Special Collections
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
The SBBG is dedicated to the study, display and preservation of California's native flora, and offers an extensive public education program.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Opuntia chlorotica | Dollarjoint Pricklypear Clock-face Prickly-pear Pancake Pear Silver-dollar Cactus | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia phaeacantha | Tulip Prickly Pear Brownspine Prickly Pear Cactus Purple-fruited Prickly Pear Brown-spined Prickly Pear New Mexico Prickly Pear Desert Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea | Grizzlybear Pricklypear Oldman Cactus Grizzly Prickly Pear Hedgehog Prickly Pear Mohave Prickly Pear Grizzly Bear Pricklypear | |
| Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha | Hairspine Pricklypear Utah Grizzlybear Pricklypear | |
| Oxalis oregana | Redwood-sorrel Oregon Wood Sorrel Oregon Woodsorrel | |
| Parkinsonia florida | Blue Paloverde | |
| Pellaea andromedifolia | Coffee Cliffbrake Coffee Fern Coffeeberry Fern | |
| Peritoma arborea | Bladderpod Spiderflower Bladderpod Bladderbush Burro-fat Spiderflower | |
| Penstemon azureus | Azure Penstemon Azure Beardtongue Sky-blue Penstemon Sky-blue Beardtongue | |
| Petrophytum caespitosum | Mat Rockspirea Rocky Mountain Rockmat Dwarf Spiraea Petrophytum Tufted Rockmat | |
| Penstemon centranthifolius | Scarlet Bugler | |
| Penstemon eatonii | Firecracker Penstemon Firecracker Beardtongue Eaton's Penstemon Eaton's Beardtongue | |
| Petasites frigidus var. palmatus | Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot Palmate Coltsfoot Palmate Butterbur Western Coltsfoot | |
| Penstemon heterophyllus | Bunchleaf Penstemon Bunchleaf Beardtongue Foothill Penstemon Foothill Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon labrosus | San Gabriel Penstemon San Gabriel Beardtongue Southern Scarlet Penstemon Southern Scarlet Beardtongue | |
| Pellaea mucronata | Birdfoot Cliffbrake Bird-foot Cliffbrake Birdsfoot Fern | |
| Penstemon newberryi | Mountain Pride | |
| Penstemon palmeri | Palmer's Penstemon Palmer's Beardtongue Scented Penstemon Scented Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Desert Penstemon Desert Beardtongue Rosy Desert Penstemon Rosy Desert Beardtongue Canyon Penstemon Canyon Beardtongue Mohave Penstemon Mohave Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon spectabilis | Showy Penstemon Showy Beardtongue Royal Penstemon Royal Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon thompsoniae | Thompson's Penstemon Thompson's Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon thurberi | Thurber's Penstemon Thurber's Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
| Physocarpus capitatus | Pacific Ninebark | |
| Philadelphus lewisii | Lewis' Mock Orange Mock Orange California Mock Orange | |
| Pinus attenuata | Knobcone Pine Knob-cone Pine | |
| Pinus coulteri | Coulter Pine | |
| Pinus contorta var. contorta | Beach Pine Lodgepole Pine Shore Pine | |
| Pinus edulis | Colorado Pinyon Pine Colorado Pinyon Pinyon Pine Pinyon Two-needle Pine Two-needle Pinyon Two-leaf Pinyon Nut Pine Pino Dulce | |
| Pinus jeffreyi | Jeffrey Pine | |
| Pinus monophylla | Singleleaf Pinyon Single-leaf Pinyon One-leaved Pinyon | |
| Pickeringia montana | Montana Chaparral Pea Chaparral Pea | |
| Pinus muricata | Bishop Pine | |
| Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine Western Yellow Pine Pino Blanco | |
| Pinus quadrifolia | Parry Pinyon Four-leaf Pinyon | |
| Pinus radiata | Monterey Pine | |
| Pinus sabiniana | California Foothill Pine Digger Pine | |
| Picea sitchensis | Sitka Spruce | |
| Pinus torreyana | Torrey Pine | |
| Platanthera hyperborea | Northern Green Orchid | |
| Pleuraphis jamesii | James' Galleta | |
| Pluchea odorata | Sweetscent Saltmarsh Fleabane | |
| Pleuraphis rigida | Big Galleta | |
| Pluchea sericea | Arrowweed Arrow Weed | |
| Polygonum amphibium var. stipulaceum | Water Smartweed | |
| Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa | Black Cottonwood | |
| Polygala californica | California Milkwort | |
| Polypodium glycyrrhiza | Licorice Fern | |
| Potentilla glandulosa | Sticky Cinquefoil | |
| Polystichum munitum | Western Swordfern Pineland Swordfern | |
| Polypodium scouleri | Leathery Polypody Rock Polypody | |
| Poa secunda | Sandberg Bluegrass Curly Blue Grass Pine Blue Grass Canby Blue Grass | |
| Prunus emarginata | Bitter Cherry | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana | Western Honey Mesquite Torrey Mesquite Western Mesquite | |
| Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii | Catalina Cherry Hollyleaf Cherry | |
| Prunus subcordata | Klamath Plum | |
| Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata | Lanceleaf Selfheal Self-heal | |
| Pseudotsuga macrocarpa | Bigcone Douglas-fir Big-cone Douglas-fir Big-cone Spruce | |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii | Coast Douglas Fir | |
| Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens | Hairy Bracken Fern Western Bracken Fern | |
| Purshia tridentata | Antelope Bitterbrush Bitterbrush Antelope Brush | |
| Quercus agrifolia | California Live Oak Coast Live Oak Encino Verde | |
| Quercus chrysolepis | Canyon Live Oak | |
| Quercus douglasii | Blue Oak | |
| Quercus dumosa | Coastal Sage Scrub Oak Nuttall's Scrub Oak | |
| Quercus engelmannii | Engelmann Oak Engelmann's Oak | |
| Quercus garryana | Oregon White Oak | |
| Quercus kelloggii | California Black Oak | |
| Quercus lobata | Valley Oak | |
| Quercus ×macdonaldii | Macdonald Oak Mcdonald Oak | |
| Quercus palmeri | Palmer Oak Dunn Oak | |
| Quercus turbinella | Shrub Live Oak Sonoran Scrub Oak Scrub Oak Turbinella Oak Turbinella Encino | |
| Quercus wislizeni | Interior Live Oak | |
| Ranunculus californicus | California Buttercup | |
| Rhamnus crocea | Redberry Buckthorn Holly-leaf Buckthorn Redberry | |
| Rhamnus ilicifolia | Hollyleaf Redberry Holly-leaf Buckthorn | |
| Rhus integrifolia | Lemonade Sumac Lemonadeberry | |
| Rhododendron macrophyllum | Pacific Rhododendron California Rhododendron California Rosebay Red Rhododendron | |
| Rhododendron occidentale | Western Azalea | |
| Rhus ovata | Sugar Sumac Sugarbush | |
| Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
| Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima | Downy Fragrant Sumac Downy Aromatic Sumac Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac | |
| Ribes cereum | Wax Currant White Squaw Currant Western Red Currant | |
| Ribes malvaceum | Chaparral Currant | |
| Ribes menziesii | Canyon Gooseberry Chaparral Currant | |
| Ribes speciosum | Fuchsia Flowering Currant Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry | |
| Ribes viburnifolium | Evergreen Currant Catalina Currant Santa Catalina Currant Island Gooseberry | |
| Rosa californica | California Wildrose California Rose | |
| Rosa gymnocarpa | Dwarf Rose | |
| Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana | Woods' Rose Arizona Wild Rose | |
| Rubus parviflorus | Western Thimbleberry Thimbleberry | |
| Salvia apiana | White Sage California White Sage | |
| Salvia clevelandii | Fragrant Sage Blue Sage Cleveland Sage | |
| Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
| Salix lasiolepis | Arroyo Willow | |
| Salvia leucophylla | San Luis Purple Sage Purple Sage | |
| Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra | Pacific Willow | |
| Salazaria mexicana | Mexican Bladdersage Bladder Sage Paper Bag Bush | |
| Salvia mellifera | Black Sage California Black Sage | |
| Salvia munzii | Munz's Sage San Miguel Mountain Sage San Diego Sage | |
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