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California Barrel Cactus
Ferocactus cylindraceus
CA Bloom Apr - May
Yellow flower
Many petals
CA native
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Cottontop Barrel Cactus
Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus
CA Bloom Mar - Aug
Yellow flower
Many petals
CA native
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Mojave Fish Hook Cactus
Sclerocactus polyancistrus
CA Bloom Apr - Jul
CA native Uncommon (CNPS 4)
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Calico Cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
CA Bloom Apr - May
Pink, violet flower
Many petals
CA native
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Desert Pincushion
Coryphantha chlorantha
CA Bloom Apr - Sep
Pink flower
Many petals
CA native Endangered in CA
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Beavertail
Opuntia basilaris
CA Bloom Apr - Jun
Pink, red flower
Many petals
CA native
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Grizzlybear Pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea
CA Bloom May - Jun
Pink, red, yellow flower
CA native
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Brown Spined Prickly Pear
Opuntia phaeacantha
CA Bloom May - Jul
Orange, yellow flower
Many petals
CA native
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Wiggins' Cholla
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
CA Bloom Mar - Jun
Green, yellow flower
Many petals
CA native
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Branched Pencil Cholla
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
CA Bloom Apr - Aug
Brown, green, pink, yellow flower
Many petals
CA native
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Joshua Tree
Yucca brevifolia
CA Bloom May - Jun
Green, white flower
Six petals
Whorled leaves
CA native
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Mohave Yucca
Yucca schidigera
CA Bloom Apr - May
Green, white flower
Six petals
Basal leaves
CA native
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Iodine Bush
Allenrolfea occidentalis
- Height 1 - 5 ft.
- CA Bloom Jul - Nov
- CA native
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Desert Cistanthe
Cistanthe ambigua
CA Bloom Feb - May
White flower
Five, four petals
Basal leaves
CA native
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Western Spring Beauty
Claytonia lanceolata
CA Bloom May - Jun
Pink, white flower
Five petals
Basal, opposite leaves
Streambanks
CA native
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Bitterroot
Lewisia rediviva
- Height to 1 ft.
- CA Bloom May - Jun
- This beautiful flower is made up of pink, violet and white.
- It has about 15 oblong petals, each over an inch long.
- Flowers are a combination of pink, violet and white.
- Bitterroot grows low to the ground, often in the mountains.
- It sometimes dies back after blooming in the spring (summer deciduous).
- CA native
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Many pink petals, paler in the center. Lots of yellow-tipped stamens and a pale pink pistil.
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Stems are short. Below the petals are 6-9 oval sepals.
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Basal leaves are bean shaped, and form a rosette under this low-growing plant.
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Bush Seepweed
Suaeda nigra
- CA Bloom May - May
- Tiny spherical flowers.
- Leaves are succulent with a rounded tip, about an inch long.
- Primarily found in inland alkaline areas, but sometimes in salt marshes.
- CA native
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Spherical green or yellow flower is smaller than leaves and connects directly to the stem.
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Leaves succulent, often round in cross section, not scaly. They can darken to a reddish color.
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Grows to 5 feet tall in alkaline areas.
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Johnson's Devil Claw
Sclerocactus johnsonii
CA Bloom Apr - May
CA native Endangered in CA
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Mojave Mound Cactus
Echinocereus mojavensis
CA Bloom Apr - Jun
Orange, red flower
Many petals
CA native
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Corkseed Fishhook Cactus
Mammillaria tetrancistra
CA Bloom Apr - Apr
Pink flower
Many petals
CA native
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Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha
CA Bloom May - Jun
Pink, red, yellow flower
Many petals
CA native
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Panamint Dudleya
Dudleya saxosa ssp. saxosa
CA Bloom May - Sep
Yellow flower
Five petals
Alternate leaves
CA native Endangered (CNPS 1B)
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