Mother Natives Inventory of CA Native Plants

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low

Western Columbine

Aquilegia formosa

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Emerald Carpet Manzanita

Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Howard McMinn Manzanita

Arctostaphylos 'Howard McMinn'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Sunset Manzanita

Arctostaphylos 'Sunset'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Mugwort

Artemisia douglasiana

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Narrow Leaf Milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Elizabeth Bush Anemone

Carpenteria californica 'Elizabeth'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Centennial Ceanothus

Ceanothus 'Centennial'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Dark Star Ceanothus

Ceanothus 'Dark Star'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Julia Phelps Mountain Lilac

Ceanothus 'Julia Phelps'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Ray Hartman Ceanothus

Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Buckbrush

Ceanothus cuneatus

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Virgin's Bower

Clematis ligusticifolia

Type

Perennial herb, Vine

Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Yerba Buena

Clinopodium douglasii

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Scouring Rush Horsetail

Equisetum hyemale

Type

Fern

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

High, Moderate

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Type

Shrub, Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Sulphur Buckwheat

Eriogonum umbellatum

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Type

Annual herb, Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Leatherleaf California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Leatherleaf'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Firecracker Showy Island Snapdragon

Gambelia speciosa 'Firecracker'

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Island Alum Root

Heuchera maxima

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Crevice Alumroot

Heuchera micrantha

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Moderate

Douglas Iris

Iris douglasiana

Type

Perennial herb, Geophyte

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Elk Blue Spreading Rush

Juncus patens 'Elk Blue'

Type

Grass

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Fragrant Pitcher Sage

Lepechinia fragrans

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Silver Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

Type

Grass

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Scarlet Bugler

Penstemon centranthifolius

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Showy Penstemon

Penstemon spectabilis

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Western Sword Fern

Polystichum munitum

Type

Fern

Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Catalina Currant

Ribes viburnifolium

Type

Shrub

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Coulter's Matilija Poppy

Romneya coulteri

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

White Sage

Salvia apiana

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Compact White Sage

Salvia apiana 'Compacta'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Cleveland Sage

Salvia clevelandii

Type

Shrub

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Whirly Blue Sage

Salvia clevelandii 'Whirly Blue'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Winnifred Gilman Cleveland Sage

Salvia clevelandii 'Winnifred Gilman'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Purple Sage

Salvia leucophylla

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Deep Shade, Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Blue Elderberry

Sambucus mexicana

Type

Tree, Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Bee Plant

Scrophularia californica

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Type

Perennial herb, Geophyte

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Threenerve Goldenrod

Solidago velutina

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Water

Low

Desert Globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Purple Haze Coast Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense 'Purple Haze'

Type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Woolly Bluecurls

Trichostema lanatum

Type

Shrub

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

De La Mina Verbena

Verbena lilacina 'De La Mina'

Type

Shrub

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

California Grape

Vitis californica

Type

Shrub, Vine

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate

Giant Chain Fern

Woodwardia fimbriata

Type

Fern

Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Moderate

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