Purple Eyed Grass

Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

Calscape.org

© 2008 Walter Siegmund

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade

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

Tulip Pricklypear

Opuntia phaeacantha

Calscape.org

1998 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Succulent
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Yellow, Red, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Grizzlybear Pricklypear

Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

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

Fascicled Broom Rape

Orobanche fasciculata

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Rosy Owl's-clover

Orthocarpus bracteosus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, White
Wildlife supported:

Copeland's Owl's-clover

Orthocarpus cuspidatus ssp. copelandii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Steve Matson

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

Yellow Owl's Clover

Orthocarpus luteus

Calscape.org

© 1973 JW Stockert

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 10 - 18 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Spiny Caper

Oxystylis lutea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Drew Kaiser

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple
Wildlife supported:

Narrowleaf Oxytheca

Oxytheca dendroidea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Tree-like Puncturebract

Oxytheca dendroidea ssp. dendroidea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Roundleaf Puncturebract

Oxytheca perfoliata

Calscape.org

© 2008 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: White, Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Lobeleaf Groundsel

Packera multilobata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Steve Matson

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

Western Paeony

Paeonia brownii

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2004 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 19 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate

Desert Palafox

Palafoxia arida

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Aaron E. Sims

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mexican Panicgrass

Panicum hirticaule

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Duncan S. Bell

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low

Silky Panic Grass

Panicum urvilleanum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

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

Low

Blue Palo Verde

Parkinsonia florida

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Dieter Wilken

Plant type: Tree
Size: 26 ft tall , 20 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
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

Yellow Palo Verde

Parkinsonia microphylla

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Tree
Size: 8 - 16 ft tall , 12 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
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

Manybristle Chinchweed

Pectis papposa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Dieter Wilken

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Chinch-weed

Pectis papposa var. papposa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1997 Christopher L. Christie

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mixed-nut Pectocarya

Pectocarya heterocarpa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:

Wide-toothed Pectocarya

Pectocarya platycarpa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:

Arched-nut Pectocarya

Pectocarya recurvata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

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

Round-nut Pectocarya

Pectocarya setosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 9 in tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:

Azure Penstemon

Penstemon azureus

Calscape.org

© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Purple, Lavender, Blue
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Limestone Beardtongue

Penstemon calcareus

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Red, Pink, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Gray Beardtongue

Penstemon cinereus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1990 Dean Wm. Taylor

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Cleveland's Beardtongue

Penstemon clevelandii

Calscape.org

© 2010 Gary A. Monroe

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Scabland Penstemon

Penstemon deustus

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low

Firecracker Penstemon

Penstemon eatonii

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
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

Fast

Desert Beardtongue

Penstemon fruticiformis

Calscape.org

© 2008 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Low Beardtongue

Penstemon humilis

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Blue
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Low Beardtongue

Penstemon humilis var. humilis

Calscape.org

1977 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Blue
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Western Desert Penstemon

Penstemon incertus

Calscape.org

© 2003 Bureau of Land Management

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Blue
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Antelope Valley Beardtongue

Penstemon janishiae

Calscape.org

© 2006 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Mono Penstemon

Penstemon monoensis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Red
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Palmer's Penstemon

Penstemon palmeri

Calscape.org

© 2005 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple, Blue, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
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 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Penstemon Hybrid

Penstemon palmeri 'Hybrid'

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 1 - 2 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, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Palmer's Penstemon

Penstemon palmeri var. palmeri

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Lone Pine Beardtongue

Penstemon patens

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Desert Penstemon

Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Calscape.org

© 2009 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Pink, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Rydberg's Penstemon

Penstemon rydbergii

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Royal Penstemon

Penstemon speciosus

Calscape.org

© 2008 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
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

Thurber's Penstemon

Penstemon thurberi

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2005 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Lavender, Blue
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

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

Wild Crab Apple

Peraphyllum ramosissimum

Calscape.org

© 2008 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Bolander's Yampah

Perideridia bolanderi

Calscape.org

© 2008 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Bolander's Yampah

Perideridia bolanderi ssp. bolanderi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Perideridia bolanderi ssp. involucrata

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

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

Nevada Rockdaisy

Perityle megalocephala

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:

Narrowleaf Sandpaper Plant

Petalonyx linearis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Keir Morse

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Shinyleaf Sandpaper Plant

Petalonyx nitidus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Thurber's Sandpaper Plant

Petalonyx thurberi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Ron Wolf

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

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pygmy Cedar

Peucephyllum schottii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Flower Color: Yellow
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:

Glandular Yellow Phacelia

Phacelia adenophora

Calscape.org

© 1993 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Limestone Phacelia

Phacelia affinis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly