Hook Three Awn

Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Keir Morse

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Mugwort

Artemisia douglasiana

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 ft tall , 4 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Silver Surfer Mugwort

Artemisia douglasiana 'Silver Surfer'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Wild Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
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

Medium

Woollypod Milkweed

Asclepias eriocarpa

Calscape.org

© 2005 Anthony Valois

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Desert Milkweed

Asclepias erosa

Calscape.org

© 2005 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Narrow Leaf Milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Woolly Milkweed

Asclepias vestita

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

California Lace Fern

Aspidotis californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Barry Breckling

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

San Joaquin Milk Vetch

Astragalus asymmetricus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2016 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Dwarf White Milkvetch

Astragalus didymocarpus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Douglas' Milkvetch

Astragalus douglasii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Spotted Locoweed

Astragalus lentiginosus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Stanislaus Milkvetch

Astragalus oxyphysus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Brent Miller

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Thickpod Milkvetch

Astragalus pachypus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Alkali Milkvetch

Astragalus tener

Calscape.org

Copyright © Carol Witham and CNPS

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Common Sandweed

Athysanus pusillus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Athysanus unilateralis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Shadscale

Atriplex canescens

Calscape.org

© 2005 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 10 ft tall , 3 - 7 ft wide
Form: Upright, Mounding
Growth rate: Fast, Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Heartscale

Atriplex cordulata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Chris Winchell

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

Crownscale

Atriplex coronata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2001 Barry Du Bois

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

Ballscale

Atriplex fruticulosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Chris Winchell

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

Big Saltbush

Atriplex lentiformis

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2005 Lynn Watson (SB)

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Upright, Mounding, Rounded
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Naomi Big Salt Bush

Atriplex lentiformis 'Naomi'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 15 ft tall , 10 - 15 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Tractscale

Atriplex serenana

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Adonis (Don) Tate

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Mulefat

Baccharis salicifolia

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2006 Lynn Watson (SB)

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 12 ft tall , 3 - 9 ft wide
Form: Upright, Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Balsam Deltoid

Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2003 Steve Matson

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

California Balsamroot

Balsamorhiza macrolepis

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Sloughgrass

Beckmannia syzigachne

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 Zoya Akulova

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Texas Bergia

Bergia texana

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Jake Ruygt

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:

Cutleaf Waterparsnip

Berula erecta

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Common Stickyseed

Blennosperma nanum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Anna Bennett

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

Common Goldenstar

Bloomeria crocea

Calscape.org

© Copyright Lynn Watson (SB)

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Dwarf Goldenstar

Bloomeria humilis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Aaron E. Sims

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Scarlet Spiderling

Boerhavia coccinea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Red, Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Brickell Bush

Brickellia californica

Calscape.org

© 2006 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 2 - 7 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Brickellbush

Brickellia californica var. californica

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Jepson's Brickellbush

Brickellia californica var. jepsonii

Calscape.org

-

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

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Hoover's Brodiaea

Brodiaea appendiculata

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Brodiaea

Brodiaea californica

Calscape.org

© 2006 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 8 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Babylon California Brodiea

Brodiaea californica 'Babylon'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pink California Brodiaea

Brodiaea californica 'Lavender'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pink California Brodiaea

Brodiaea californica 'Pink'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Violet California Brodiaea

Brodiaea californica 'Violet'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

White California Brodiaea

Brodiaea californica 'White'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Early Harvest Brodiaea

Brodiaea coronaria

Calscape.org

2015 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 10 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Harvest Brodiaea

Brodiaea elegans

Calscape.org

© 2008 Tom Hilton

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 2 ft tall , 6 in wide
Form: Upright
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Dwarf Brodiaea

Brodiaea jolonensis

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

San Clemente Island Brodiaea

Brodiaea kinkiensis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Dylan Neubauer

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Sonoma Brodiaea

Brodiaea leptandra

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Sierra Brodiaea

Brodiaea minor

Calscape.org

© 2008 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Dwarf Brodiaea

Brodiaea terrestris ssp. terrestris

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 8 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Arizona Brome

Bromus arizonicus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

California Brome Grass

Bromus carinatus

Calscape.org

© NRCS

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Upright, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Mountain Brome

Bromus carinatus var. carinatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1998 California Academy of Sciences

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Mountain Brome

Bromus carinatus var. marginatus

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Woodland Brome

Bromus laevipes

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 ft tall
Form: Weeping
Flower Color: Brown, Cream
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Common Brome

Bromus vulgaris

Calscape.org

Copyright © University and Jepson Herbaria

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 4 ft tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade

Serpentine Reed Grass

Calamagrostis ophitidis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Red Maids

Calandrinia menziesii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Red, Pink
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium