The Rare Plant Slide Collection contains approximately
2700 slides of over 640 taxa of rare California plants. The
slides have been graciously donated over the years by
professional and amateur photographers and botanists. Each taxon
named below is represented by at least one slide in the
Collection, in many case by several (closeup, habit, habitat).
List revised 12/13/1999.
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Abies amabilis |
Pacific silver fir |
Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa |
subalpine fir |
Abronia alpina |
Ramshaw Meadows abronia |
Abronia maritima |
red sand-verbena |
Acanthomintha duttonii |
San Mateo thorn-mint |
Acanthomintha ilicifolia |
San Diego thorn-mint |
Acanthomintha lanceolata |
Santa Clara thorn-mint |
Agave shawii |
Shaw's agave |
Agave utahensis |
Utah agave |
Ageratina shastensis |
Shasta ageratina |
Agrostis blasdalei |
Blasdale's bent grass |
Allium hickmanii |
Hickman's onion |
Allium hoffmanii |
Beegum onion |
Allium munzii |
Munz's onion |
Allium sanbornii var. congdonii |
Congdon's onion |
Allium sanbornii var. sanbornii |
Sanborn's onion |
Allium shevockii |
Spanish Needle onion |
Allium siskiyouense |
Siskiyou onion |
Allium yosemitense |
Yosemite onion |
Alopecurus aequalis var. sonomensis |
Sonoma alopecurus |
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia |
San Diego bur-sage |
Amsinckia grandiflora |
large-flowered fiddleneck |
Androstephium breviflorum |
small-flowered androstephium |
Angelica callii |
Call's angelica |
Antennaria flagellaris |
stoloniferous pussytoes |
Antirrhinum virga |
tall snapdragon |
Aphanisma blitoides |
aphanisma |
Arabis blepharophylla |
coast rock cress |
Arabis constancei |
Constance's rock cress |
Arabis koehleri var. stipitata |
Koehler's stipitate rock cress |
Arabis macdonaldiana |
McDonald's rock cress |
Arabis modesta |
modest rock cress |
Arabis parishii |
Parish's rock cress |
Arabis pygmaea |
Tulare County rock cress |
Arabis serpentinicola |
Preston Peak rock cress |
Arabis shockleyi |
Shockley's rock cress |
Arabis tiehmii |
Tiehm's rock cress |
Arctomecon merriamii |
white bear poppy |
Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Mt. Diablo manzanita |
Arctostaphylos bakeri ssp. bakeri |
Baker's manzanita |
Arctostaphylos cruzensis |
Arroyo de la Cruz manzanita |
Arctostaphylos densiflora |
Vine Hill manzanita |
Arctostaphylos edmundsii |
Little Sur manzanita |
Arctostaphylos glutinosa |
Schreiber's manzanita |
Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. franciscana |
Franciscan manzanita |
Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. hearstiorum |
Hearst's manzanita |
Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. hookeri |
Hooker's manzanita |
Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. ravenii |
Presidio manzanita |
Arctostaphylos imbricata |
San Bruno Mountain manzanita |
Arctostaphylos luciana |
Santa Lucia manzanita |
Arctostaphylos morroensis |
Morro manzanita |
Arctostaphylos myrtifolia |
Ione manzanita |
Arctostaphylos nissenana |
Nissenan manzanita |
Arctostaphylos pallida |
pallid manzanita |
Arctostaphylos pechoensis |
Pecho manzanita |
Arctostaphylos pilosula |
Santa Margarita manzanita |
Arctostaphylos pumila |
sandmat manzanita |
Arctostaphylos rudis |
sand mesa manzanita |
Arctostaphylos silvicola |
Bonny Doon manzanita |
Arctostaphylos virgata |
Marin manzanita |
Arenaria paludicola |
marsh sandwort |
Arnica venosa |
Shasta County arnica |
Arnica viscosa |
Mt. Shasta arnica |
Asclepias solanoana |
serpentine milkweed |
Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum |
green spleenwort |
Aster lentus |
Suisun Marsh aster |
Astragalus agnicidus |
Humboldt milk-vetch |
Astragalus albens |
Cushenbury milk-vetch |
Astragalus anxius |
troubled milk-vetch |
Astragalus argophyllus var. argophyllus |
silver-leaved milk-vetch |
Astragalus brauntonii |
Braunton's milk-vetch |
Astragalus breweri |
Brewer's milk-vetch |
Astragalus clarianus |
Clara Hunt's milk-vetch |
Astragalus crotalariae |
Salton milk-vetch |
Astragalus ertterae |
Walker Pass milk-vetch |
Astragalus funereus |
black milk-vetch |
Astragalus insularis var. harwoodii |
Harwood's milk-vetch |
Astragalus jaegerianus |
Lane Mountain milk-vetch |
Astragalus johannis-howellii |
Long Valley milk-vetch |
Astragalus kentrophyta var. danaus |
Sweetwater Mountains milk-vetch |
Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus |
spiny-leaved milk-vetch |
Astragalus lentiformis |
lens-pod milk-vetch |
Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus |
Borrego milk-vetch |
Astragalus lentiginosus var. coachellae |
Coachella Valley milk-vetch |
Astragalus lentiginosus var. kernensis |
Kern Plateau milk-vetch |
Astragalus lentiginosus var. micans |
shining milk-vetch |
Astragalus lentiginosus var. piscinensis |
Fish Slough milk-vetch |
Astragalus lentiginosus var. sesquimetralis |
Sodaville milk-vetch |
Astragalus monoensis var. monoensis |
Mono milk-vetch |
Astragalus monoensis var. ravenii |
Raven's milk-vetch |
Astragalus pauperculus |
depauperate milk-vetch |
Astragalus pseudiodanthus |
Tonopah milk-vetch |
Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus |
Ventura marsh milk-vetch |
Astragalus rattanii var. jepsonianus |
Jepson's milk-vetch |
Astragalus serenoi var. shockleyi |
naked milk-vetch |
Astragalus shevockii |
Shevock's milk-vetch |
Astragalus subvestitus |
Kern County milk-vetch |
Astragalus tener var. tener |
alkali milk-vetch |
Astragalus tener var. titi |
coastal dunes milk-vetch |
Astragalus webberi |
Webber's milk-vetch |
Atriplex joaquiniana |
San Joaquin spearscale |
Atriplex pacifica |
South Coast saltscale |
Atriplex vallicola |
Lost Hills crownscale |
Balsamorhiza macrolepis var. macrolepis |
big-scale balsamroot |
Bensoniella oregona |
bensoniella |
Berberis nevinii |
Nevin's barberry |
Bergerocactus emoryi |
golden-spined cereus |
Blennosperma bakeri |
Sonoma sunshine |
Blennosperma nanum var. robustum |
Point Reyes blennosperma |
Bloomeria humilis |
dwarf goldenstar |
Brodiaea coronaria ssp. rosea |
Indian Valley brodiaea |
Brodiaea filifolia |
thread-leaved brodiaea |
Brodiaea insignis |
Kaweah brodiaea |
Brodiaea orcuttii |
Orcutt's brodiaea |
Brodiaea pallida |
Chinese Camp brodiaea |
Bursera microphylla |
elephant tree |
Calamagrostis ophitidis |
serpentine reed grass |
Calandrinia maritima |
seaside calandrinia |
Calliandra eriophylla |
fairyduster |
Calochortus clavatus ssp. recurvifolius |
Arroyo de la Cruz mariposa lily |
Calochortus clavatus var. avius |
Pleasant Valley mariposa lily |
Calochortus dunnii |
Dunn's mariposa lily |
Calochortus excavatus |
Inyo County star-tulip |
Calochortus greenei |
Greene's mariposa lily |
Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus |
long-haired star-tulip |
Calochortus obispoensis |
San Luis mariposa lily |
Calochortus palmeri var. palmeri |
Palmer's mariposa lily |
Calochortus panamintensis |
Panamint mariposa lily |
Calochortus persistens |
Siskiyou mariposa lily |
Calochortus plummerae |
Plummer's mariposa lily |
Calochortus pulchellus |
Mt. Diablo fairy-lantern |
Calochortus striatus |
alkali mariposa lily |
Calochortus tiburonensis |
Tiburon mariposa lily |
Calochortus umbellatus |
Oakland star-tulip |
Calochortus weedii var. vestus |
late-flowered mariposa lily |
Calochortus westonii |
Shirley Meadows star-tulip |
Calyptridium pulchellum |
Mariposa pussypaws |
Calyptridium quadripetalum |
four-petaled pussypaws |
Calystegia collina ssp. oxyphylla |
Mt. Saint Helena morning-glory |
Calystegia macrostegia ssp. amplissima |
island morning-glory |
Calystegia peirsonii |
Peirson's morning-glory |
Calystegia stebbinsii |
Stebbins's morning-glory |
Camissonia benitensis |
San Benito evening-primrose |
Camissonia hardhamiae |
Hardham's evening-primrose |
Camissonia tanacetifolia ssp. quadriperforata |
Sierra Valley evening-primrose |
Campanula californica |
swamp harebell |
Campanula scabrella |
rough harebell |
Campanula sharsmithiae |
Sharsmith's harebell |
Campanula wilkinsiana |
Wilkin's harebell |
Canbya candida |
pygmy poppy |
Carex albida |
white sedge |
Carex californica |
California sedge |
Carex obispoensis |
San Luis Obispo sedge |
Carex tompkinsii |
Tompkins's sedge |
Carlowrightia arizonica |
Arizona carlowrightia |
Carpenteria californica |
tree-anemone |
Castela emoryi |
crucifixion thorn |
Castilleja affinis ssp. neglecta |
Tiburon Indian paintbrush |
Castilleja ambigua ssp. humboldtiensis |
Humboldt Bay owl's-clover |
Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta |
succulent owl's-clover |
Castilleja grisea |
San Clemente Island Indian paintbrush |
Castilleja hispida ssp. brevilobata |
short-lobed Indian paintbrush |
Castilleja lanata ssp. hololeuca |
white-felted Indian paintbrush |
Castilleja lasiorhyncha |
San Bernardino Mountains owl's-clover |
Castilleja latifolia |
Monterey Indian paintbrush |
Castilleja mendocinensis |
Mendocino coast Indian paintbrush |
Castilleja mollis |
soft-leaved Indian paintbrush |
Castilleja uliginosa |
Pitkin Marsh Indian paintbrush |
Caulanthus californicus |
California jewel-flower |
Caulostramina jaegeri |
Jaeger's caulostramina |
Ceanothus confusus |
Rincon Ridge ceanothus |
Ceanothus cuneatus var. rigidus |
Monterey ceanothus |
Ceanothus divergens |
Calistoga ceanothus |
Ceanothus gloriosus var. gloriosus |
Point Reyes ceanothus |
Ceanothus gloriosus var. porrectus |
Mt. Vision ceanothus |
Ceanothus hearstiorum |
Hearst's ceanothus |
Ceanothus maritimus |
maritime ceanothus |
Ceanothus purpureus |
holly-leaved ceanothus |
Ceanothus roderickii |
Pine Hill ceanothus |
Ceanothus verrucosus |
white coast ceanothus |
Cercocarpus traskiae |
Catalina Island mountain-mahogany |
Chaenactis suffrutescens |
Shasta chaenactis |
Chamaesyce hooveri |
Hoover's spurge |
Chenopodium simplex |
large-seeded goosefoot |
Chlorogalum grandiflorum |
Red Hills soaproot |
Chlorogalum purpureum var. purpureum |
purple amole |
Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum |
Camatta Canyon amole |
Chorizanthe breweri |
Brewer's spineflower |
Chorizanthe cuspidata var. cuspidata |
San Francisco Bay spineflower |
Chorizanthe cuspidata var. villosa |
woolly-headed spineflower |
Chorizanthe howellii |
Howell's spineflower |
Chorizanthe procumbens |
prostrate spineflower |
Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens |
Monterey spineflower |
Chorizanthe rectispina |
straight-awned spineflower |
Chorizanthe valida |
Sonoma spineflower |
Cirsium ciliolatum |
Ashland thistle |
Cirsium crassicaule |
slough thistle |
Cirsium fontinale var. campylon |
Mt. Hamilton thistle |
Cirsium fontinale var. fontinale |
fountain thistle |
Cirsium fontinale var. obispoense |
Chorro Creek bog thistle |
Cirsium hydrophilum var. hydrophilum |
Suisun thistle |
Cirsium hydrophilum var. vaseyi |
Mt. Tamalpais thistle |
Cirsium loncholepis |
La Graciosa thistle |
Cirsium occidentale var. compactum |
compact cobwebby thistle |
Cirsium rhothophilum |
surf thistle |
Clarkia australis |
Small's southern clarkia |
Clarkia breweri |
Brewer's clarkia |
Clarkia delicata |
delicate clarkia |
Clarkia franciscana |
Presidio clarkia |
Clarkia imbricata |
Vine Hill clarkia |
Clarkia lingulata |
Merced clarkia |
Clarkia speciosa ssp. immaculata |
Pismo clarkia |
Clarkia springvillensis |
Springville clarkia |
Collinsia corymbosa |
round-headed chinese houses |
Collinsia multicolor |
San Francisco collinsia |
Collomia rawsoniana |
flaming trumpet |
Colubrina californica |
Las Animas colubrina |
Convolvulus simulans |
small-flowered morning-glory |
Corallorhiza trifida |
northern coralroot |
Cordylanthus capitatus |
Yakima bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus eremicus ssp. kernensis |
Kern Plateau bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus |
salt marsh bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. palustris |
Point Reyes bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus mollis ssp. hispidus |
hispid bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus mollis ssp. mollis |
soft bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus palmatus |
palmate-bracted bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis |
seaside bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus tecopensis |
Tecopa bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. brunneus |
serpentine bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. capillaris |
Pennell's bird's-beak |
Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. pallescens |
pallid bird's-beak |
Coreopsis hamiltonii |
Mt. Hamilton coreopsis |
Coreopsis maritima |
sea dahlia |
Corethrogyne filaginifolia var. linifolia |
Del Mar Mesa sand aster |
Corethrogyne leucophylla |
branching beach aster |
Corydalis caseana ssp. caseana |
Sierra corydalis |
Crossosoma californicum |
Catalina crossosoma |
Croton wigginsii |
Wiggins's croton |
Cryptantha crinita |
silky cryptantha |
Cryptantha roosiorum |
bristlecone cryptantha |
Cryptantha scoparia |
gray cryptantha |
Cupressus abramsiana |
Santa Cruz cypress |
Cupressus arizonica ssp. nevadensis |
Piute cypress |
Cupressus goveniana ssp. goveniana |
Gowen cypress |
Cupressus goveniana ssp. pigmaea |
pygmy cypress |
Cupressus macrocarpa |
Monterey cypress |
Cupressus stephensonii |
Cuyamaca cypress |
Cusickiella quadricostata |
Bodie Hills cusickiella |
Cymopterus gilmanii |
Gilman's cymopterus |
Cymopterus ripleyi |
Ripley's cymopterus |
Cynanchum utahense |
Utah vine milkweed |
Cypripedium californicum |
California lady's-slipper |
Cypripedium fasciculatum |
clustered lady's-slipper |
Cypripedium montanum |
mountain lady's-slipper |