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Information on wild California plants for conservation, education, and appreciation.

10/14/2026

We are thrilled to announce that Calflora has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to modernize and expand the Calflora Database! Calflora brings together millions of plant observations from herbaria, iNaturalist, public agencies, scientists, community members, and other sources to provide comprehensive information about California's wild plants. With NSF support, the Calflora Modernization Project will make this wealth of information even more accessible, useful, and reliable.

10/08/2026

Corethrogyne filaginifolia (Common sandaster) is still blooming now! Statewide distribution by Calflora using hundreds of aggregated datasets. (Gorgeous) photo by by Mike Russler.
https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=9825

10/07/2026

What do you think about our Fall Flowering Natives list (so far)?! https://www.calflora.org/app/ipl?list_id=px5637

09/30/2026

Please share your photos of a CA native garden with several species blooming together, ideally w a residential/garden feel, and/or a close-up of a butterfly or native bee visiting a California native flower. Also, include sci names for plants and pollinators (if you can) along with your photos in your comment here. If we use yours, we will of course credit you as the photographer. TIA!

09/21/2026

Together, we reached our fall fundraising goal! Your donations help Calflora provide comprehensive information about the distribution of California’s wild plants by bringing together data from hundreds of scientific, agency, and community sources. Thank you, Calflora Community!

09/08/2026

Support Calflora Today! https://www.calflora.org/supportCalflora.html

08/28/2026

Plant names change. Calflora keeps up.
Hundreds of new and updated plant names are now in Calflora!
Search Calflora using a plant's current or former scientific name --or by its common name. We regularly incorporate taxonomic updates from Jepson eFlora, USDA PLANTS, Plants of the World Online (Kew Gardens), and iNaturalist.
Here are a few of the plants with newly added or updated names:

08/23/2026

Happy Anniversary to Our State Grass! August 23 marks the 22nd anniversary of the signing of legislation designating Stipa pulchra, or purple needlegrass, as CA’s official state grass.

A long-lived perennial bunchgrass, Stipa pulchra is one of California’s most widespread native grasses. It grows from the Oregon border to N. Baja CA in habitats ranging from grasslands and coastal sage scrub to chaparral, oak woodland, and coastal prairie.

Some Stipa pulchra plants may survive 150+ years. Their roots can extend 1 to 5 meters underground, helping them persist through California’s long dry summers. The long awns twist when dry and straighten with moisture. As they repeatedly twist and untwist, they help “drill” the sharply pointed seeds into the soil.

The next time you encounter this graceful bunchgrass, consider that its roots may reach meters below you and the plant itself may have been growing in that spot for a century. Thanks to the California Native Grasslands Association for inspiring this anniversary celebration!

08/17/2026

Meet Durango Root: A Surprisingly Unusual California Native! https://conta.cc/4wKagj2

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