Plant Signs

Shrubby Alkali Aster

Leucosyris carnosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Columbia Lily

Lilium columbianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Coast Lily

Lilium maritimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 3 - 8 ft tall

Flower Color: Orange, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Common Meadowfoam

Limnanthes douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall , 6 in wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Slow

Western Marsh Rosemary

Limonium californicum

Calscape.org

Public Domain by Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, White, Brown

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

California Prickly Phlox

Linanthus californicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: Pink, White, Lavender

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Fringed Linanthus

Linanthus dianthiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 2 - 5 ft wide

Form: Upright, Spreading, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Red

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis var. pseudosplendens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Dunn's Lobelia

Lobelia dunnii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

High

Soil drainage

Fast

Dunn's Lobelia

Lobelia dunnii var. serrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

High

Soil drainage

Fast

Spreading Pygmyleaf

Loeflingia squarrosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Arizona Cottonrose

Logfia arizonica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

California Cottonrose

Logfia filaginoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Cascade Desertparsley

Lomatium martindalei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Common Lomatium

Lomatium utriculatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Black Twinberry

Lonicera involucrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 16 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Red, Orange, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Twinberry

Lonicera involucrata var. involucrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Twinberry Honeysuckle

Lonicera involucrata var. ledebourii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Red, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Southern Honeysuckle

Lonicera subspicata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 ft tall , 20 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Santa Barbara Honeysuckle

Lonicera subspicata var. denudata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 ft tall , 20 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Southern Honeysuckle

Lonicera subspicata var. subspicata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 ft tall , 20 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Fleshy Lupine

Lupinus affinis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Silver Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Coastal Bush Lupine

Lupinus arboreus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 7 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Miniature Lupine

Lupinus bicolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 16 in tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Lavender, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Sand Lupine

Lupinus brevicaulis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 4 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Dune Bush Lupine

Lupinus chamissonis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 7 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Grape Soda Lupine

Lupinus excubitus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, White, Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

San Mateo Tree Lupine

Lupinus eximius

Calscape.org

2000 Dean Wm. Taylor

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Stinging Lupine

Lupinus hirsutissimus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Broadleaf Lupine

Lupinus latifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 7 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Seashore Lupine

Lupinus littoralis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Longleaf Bush Lupine

Lupinus longifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Blue

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Dense Flowered Platycarpos

Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Pyramidal, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Pacific Pink Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus 'Pacific Pink'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Pixie Delight Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus 'Pixie Delight'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 18 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Riverbank Lupine

Lupinus rivularis

Calscape.org

2015 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Coulter's Lupine

Lupinus sparsiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 16 in tall , 1 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Coulter's Lupine

Lupinus sparsiflorus ssp. inopinatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Coulter's Lupine

Lupinus sparsiflorus ssp. sparsiflorus

Calscape.org

2011 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Collared Annual Lupine

Lupinus truncatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Upright

Flower Color: Lavender, Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Manycolored Lupine

Lupinus variicolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Lavender, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Water Jacket

Lycium andersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 9 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Baja Desert Thorn

Lycium brevipes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 13 ft tall , 3 - 12 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

California Box Thorn

Lycium californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 ft tall , 10 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-deciduous, Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

San Nicholas Desert Thorn

Lycium verrucosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Yellow Skunk Cabbage

Lysichiton americanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

High

Soil drainage

Standing

Arctic Starflower

Lysimachia europaea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High

Sea Milkwort

Lysimachia maritima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Chaffweed

Lysimachia minima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Chaparral Mallow

Malacothamnus fasciculatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 16 ft tall , 10 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Southern Coastal Bushmallow

Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. fasciculatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Ojai Bushmallow

Malacothamnus nuttallii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Casitas Chaparral Mallow

Malacothamnus nuttallii 'Casitas'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Upright, spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Desertdandelion

Malacothrix californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Cleveland's Desertdandelion

Malacothrix clevelandii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Snake's Head

Malacothrix coulteri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Woolly Dandelion

Malacothrix floccifera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade