Leafy Desertdandelion

Malacothrix foliosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Dylan Neubauer

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

Dunedelion

Malacothrix incana

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Cliff Aster

Malacothrix saxatilis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Winter, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Laurel Sumac

Malosma laurina

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Charles E. Jones

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 20 ft tall , 20 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Malva Rosa

Malva assurgentiflora

Calscape.org

© Copyright Lynn Watson (SB)

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 13 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red, Purple, Pink
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Fish Hook Cactus

Mammillaria dioica

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 6 in tall , 4 in wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
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

Wild Cucumber

Marah fabacea

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Size: 18 ft tall
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Orange, White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low, Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Wild Cucumber

Marah macrocarpa

Calscape.org

© 2006 Curtis Clark

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low, Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Hairy Waterclover

Marsilea vestita

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Dieter Wilken

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

Full Sun

Hairy Waterclover

Marsilea vestita ssp. vestita

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Dieter Wilken

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

Full Sun

Smallflower Fairypoppy

Meconella denticulata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 John Marquis

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Heligrass

Melica frutescens

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

Plant type: Grass
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Small Flowered Melica

Melica imperfecta

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Lindley's Blazing Star

Mentzelia lindleyi

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

California Saxifrage

Micranthes californica

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 14 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Red, Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade

Coastal Silverpuffs

Microseris bigelovii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Al Keuter

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Wildlife supported:

Douglas' Silverpuffs

Microseris douglasii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

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

Sticky Monkeyflower

Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens

Calscape.org

© 2008 Joe Decruyenaere

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 36 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

High
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Wide Throated Yellow Monkeyflower

Mimulus brevipes

Calscape.org

Copyright © Sam Stewart 2003

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

High

Muskflower

Mimulus moschatus var. longiflorus

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

High

Desert Wishbone-bush

Mirabilis laevis

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall , 8 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Flower Color: Purple, Lavender, White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

California Four O'clock

Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia

Calscape.org

© 2014 Calscape

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter 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, Medium, Slow

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

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

Crisped Monardella

Monardella undulata ssp. crispa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

San Luis Obispo Monardella

Monardella undulata ssp. undulata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 John Doyen

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Coyote Mint

Monardella villosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 John Doyen

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Pink, Lavender
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

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

California Wax Myrtle

Morella californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 33 ft tall , 20 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Buxifolia Pacific Wax Myrtle

Morella californica 'Buxifolia'

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, 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

Littleseed Muhly

Muhlenbergia microsperma

Calscape.org

© 2010 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low

Aparejo Grass

Muhlenbergia utilis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

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

Blair's Stephanomeria

Munzothamnus blairii

Calscape.org

© 1995 Dieter Wilken

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

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:

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:

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

Woollyheads

Nemacaulis denudata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Longflower Threadplant

Nemacladus longiflorus

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:

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

Cleveland's Tobacco

Nicotiana clevelandii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

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

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

California Cloak-fern

Notholaena californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Keir Morse

Plant type: Fern
Wildlife supported:

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

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Upright, Rounded
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Orange, Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

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

Coast Prickly Pear

Opuntia littoralis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2000 Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Bolander's Ragwort

Packera bolanderi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Adrienne Simmons

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

California Peony

Paeonia californica

Calscape.org

© 2006 Noah Elhardt

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Red
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun
Water
Water

Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Sagebrush Combseed

Pectocarya linearis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported: