venustum --- Centaury --- Gentianaceae


Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family

Castilleja exserta --- Purple Owl's-Clover --- Scrophulariaceae

ANGIOSPERMS: MONOCOTS

Iridaceae - Iris Family

Sisyrinchium bellum --- Blue-Eyed-Grass --- Iridaceae


Themidaceae - Brodiaea Family

Muilla maritima --- Coastal Muilla --- Themidaceae

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