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Native Annuals Suitable For Planting Near A Coastal Lagoon

  •  Abronia umbellate ssp. umbellate—Sand verbena
     Prostrate and spreading with purple flowers in spring and summer   common in sandy coastal clearings.
  • Camissonia bistorta—Calfornia sun cup
     One of the more easily identified yellow spring wildflowers common  in sandy soil near coast.
  • Cryptantha intermedia—Popcorn flower
     Coastal wildflower with bunches of white flowers on hairy plant in  
     Spring.
  • Layia platyglossa—Tidy tips
     Seen in spring on Torrey Pines bluffs
  • Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia—California aster
     Native to coastal  San Diego***
  • Lasthenia californica—Goldfields***
     Common on Torrey Pines bluffs
  • Linanthus dianthiflorus—Ground pink
     Colorful, abundant after good rains, low stature.
  • Pluchea odorata—Fragrant march fleabane
     Found near lagoons and marshes, pink flowers in summer and fall.  Frangrant gray foliage.
  • Stephanomeria diegensis—San Diego wreath plant
  •  Little purplish-white flowers on wirey plant have some resemblence  to babies breath, common summer wildflower near the coast.

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