Plant Signs

Bearded Cryptantha

Cryptantha barbigera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Common Name James' Catseye

Cryptantha cinerea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Gravel Cryptantha

Cryptantha decipiens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Scrambling Cryptantha

Cryptantha dumetorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Slender Cryptantha

Cryptantha gracilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Guadalupe Cryptantha

Cryptantha maritima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Redroot Cryptantha

Cryptantha micrantha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Mojave Cryptantha

Cryptantha mohavensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Nevada Catseye

Cryptantha nevadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Nevada Cryptantha

Cryptantha nevadensis var. nevadensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Sharp-nut Cryptantha

Cryptantha oxygona

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 18 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Wingnut Cryptantha

Cryptantha pterocarya

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Curved-nut Cryptantha

Cryptantha recurvata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Scented Cryptantha

Cryptantha utahensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Finger-leaved Gourd

Cucurbita digitata

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Missouri Gourd

Cucurbita foetidissima

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Coyote Melon

Cucurbita palmata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Small-tooth Dodder

Cuscuta denticulata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Vine

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Orange

Wildlife supported:

Buckhorn Cholla

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Orange

Wildlife supported:

Jumping Cholla

Cylindropuntia bigelovii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 1 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Golden Cholla

Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 7 - 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, Green, Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Pencil Cholla

Cylindropuntia ramosissima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 5 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Indian Springparsley

Cymopterus aboriginum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Panamint Springparsley

Cymopterus panamintensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Ripley's Cymopterus

Cymopterus ripleyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Smooth Flatsedge

Cyperus laevigatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High

Hairy Prairie

Dalea mollis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Soft Prairie Clover

Dalea mollissima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Fringed Water-plantain

Damasonium californicum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Pink, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

One-spike Oat Grass

Danthonia unispicata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 10 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Desert Fluff-grass

Dasyochloa pulchella

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 5 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, White

Wildlife supported:

Desert Thornapple

Datura discolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Mojave Tarplant

Deinandra mohavensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 40 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Anderson's Larkspur

Delphinium andersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, Blue, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Dwarf Larkspur

Delphinium depauperatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Gypsum Loving Larkspur

Delphinium gypsophilum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Low Larkspur

Delphinium nuttallianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Desert Larkspur

Delphinium parishii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 - 40 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Spiked Larkspur

Delphinium stachydeum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Descurainia adenophora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Western Tansymustard

Descurainia pinnata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Desert Twinbugs

Dicoria canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Hoary Aster

Dieteria canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Hoary Tansyaster

Dieteria canescens var. canescens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Whiteflower Tansyaster

Dieteria canescens var. leucanthemifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Shasta Tansy-aster

Dieteria canescens var. shastensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Bush Monkey Flower

Diplacus aurantiacus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Orange, Red, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Cherry Monkeyflower

Diplacus aurantiacus 'Cherry'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Red

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Fremont's Monkeyflower

Diplacus fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.4 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Blue Dicks

Dipterostemon capitatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall , 2 in wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Lavender, Blue

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Saltgrass

Distichlis spicata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Lanceleaf Ditaxis

Ditaxis lanceolata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Common Ditaxis

Ditaxis neomexicana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 14 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Ditaxis serrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Spectacle Pod

Dithyrea californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Elegant Calicoflower

Downingia elegans

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Blue, Purple, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Harlequin Calicoflower

Downingia insignis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Blue, Purple, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Wedgeleaf Draba

Draba cuneifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Dudleya arizonica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent

Size: 4 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Orange, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low