Plant Signs

Barestem Biscuitroot

Lomatium nudicaule

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Lewis' Lomatium

Lomatium triternatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Common Lomatium

Lomatium utriculatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Silver Bush Lupine

Lupinus albifrons var. collinus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Silvery Lupine

Lupinus argenteus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 60 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Silvery Lupine

Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 60 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Lake Tahoe Lupine

Lupinus argenteus var. meionanthus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 36 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

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

Elegant Lupine

Lupinus concinnus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

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

Yelloweyes

Lupinus flavoculatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Stool Lupine

Lupinus lepidus var. sellulus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Velvet Lupine

Lupinus leucophyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, Yellow, White, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Panamint Mountain Lupine

Lupinus magnificus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

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

Lupinus microcarpus var. horizontalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Valley Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Royal Lupine

Lupinus odoratus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Mojave Lupine

Lupinus odoratus var. odoratus

Calscape.org

Lupinus odoratus var. odoratus

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Rusty Lupine

Lupinus pusillus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 9 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple, Yellow, Red, Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Desert Lupine

Lupinus shockleyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

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

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

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

Peach Thorn

Lycium cooperi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 13 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Fremont Box Thorn

Lycium fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 13 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Pale Desert Thorn

Lycium pallidum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Rabbit Thorn

Lycium pallidum var. oligospermum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

California Desertdandelion

Malacothrix californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 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

Smooth Desertdandelion

Malacothrix glabrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 5 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Sowthistle Desertdandelion

Malacothrix sonchoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Stebbins' Desertdandelion

Malacothrix stebbinsii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Fish Hook Cactus

Mammillaria dioica

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Graham's Nipple Cactus

Mammillaria grahamii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Common Fishhook Cactus

Mammillaria tetrancistra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 10 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Sonoran False Prairie-clover

Marina orcuttii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

California Marina

Marina orcuttii var. orcuttii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Parry's Marina

Marina parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: White, Blue

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Roving Sailor

Maurandella antirrhiniflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 in tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Bluebird Twining Snapdragon

Maurandella antirrhiniflora 'Bluebird'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Vine

Size: 6 - 10 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide

Form: Climbing

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, Blue

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Ruby Twining Snapdragon

Maurandella antirrhiniflora 'Ruby'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Vine

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

Form: Climbing

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Heligrass

Melica frutescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Small Flowered Melica

Melica imperfecta

Calscape.org

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:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Rock Melic

Melica stricta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 36 in tall

Flower Color: Green, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Rough Menodora

Menodora scabra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Desert Olive

Menodora scabra var. glabrescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Spiny Menodora

Menodora spinescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Yellowcomet

Mentzelia affinis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange

Wildlife supported:

Small Flowered Blazing Star

Mentzelia albicaulis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

United Blazingstar

Mentzelia congesta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Orange, Green

Wildlife supported:

Sand Blazing Star

Mentzelia involucrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Wildlife supported:

Mentzelia longiloba

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Shining Blazingstar

Mentzelia nitens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Red

Wildlife supported:

Argus Blazingstar

Mentzelia oreophila

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

San Joaquin Blazingstar

Mentzelia pectinata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Orange, Yellow, Red

Wildlife supported:

Reflexed Blazingstar

Mentzelia reflexa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported: