Thickleaf Monardella

Monardella hypoleuca

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Andrew Borcher

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 22 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Willowy Monardella

Monardella linoides

Calscape.org

Copyright Calscape 2014

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Red Monardella

Monardella macrantha

Calscape.org

©2013 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall , 2 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Marian Sampson Coyote Mint

Monardella macrantha 'Marian Sampson'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Desert Monardella

Monardella nana

Calscape.org

© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Shelton's Coyote Mint

Monardella sheltonii

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low

Monardella sinuata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Adonis (Don) Tate

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 25 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Curlyleaf Monardella

Monardella undulata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Russian River Coyote Mint

Monardella villosa ssp. franciscana 'Russian River'

Calscape.org

© Theodore Payne Foundation.

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 - 3 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

San Antonio Hills Monardella

Monardella villosa ssp. villosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Purple, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Willowy Monardella

Monardella viminea

Calscape.org

Copyright Sabrina West/USFWS

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 19 in tall , 2 - 4 ft wide
Flower Color: Pink, Lavender
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Nuttall's Poverty Weed

Monolepis nuttalliana

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 10 - 16 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:

Common Monolopia

Monolopia lanceolata

Calscape.org

© 2003 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

California Spineflower

Mucronea californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Adonis (Don) Tate

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 19 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Perfoliate Spineflower

Mucronea perfoliata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 - 5 ft tall , 4 ft wide
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Common Muilla

Muilla maritima

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Tiny Mousetail

Myosurus minimus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 5 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:

Siberian Water-milfoil

Myriophyllum sibiricum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Cleveland's Lip Fern

Myriopteris clevelandii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Robert Sikora

Plant type: Fern
Wildlife supported:

Cooper's Lip Fern

Myriopteris cooperae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 John Doyen

Plant type: Fern
Wildlife supported:

Coville's Lipfern

Myriopteris covillei

Calscape.org

© 2006 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Fern
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Low

Newberry's Lip Fern

Myriopteris newberryi

Calscape.org

Copyright Calscape 2016

Plant type: Fern
Size: 1 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Hooked Navarretia

Navarretia hamata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2018 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 12 in tall , 12 in wide
Form: Mounding, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Cream, Lavender, Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Calistoga Pincushionplant

Navarretia heterodoxa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:

Needleleaf Pincushionplant

Navarretia intertexta

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 11 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Bridges' Pincushionplant

Navarretia leptalea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 13 in tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:

Honeyscented Pincushionplant

Navarretia mellita

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Mitrefruit Pincushionplant

Navarretia mitracarpa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Bur Pincushionplant

Navarretia prolifera

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1998 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Downy Pincushionplant

Navarretia pubescens

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 George W. Hartwell

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 13 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Common Threadplant

Nemacladus capillaris

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Longflower Threadplant

Nemacladus longiflorus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Mountain Threadplant

Nemacladus montanus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Combleaf Threadplant

Nemacladus pinnatifidus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Smallflower Threadplant

Nemacladus ramosissimus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Wildlife supported:

Small Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila heterophylla

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 in tall , 6 in wide
Flower Color: Blue
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Pennie Black Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Pennie Black'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 6 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Black, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Snowstorm Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Snowstorm'

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 6 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Littlefoot Nemophila

Nemophila pedunculata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Eastwood's Baby Blue-eyes

Nemophila pulchella

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White, Purple, Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Coyote Tobacco

Nicotiana attenuata

Calscape.org

© 2006 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Indian Tobacco

Nicotiana quadrivalvis

Calscape.org

© 2006 National Park Service

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Boraxweed

Nitrophila occidentalis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:

Dehesa Nolina

Nolina interrata

Calscape.org

© 2006 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Shrub,Grass
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White, Red, Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Parry's Nolina

Nolina parryi

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall , 4 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low, Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Blue Toadflax

Nuttallanthus texanus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Osoberry

Oemleria cerasiformis

Calscape.org

© Michael Wolf

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 - 20 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pacific Oenanthe

Oenanthe sarmentosa

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

California Primrose

Oenothera californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2000 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 31 in tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Flower Color: White, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Hooker's Evening Primrose

Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Calscape.

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide
Form: Upright, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Beavertail Pricklypear

Opuntia basilaris

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1998 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 5 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Beavertail Pricklypear

Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris

Calscape.org

© 1992 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Pancake Prickly-pear

Opuntia chlorotica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1998 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 7 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Grizzlybear Pricklypear

Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Baja California Birdbush

Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape. Photo take at Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 15 ft tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Slow, Very Slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Chaparral Broomrape

Orobanche bulbosa

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Purple, Black
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Groundsel

Packera breweri

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Cleveland's Ragwort

Packera clevelandii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported: