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 |
Darlingtonia californica |
California pitcherplant |
Dedeckera eurekensis |
July gold |
Delphinium bakeri |
Baker's larkspur |
Delphinium californicum ssp. interius |
Hospital Canyon larkspur |
Delphinium gypsophilum ssp. gypsophilum |
gypsum-loving larkspur |
Delphinium hansenii ssp. ewanianum |
Ewan's larkspur |
Delphinium inopinum |
unexpected larkspur |
Delphinium luteum |
yellow larkspur |
Delphinium parryi ssp. blochmaniae |
dune larkspur |
Delphinium purpusii |
Kern County larkspur |
Delphinium recurvatum |
recurved larkspur |
Delphinium uliginosum |
swamp larkspur |
Delphinium variegatum ssp. kinkiense |
San Clemente Island larkspur |
Dendromecon harfordii var. harfordii |
Channel Island tree poppy |
Dicentra formosa ssp. oregana |
Oregon bleeding heart |
Dicentra nevadensis |
Tulare County bleeding heart |
Dichanthelium lanuginosum var. thermale |
Geysers dichanthelium |
Dichondra occidentalis |
western dichondra |
Dimeresia howellii |
doublet |
Dithyrea maritima |
beach spectaclepod |
Downingia concolor var. brevior |
Cuyamaca Lake downingia |
Downingia pusilla |
dwarf downingia |
Draba aureola |
golden draba |
Draba carnosula |
Mt. Eddy draba |
Draba howellii |
Howell's draba |
Draba pterosperma |
winged-seed draba |
Drosera anglica |
English sundew |
Dudleya abramsii ssp. bettinae |
San Luis Obispo serpentine dudleya |
Dudleya attenuata ssp. orcuttii |
Orcutt's dudleya |
Dudleya blochmaniae ssp. blochmaniae |
Blochman's dudleya |
Dudleya blochmaniae ssp. brevifolia |
short-leaved dudleya |
Dudleya cymosa ssp. marcescens |
marcescent dudleya |
Dudleya cymosa ssp. ovatifolia |
Santa Monica Mountains dudleya |
Dudleya multicaulis |
many-stemmed dudleya |
Dudleya nesiotica |
Santa Cruz Island dudleya |
Dudleya saxosa ssp. saxosa |
Panamint dudleya |
Dudleya setchellii |
Santa Clara Valley dudleya |
Dudleya stolonifera |
Laguna Beach dudleya |
Dudleya traskiae |
Santa Barbara Island dudleya |
Dudleya verityi |
Verity's dudleya |
Dudleya virens |
bright green dudleya |
Dudleya viscida |
sticky dudleya |
Echinocereus engelmannii var. howei |
Howe's hedgehog cactus |
Enceliopsis covillei |
Panamint daisy |
Epilobium luteum |
yellow willowherb |
Epilobium rigidum |
Siskiyou Mountains willowherb |
Eremalche kernensis |
Kern mallow |
Eriastrum brandegeae |
Brandegee's eriastrum |
Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum |
Santa Ana River woollystar |
Eriastrum hooveri |
Hoover's eriastrum |
Ericameria fasciculata |
Eastwood's goldenbush |
Ericameria ophitidis |
serpentine goldenbush |
Erigeron aequifolius |
Hall's daisy |
Erigeron blochmaniae |
Blochman's leafy daisy |
Erigeron cervinus |
Siskiyou daisy |
Erigeron miser |
starved daisy |
Erigeron parishii |
Parish's daisy |
Erigeron supplex |
supple daisy |
Eriodictyon altissimum |
Indian Knob mountainbalm |
Eriodictyon capitatum |
Lompoc yerba santa |
Eriogonum alpinum |
Trinity buckwheat |
Eriogonum apricum var. apricum |
Ione buckwheat |
Eriogonum beatleyae |
Beatley's buckwheat |
Eriogonum bifurcatum |
forked buckwheat |
Eriogonum breedlovei var. shevockii |
The Needles buckwheat |
Eriogonum butterworthianum |
Butterworth's buckwheat |
Eriogonum congdonii |
Congdon's buckwheat |
Eriogonum crocatum |
Conejo buckwheat |
Eriogonum gilmanii |
Gilman's buckwheat |
Eriogonum hirtellum |
Klamath Mountain buckwheat |
Eriogonum intrafractum |
jointed buckwheat |
Eriogonum kelloggii |
Kellogg's buckwheat |
Eriogonum kennedyi var. pinicola |
Kern buckwheat |
Eriogonum libertini |
Dubakella Mountain buckwheat |
Eriogonum luteolum var. caninum |
Tiburon buckwheat |
Eriogonum nervulosum |
Snow Mountain buckwheat |
Eriogonum nudum var. murinum |
mouse buckwheat |
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. vineum |
Cushenbury buckwheat |
Eriogonum polypodum |
Tulare County buckwheat |
Eriogonum prociduum |
prostrate buckwheat |
Eriogonum puberulum |
downy buckwheat |
Eriogonum shockleyi var. shockleyi |
Shockley's buckwheat |
Eriogonum siskiyouense |
Siskiyou buckwheat |
Eriogonum ternatum |
ternate buckwheat |
Eriogonum twisselmannii |
Twisselmann's buckwheat |
Eriogonum umbellatum var. humistratum |
Mt. Eddy buckwheat |
Eriogonum umbellatum var. minus |
alpine sulfur-flowered buckwheat |
Eriogonum wrightii var. olanchense |
Olancha Peak buckwheat |
Eriophyllum congdonii |
Congdon's woolly sunflower |
Eriophyllum lanatum var. hallii |
Fort Tejon woolly sunflower |
Eriophyllum mohavense |
Barstow woolly sunflower |
Eriophyllum nevinii |
Nevin's woolly sunflower |
Eriophyllum nubigenum |
Yosemite woolly sunflower |
Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii |
San Diego button-celery |
Eryngium constancei |
Loch Lomond button-celery |
Eryngium spinosepalum |
spiny-sepaled button-celery |
Erysimum ammophilum |
coast wallflower |
Erysimum capitatum ssp. angustatum |
Contra Costa wallflower |
Erysimum franciscanum |
San Francisco wallflower |
Erysimum menziesii ssp. eurekense |
Humboldt Bay wallflower |
Erysimum menziesii ssp. menziesii |
Menzies's wallflower |
Erysimum teretifolium |
Santa Cruz wallflower |
Erythronium howellii |
Howell's fawn lily |
Erythronium pusaterii |
Hocket Lakes fawn lily |
Erythronium tuolumnense |
Tuolumne fawn lily |
Eschscholzia procera |
Kernville poppy |
Eschscholzia rhombipetala |
diamond-petaled California poppy |
Euphorbia misera |
cliff spurge |
Fendlerella utahensis |
yerba desierto |
Ferocactus viridescens |
San Diego barrel cactus |
Fremontodendron decumbens |
Pine Hill flannelbush |
Fritillaria agrestis |
stinkbells |
Fritillaria brandegei |
Greenhorn fritillary |
Fritillaria eastwoodiae |
Butte County fritillary |
Fritillaria falcata |
talus fritillary |
Fritillaria liliacea |
fragrant fritillary |
Fritillaria ojaiensis |
Ojai fritillary |
Fritillaria pluriflora |
adobe-lily |
Fritillaria purdyi |
Purdy's fritillary |
Fritillaria roderickii |
Roderick's fritillary |
Fritillaria striata |
striped adobe-lily |
Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense |
Borrego bedstraw |
Galium californicum ssp. luciense |
Cone Peak bedstraw |
Galium californicum ssp. sierrae |
El Dorado bedstraw |
Galium glabrescens ssp. modocense |
Modoc bedstraw |
Galium grande |
San Gabriel bedstraw |
Galium hardhamiae |
Hardham's bedstraw |
Galium serpenticum ssp. scotticum |
Scott Mountain bedstraw |
Galvezia speciosa |
island snapdragon |
Gentiana fremontii |
moss gentian |
Gilia maculata |
Little San Bernardino Mountains gilia |
Gilia ripleyi |
Ripley's gilia |
Gilia tenuiflora ssp. arenaria |
sand gilia |
Gilmania luteola |
golden carpet |
Githopsis diffusa ssp. filicaulis |
Mission Canyon bluecup |
Gratiola heterosepala |
Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop |
Grindelia fraxino-pratensis |
Ash Meadows gumplant |
Grindelia stricta var. angustifolia |
marsh gumplant |
Hackelia sharsmithii |
Sharsmith's stickseed |
Harpagonella palmeri |
Palmer's grapplinghook |
Hazardia detonsa |
island hazardia |
Helianthella castanea |
Diablo helianthella |
Helianthemum suffrutescens |
Bisbee Peak rush-rose |
Helianthus exilis |
serpentine sunflower |
Helianthus niveus ssp. tephrodes |
Algodones Dunes sunflower |
Helianthus nuttallii ssp. parishii |
Los Angeles sunflower |
Hemizonia arida |
Red Rock tarplant |
Hemizonia minthornii |
Santa Susana tarplant |
Hemizonia parryi ssp. australis |
southern tarplant |
Hesperolinon adenophyllum |
glandular western flax |
Hesperolinon bicarpellatum |
two-carpellate western flax |
Hesperolinon congestum |
Marin western flax |
Hesperolinon didymocarpum |
Lake County western flax |
Hesperolinon drymarioides |
drymaria-like western flax |
Hesperolinon tehamense |
Tehama County western flax |
Heterotheca villosa var. shevockii |
Shevock's hairy golden-aster |
Heuchera duranii |
Duran's alumroot |
Hibiscus lasiocarpus |
rose-mallow |
Holocarpha macradenia |
Santa Cruz tarplant |
Horkelia bolanderi |
Bolander's horkelia |
Horkelia marinensis |
Point Reyes horkelia |
Horkelia parryi |
Parry's horkelia |
Horkelia truncata |
Ramona horkelia |
Howellia aquatilis |
water howellia |
Hulsea californica |
San Diego sunflower |
Hulsea vestita ssp. inyoensis |
Inyo hulsea |
Ipomopsis tenuifolia |
slender-leaved ipomopsis |
Iris munzii |
Munz's iris |
Ivesia argyrocoma |
silver-haired ivesia |
Ivesia paniculata |
Ash Creek ivesia |
Ivesia pickeringii |
Pickering's ivesia |
Ivesia unguiculata |
Yosemite ivesia |
Ivesia webberi |
Webber's ivesia |
Jepsonia malvifolia |
island jepsonia |
Juncus leiospermus var. ahartii |
Ahart's dwarf rush |
Lasthenia burkei |
Burke's goldfields |
Lasthenia conjugens |
Contra Costa goldfields |
Lathyrus biflorus |
two-flowered pea |
Lathyrus jepsonii var. jepsonii |
Delta tule pea |
Lathyrus splendens |
pride-of-California |
Lavatera assurgentiflora ssp. glabra |
southern island mallow |
Layia carnosa |
beach layia |
Layia discoidea |
rayless layia |
Layia jonesii |
Jones's layia |
Legenere limosa |
legenere |
Lembertia congdonii |
San Joaquin woollythreads |
Lepidium jaredii ssp. jaredii |
Jared's pepper-grass |
Lesquerella kingii ssp. bernardina |
San Bernardino Mountains bladderpod |
Lessingia germanorum |
San Francisco lessingia |
Lewisia brachycalyx |
short-sepaled lewisia |
Lewisia cantelovii |
Cantelow's lewisia |
Lewisia congdonii |
Congdon's lewisia |
Lewisia cotyledon var. howellii |
Howell's lewisia |
Lewisia disepala |
Yosemite lewisia |
Lewisia longipetala |
long-petaled lewisia |
Lewisia oppositifolia |
opposite-leaved lewisia |
Lewisia serrata |
saw-toothed lewisia |
Lewisia stebbinsii |
Stebbins's lewisia |
Lilaeopsis masonii |
Mason's lilaeopsis |
Lilium bolanderi |
Bolander's lily |
Lilium humboldtii ssp. humboldtii |
Humboldt lily |
Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum |
ocellated Humboldt lily |
Lilium kelloggii |
Kellogg's lily |
Lilium maritimum |
coast lily |
Lilium occidentale |
western lily |
Lilium pardalinum ssp. pitkinense |
Pitkin Marsh lily |
Lilium pardalinum ssp. vollmeri |
Vollmer's lily |
Lilium pardalinum ssp. wigginsii |
Wiggins's lily |
Lilium rubescens |
redwood lily |
Lilium washingtonianum ssp. purpurascens |
purple-flowered Washington lily |
Limnanthes bakeri |
Baker's meadowfoam |
Limnanthes douglasii ssp. sulphurea |
Point Reyes meadowfoam |
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica |
Butte County meadowfoam |
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. floccosa |
woolly meadowfoam |
Limnanthes gracilis ssp. parishii |
Parish's meadowfoam |
Linanthus acicularis |
bristly linanthus |
Linanthus ambiguus |
serpentine linanthus |
Linanthus arenicola |
sand linanthus |
Linanthus bellus |
desert beauty |
Linanthus killipii |
Baldwin Lake linanthus |
Linanthus orcuttii |
Orcutt's linanthus |
Linanthus rattanii |
Rattan's linanthus |
Listera cordata |
heart-leaved twayblade |
Loeflingia squarrosa var. artemisiarum |
sagebrush loeflingia |
Lomatium ciliolatum var. hooveri |
Hoover's lomatium |
Lomatium congdonii |
Congdon's lomatium |
Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. inyoense |
Inyo lomatium |
Lomatium howellii |
Howell's lomatium |
Lomatium parvifolium |
small-leaved lomatium |
Lomatium peckianum |
Peck's lomatium |
Lomatium ravenii |
Raven's lomatium |
Lomatium repostum |
Napa lomatium |
Lomatium rigidum |
stiff lomatium |
Lomatium stebbinsii |
Stebbins's lomatium |
Lotus dendroideus var. traskiae |
San Clemente Island lotus |
Lotus rubriflorus |
red-flowered lotus |
Lupinus antoninus |
Anthony Peak lupine |
Lupinus citrinus var. citrinus |
orange lupine |
Lupinus citrinus var. deflexus |
Mariposa lupine |
Lupinus constancei |
The Lassics lupine |
Lupinus dalesiae |
Quincy lupine |
Lupinus duranii |
Mono Lake lupine |
Lupinus holmgrenanus |
Holmgren's lupine |
Lupinus lepidus var. culbertsonii |
Hockett Meadows lupine |
Lupinus ludovicianus |
San Luis Obispo County lupine |
Lupinus magnificus var. glarecola |
Coso Mountains lupine |
Lupinus magnificus var. magnificus |
Panamint Mountains lupine |
Lupinus milo-bakeri |
Milo Baker's lupine |
Lupinus nipomensis |
Nipomo Mesa lupine |
Lupinus padre-crowleyi |
Father Crowley's lupine |
Lupinus sericatus |
Cobb Mountain lupine |
Lupinus spectabilis |
shaggyhair lupine |
Lupinus tidestromii |
Tidestrom's lupine |
Lupinus tracyi |
Tracy's lupine |
Lycium brevipes var. hassei |
Santa Catalina Island desert-thorn |
Lycopodiella inundata |
bog club-moss |
Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolius |
Santa Cruz Island ironwood |