page_title: List of California native plants
section_title: Selected desert plants
hierarchical_section_title: List of California native plants / Selected desert plants
caption_attribution_description: English: Larrea tridentata in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (Palm Canyon)
context_page_description: California native plants are plants that existed in California prior to the arrival of European explorers and colonists in the late 18th century. California includes parts of at least three phytochoria. The largest is the California Floristic Province, a geographical area that covers most of California, portions of neighboring Oregon, Nevada, and Baja California, and is regarded as a "world hotspot" of biodiversity.
context_section_description: California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera)
  Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)
  Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)
  California juniper (Juniperus californica)
  Blue palo verde (Parkinsonia florida)
  Yellow foothill palo verde (Parkinsonia microphylla)
  Single-leaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla)
  Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
  Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
  Creosote bush  (Larrea tridentata)
  Indian mallow (Abutilon palmeri)
  Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa)
  Desert agave (Agave deserti)
  California barrel cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)
  Banana yucca (Yucca baccata)
  Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera)
  Rush milkweed (Asclepias subulata)
  Purple desert sand-verbena (Abronia villosa)
  Sacred datura (Datura wrightii)
caption: Creosote bush  (Larrea tridentata)
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