Sagebrush Combseed

Pectocarya linearis

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Narrow-toothed Pectocarya

Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Northern Pectocarya

Pectocarya penicillata

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

Round-nut Pectocarya

Pectocarya setosa

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

Coffee Fern

Pellaea andromedifolia

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Plant type: Fern
Size: 10 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Birdfoot Cliffbrake

Pellaea mucronata

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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

Tiny Pygmydaisy

Pentachaeta alsinoides

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

Golden-rayed Pentachaeta

Pentachaeta aurea

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Meager Pygmydaisy

Pentachaeta exilis

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

Meager Pygmydaisy

Pentachaeta exilis ssp. exilis

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Goldenback Fern

Pentagramma triangularis

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Kellogg's Yampah

Perideridia kelloggii

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Swamp Knotweed

Persicaria amphibia

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 48 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Seaside Petunia

Petunia parviflora

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

Caterpillar Phacelia

Phacelia cicutaria

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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

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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

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Merced Phacelia

Phacelia ciliata var. opaca

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Wild Heliotrope

Phacelia distans

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 31 in tall , 3 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Purple, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Divaricate Phacelia

Phacelia divaricata

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

Douglas' Phacelia

Phacelia douglasii

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Douglas' Phacelia

Phacelia douglasii var. douglasii

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

Partial Shade

Fremont's Phacelia

Phacelia fremontii

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, Yellow, Lavender, Blue
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Lacy Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
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

Death Valley Phacelia

Phacelia vallis-mortae

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

Reed Canarygrass

Phalaris arundinacea

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 - 8 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Lemmon's Canary Grass

Phalaris lemmonii

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

Moderate

Common Reed

Phragmites australis

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 7 - 20 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Lanceleaf Fogfruit

Phyla lanceolata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

American Pillwort

Pilularia americana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Wildlife supported:

Alaska Piperia

Piperia unalascensis

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

Adobe Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Austin's Spiny-nut Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys austiniae

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

Bracted Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys bracteatus

Calscape.org

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

Valley Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys canescens

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

California Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys collinus var. californicus

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

Madera Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys distantiflorus

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

Field Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys fulvus

Calscape.org

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

Field Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys fulvus var. campestris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sculptured Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys glyptocarpus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Greene's Spiny-nut Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys greenei

Calscape.org

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

Low Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys humistratus

Calscape.org

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

Alkali Plagiobothrys

Plagiobothrys leptocladus

Calscape.org

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

Rusty Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys nothofulvus

Calscape.org

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

Scridgee's Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys scriptus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Stalked Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys stipitatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Rough-nutlet Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys trachycarpus

Calscape.org

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

Wavy-stemmed Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys undulatus

Calscape.org

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

Planodes virginica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Naked Plantain

Plantago subnuda

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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

White Bog Orchid

Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Western Sycamore

Platanus racemosa

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Plant type: Tree
Size: 20 - 115 ft tall , 50 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Slow
Flower Color: Orange, Yellow, Cream, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Creamcups

Platystemon californicus

Calscape.org

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

Longspur Seablush

Plectritis ciliosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

One-sided Bluegrass

Poa secunda ssp. secunda

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Green, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Douglas' Pogogyne

Pogogyne douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 10 - 18 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Douglas' Mesamint

Pogogyne douglasii ssp. parviflora

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Sacramento Beardstyle

Pogogyne zizyphoroides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Royal Sky Pilot

Polemonium carneum

Calscape.org

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

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Spurry Knotweed

Polygonum spergulariiforme

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly