Narrow-toothed Pectocarya

Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Birdfoot Cliffbrake

Pellaea mucronata

Calscape.org

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

Plant type: Fern
Size: 4 in tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Showy Penstemon

Penstemon spectabilis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Charles E. Jones

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Paz Showy Penstemon

Penstemon spectabilis 'Paz'

Calscape.org

© Theodore Payne Foundation.

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Showy Penstemon 'Pink Form'

Penstemon spectabilis 'Pink Form'

Calscape.org

© Theodore Payne Foundation.

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Snow Dragon Penstemon

Penstemon spectabilis 'Snow Dragon'

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Perennial herb
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low

Tiny Pygmydaisy

Pentachaeta alsinoides

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:

Goldenback Fern

Pentagramma triangularis

Calscape.org

© 2008 Stan Shebs

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

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Emory's Rockdaisy

Perityle emoryi

Calscape.org

© 2005 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Short Lobed Phacelia

Phacelia brachyloba

Calscape.org

© 2008 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Rock Phacelia

Phacelia californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 18 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender, White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Caterpillar Phacelia

Phacelia cicutaria

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2016 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 7 - 24 in tall , 2 ft wide
Flower Color: Lavender, Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Great Valley Phacelia

Phacelia ciliata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 Barry Rice

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 22 in tall
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Great Valley Phacelia

Phacelia ciliata var. ciliata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 John Doyen

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Divaricate Phacelia

Phacelia divaricata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Large Flowered Phacelia

Phacelia grandiflora

Calscape.org

© 2013 Calscape

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Lyon's Phacelia

Phacelia lyonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Stinging Phacelia

Phacelia malvifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Phacelia malvifolia var. loasifolia

Calscape.org

Phacelia malvifolia var. loasifolia

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 40 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

California Bluebell

Phacelia minor

Calscape.org

© 2006 joedecruyenaere

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Parry's Phacelia

Phacelia parryi

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 28 in tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Branching Phacelia

Phacelia ramosissima

Calscape.org

© 2009 Stickpen

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 4 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Flower Color: Lavender, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Standing

Sticky Phacelia

Phacelia viscida

Calscape.org

© 2008 jkirkhart35

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

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Lemmon's Canary Grass

Phalaris lemmonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Desert Christmas Tree

Pholisma arenarium

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Aaron E. Sims

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White, Lavender
Wildlife supported:

Blue Fiestaflower

Pholistoma auritum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Racemose Fiesta Flower

Pholistoma racemosum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Thick-leaf Ground-cherry

Physalis crassifolia

Calscape.org

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

Sitka Spruce

Picea sitchensis

Calscape.org

© 2009 Kimon Berlin

Plant type: Tree
Size: 40 - 230 ft tall
Form: Pyramidal, Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Lodgepole Pine

Pinus contorta

Calscape.org

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

Plant type: Tree
Size: 30 - 112 ft tall , 40 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Torrey Pine

Pinus torreyana

Calscape.org

© 2006 TheNose at Flickr

Plant type: Tree
Size: 25 - 150 ft tall , 25 - 50 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Pyramidal, Rounded, Spreading, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: Red, Yellow
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
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

Elegant Piperia

Piperia elegans

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Brad Kelley

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Chaparral Orchid

Piperia elongata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:

Michael's Piperia

Piperia michaelii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Flat Spurred Piperia

Piperia transversa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

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

Valley Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys canescens

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2016 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Artist's Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys chorisianus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:

California Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys collinus var. californicus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Alkali Plagiobothrys

Plagiobothrys leptocladus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Jean Pawek

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Rusty Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys nothofulvus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 28 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Rough-nutlet Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys trachycarpus

Calscape.org

Copyright © University and Jepson Herbaria

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Planodes virginica

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Dotseed Plantain

Plantago erecta

Calscape.org

© 2010 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Brown, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Woolly Plantain

Plantago ovata

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Naked Plantain

Plantago subnuda

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Neal Kramer

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

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Creamcups

Platystemon californicus

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 12 in tall , 6 in wide
Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Arrow Weed

Pluchea sericea

Calscape.org

© 2005 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 16 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Beach Blue Grass

Poa confinis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 BLM,Arcata Field Office

Plant type: Grass
Size: 12 in tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sand Dune Blue Grass

Poa douglasii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Grass
Size: 12 in tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

San Francisco Bluegrass

Poa unilateralis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Royal Sky Pilot

Polemonium carneum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

High, Moderate

California Manyseed

Polycarpon depressum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Beach Knotweed

Polygonum paronychia

Calscape.org

© Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: White, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

California Polypody

Polypodium californicum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1998 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Fern
Size: 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Growth rate: Slow
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Sarah Lyman California Polypody Fern

Polypodium californicum 'Sarah Lyman'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Fern
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Moderate
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Leathery Polypody

Polypodium scouleri

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Fern
Size: 6 in tall , 1 ft wide
Growth rate: Slow
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Slender Poreleaf

Porophyllum gracile

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Pacific Potentilla

Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

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

Full Sun
Water
Water

High

Padre's Shootingstar

Primula clevelandii

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple, White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Desert Range Almond

Prunus fasciculata

Calscape.org

© 2006 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast