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 |
Madia hallii |
Hall's madia |
Madia stebbinsii |
Stebbins's madia |
Malacothamnus clementinus |
San Clemente Island bush mallow |
Malacothamnus hallii |
Hall's bush mallow |
Malacothamnus helleri |
Heller's bush mallow |
Malacothamnus mendocinensis |
Mendocino bush mallow |
Malacothamnus palmeri var. involucratus |
Carmel Valley bush mallow |
Malacothrix indecora |
Santa Cruz Island malacothrix |
Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea |
Carmel Valley malacothrix |
Malaxis monophyllos ssp. brachypoda |
adder's-mouth |
Maurandya petrophila |
rock lady |
Mentzelia hirsutissima |
hairy stickleaf |
Micropus amphibolus |
Mt. Diablo cottonweed |
Mimulus aridus |
low bush monkeyflower |
Mimulus flemingii |
island bush monkeyflower |
Mimulus mohavensis |
Mojave monkeyflower |
Mimulus norrisii |
Kaweah monkeyflower |
Mimulus pictus |
calico monkeyflower |
Mimulus pygmaeus |
Egg Lake monkeyflower |
Mimulus rupicola |
rock midget |
Mimulus shevockii |
Kelso Creek monkeyflower |
Minuartia rosei |
Peanut sandwort |
Monardella beneolens |
sweet-smelling monardella |
Monardella crispa |
crisp monardella |
Monardella frutescens |
San Luis Obispo monardella |
Monardella linoides ssp. viminea |
willowy monardella |
Monardella palmeri |
Palmer's monardella |
Monardella stebbinsii |
Stebbins's monardella |
Muilla clevelandii |
San Diego goldenstar |
Muilla coronata |
crowned muilla |
Navarretia fossalis |
spreading navarretia |
Navarretia heterandra |
Tehama navarretia |
Navarretia jepsonii |
Jepson's navarretia |
Navarretia leucocephala ssp. pauciflora |
few-flowered navarretia |
Navarretia leucocephala ssp. plieantha |
many-flowered navarretia |
Navarretia prolifera ssp. lutea |
yellow bur navarretia |
Navarretia setiloba |
Piute Mountains navarretia |
Navarretia subuligera |
awl-leaved navarretia |
Nemacladus twisselmannii |
Twisselmann's nemacladus |
Neostapfia colusana |
Colusa grass |
Nitrophila mohavensis |
Amargosa nitrophila |
Nolina interrata |
Dehesa nolina |
Oenothera caespitosa ssp. crinita |
caespitose evening-primrose |
Oenothera californica ssp. eurekensis |
Eureka Dunes evening-primrose |
Oenothera deltoides ssp. howellii |
Antioch Dunes evening-primrose |
Oenothera wolfii |
Wolf's evening-primrose |
Ophioglossum californicum |
California adder's-tongue |
Ophioglossum pusillum |
northern adder's-tongue |
Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada |
short-joint beavertail |
Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei |
Bakersfield cactus |
Opuntia munzii |
Munz's cholla |
Opuntia pulchella |
beautiful cholla |
Orcuttia californica |
California Orcutt grass |
Orcuttia inaequalis |
San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass |
Orcuttia pilosa |
hairy Orcutt grass |
Orcuttia tenuis |
slender Orcutt grass |
Orcuttia viscida |
Sacramento Orcutt grass |
Oreonana purpurascens |
purple mountain-parsley |
Orobanche valida ssp. howellii |
Howell's broomrape |
Orthocarpus pachystachyus |
Shasta orthocarpus |
Oryctes nevadensis |
Nevada oryctes |
Oxytheca parishii var. cienegensis |
Cienega Seca oxytheca |
Oxytheca parishii var. goodmaniana |
Cushenbury oxytheca |
Oxytheca watsonii |
Watson's oxytheca |
Paronychia ahartii |
Ahart's paronychia |
Parvisedum leiocarpum |
Lake County stonecrop |
Pedicularis contorta |
curved-beak lousewort |
Pedicularis dudleyi |
Dudley's lousewort |
Penstemon albomarginatus |
white-margined beardtongue |
Penstemon calcareus |
limestone beardtongue |
Penstemon filiformis |
thread-leaved beardtongue |
Penstemon papillatus |
Inyo beardtongue |
Penstemon personatus |
closed-throated beardtongue |
Penstemon purpusii |
Snow Mountain beardtongue |
Penstemon stephensii |
Stephens's beardtongue |
Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica |
slender pentachaeta |
Pentachaeta lyonii |
Lyon's pentachaeta |
Perideridia bacigalupii |
Bacigalupi's yampah |
Perideridia gairdneri ssp. gairdneri |
Gairdner's yampah |
Perideridia leptocarpa |
narrow-seeded yampah |
Perityle inyoensis |
Inyo rock daisy |
Phacelia anelsonii |
Aven Nelson's phacelia |
Phacelia argentea |
sand dune phacelia |
Phacelia cookei |
Cooke's phacelia |
Phacelia dalesiana |
Scott Mountain phacelia |
Phacelia greenei |
Scott Valley phacelia |
Phacelia insularis var. continentis |
North Coast phacelia |
Phacelia monoensis |
Mono County phacelia |
Phacelia mustelina |
Death Valley round-leaved phacelia |
Phacelia nashiana |
Charlotte's phacelia |
Phacelia novenmillensis |
Nine Mile Canyon phacelia |
Phacelia orogenes |
mountain phacelia |
Phacelia phacelioides |
Mt. Diablo phacelia |
Phacelia stebbinsii |
Stebbins's phacelia |
Phlox hirsuta |
Yreka phlox |
Phlox muscoides |
moss phlox |
Pholisma sonorae |
sand food |
Picea engelmannii |
Engelmann spruce |
Pilostyles thurberi |
Thurber's pilostyles |
Pinguicula vulgaris ssp. macroceras |
horned butterwort |
Pinus contorta ssp. bolanderi |
Bolander's beach pine |
Pinus longaeva |
bristlecone pine |
Pinus radiata |
Monterey pine |
Pinus torreyana ssp. torreyana |
Torrey pine |
Pityopus californicus |
California pinefoot |
Plagiobothrys strictus |
Calistoga popcorn-flower |
Pleuropogon hooverianus |
North Coast semaphore grass |
Pleuropogon refractus |
nodding semaphore grass |
Poa atropurpurea |
San Bernardino blue grass |
Poa napensis |
Napa blue grass |
Pogogyne abramsii |
San Diego mesa mint |
Pogogyne clareana |
Santa Lucia mint |
Pogogyne douglasii ssp. parviflora |
Douglas's pogogyne |
Pogogyne nudiuscula |
Otay Mesa mint |
Polemonium chartaceum |
Mason's sky pilot |
Polygonum bidwelliae |
Bidwell's knotweed |
Polystichum kruckebergii |
Kruckeberg's sword fern |
Potentilla cristae |
crested potentilla |
Pseudobahia bahiifolia |
Hartweg's golden sunburst |
Pseudobahia peirsonii |
San Joaquin adobe sunburst |
Puccinellia howellii |
Howell's alkali grass |
Pyrrocoma uniflora var. gossypina |
Bear Valley pyrrocoma |
Quercus engelmannii |
Engelmann oak |
Raillardella pringlei |
showy raillardella |
Raillardiopsis muirii |
Muir's raillardella |
Ranunculus lobbii |
Lobb's aquatic buttercup |
Ribes thacherianum |
Santa Cruz Island gooseberry |
Ribes tularense |
Sequoia gooseberry |
Ribes victoris |
Victor's gooseberry |
Romneya coulteri |
Coulter's matilija poppy |
Rorippa gambelii |
Gambel's water cress |
Rorippa subumbellata |
Tahoe yellow cress |
Rosa minutifolia |
small-leaved rose |
Sagittaria sanfordii |
Sanford's arrowhead |
Salvia funerea |
Death Valley sage |
Sanicula maritima |
adobe sanicle |
Sanicula saxatilis |
rock sanicle |
Satureja chandleri |
San Miguel savory |
Saussurea americana |
American saw-wort |
Sclerocactus polyancistrus |
Mojave fish-hook cactus |
Scrophularia atrata |
black-flowered figwort |
Sedum albomarginatum |
Feather River stonecrop |
Sedum laxum ssp. flavidum |
pale yellow stonecrop |
Senecio clevelandii var. clevelandii |
Cleveland's ragwort |
Senecio clevelandii var. heterophyllus |
Red Hills ragwort |
Senecio eurycephalus var. lewisrosei |
cut-leaved ragwort |
Senecio ganderi |
Gander's ragwort |
Sidalcea covillei |
Owens Valley checkerbloom |
Sidalcea hickmanii ssp. anomala |
Cuesta Pass checkerbloom |
Sidalcea malachroides |
maple-leaved checkerbloom |
Sidalcea oregana ssp. valida |
Kenwood Marsh checkerbloom |
Sidalcea pedata |
bird-foot checkerbloom |
Sidalcea robusta |
Butte County checkerbloom |
Sidalcea stipularis |
Scadden Flat checkerbloom |
Silene invisa |
short-petaled campion |
Smelowskia ovalis var. congesta |
Lassen Peak smelowskia |
Solanum clokeyi |
island nightshade |
Stephanomeria blairii |
Blair's stephanomeria |
Streptanthus albidus ssp. albidus |
Metcalf Canyon jewel-flower |
Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus |
most beautiful jewel-flower |
Streptanthus batrachopus |
Tamalpais jewel-flower |
Streptanthus brachiatus ssp. brachiatus |
Socrates Mine jewel-flower |
Streptanthus callistus |
Mt. Hamilton jewel-flower |
Streptanthus campestris |
southern jewel-flower |
Streptanthus cordatus var. piutensis |
Piute Mountains jewel-flower |
Streptanthus drepanoides |
sickle-fruit jewel-flower |
Streptanthus farnsworthianus |
Farnsworth's jewel-flower |
Streptanthus fenestratus |
Tehipite Valley jewel-flower |
Streptanthus gracilis |
alpine jewel-flower |
Streptanthus hispidus |
Mt. Diablo jewel-flower |
Streptanthus howellii |
Howell's jewel-flower |
Streptanthus insignis ssp. lyonii |
Arburua Ranch jewel-flower |
Streptanthus niger |
Tiburon jewel-flower |
Streptanthus oliganthus |
Masonic Mountain jewel-flower |
Suaeda californica |
California seablite |
Swallenia alexandrae |
Eureka Valley dune grass |
Swertia fastigiata |
clustered green-gentian |
Taraxacum californicum |
California dandelion |
Tetracoccus dioicus |
Parry's tetracoccus |
Tetracoccus ilicifolius |
holly-leaved tetracoccus |
Thelypodium brachycarpum |
short-podded thelypodium |
Thelypodium stenopetalum |
slender-petaled thelypodium |
Thermopsis californica var. argentata |
silvery false lupine |
Thermopsis californica var. semota |
velvety false lupine |
Thlaspi californicum |
Kneeland Prairie pennycress |
Thysanocarpus conchuliferus |
Santa Cruz Island fringepod |
Tracyina rostrata |
beaked tracyina |
Trichostema austromontanum ssp. compactum |
Hidden Lake bluecurls |
Trifolium amoenum |
showy Indian clover |
Trifolium lemmonii |
Lemmon's clover |
Trifolium macilentum var. dedeckerae |
DeDecker's clover |
Trifolium polyodon |
Pacific Grove clover |
Trifolium trichocalyx |
Monterey clover |
Triphysaria floribunda |
San Francisco owl's-clover |
Triteleia clementina |
San Clemente Island triteleia |
Tuctoria greenei |
Greene's tuctoria |
Tuctoria mucronata |
Crampton's tuctoria or Solano grass |
Vancouveria chrysantha |
Siskiyou inside-out-flower |
Veratrum fimbriatum |
fringed false-hellebore |
Verbena californica |
California vervain |
Verbesina dissita |
crownbeard |
Veronica copelandii |
Copeland's speedwell |
Veronica cusickii |
Cusick's speedwell |
Viola primulifolia ssp. occidentalis |
western bog violet |
Viola tomentosa |
woolly violet |
Woodsia plummerae |
Plummer's woodsia |
Wyethia reticulata |
El Dorado County mule ears |
Xylorhiza orcuttii |
Orcutt's woody-aster |