Alkali Goldfields

Lasthenia platycarpha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Jepson's Pea

Lathyrus jepsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Leafy Pea

Lathyrus polyphyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Smooth Tidy Tips

Layia chrysanthemoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Fremont's Tidytips

Layia fremontii

Calscape.org

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

Yellow Rayed Layia

Layia glandulosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Sierra Tidytips

Layia pentachaeta

Calscape.org

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

Common Tidy Tips

Layia platyglossa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 24 in tall , 6 - 24 in wide
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Gander's Pitcher Sage

Lepechinia ganderi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Alkali Pepperweed

Lepidium dictyotum

Calscape.org

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

Jared's Peppergrass

Lepidium jaredii

Calscape.org

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

Shaggyfruit Pepperweed

Lepidium lasiocarpum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Shaggyfruit Pepperweed

Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

San Diego Pepperweed

Lepidium latipes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Peppergrass

Lepidium nitidum

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Forked Pepperweed

Lepidium oxycarpum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bearded Sprangletop

Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:

False Baby Stars

Leptosiphon androsaceus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Bicolor Linanthus

Leptosiphon bicolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: White, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Whisker Brush

Leptosiphon ciliatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Thread Linanthus

Leptosiphon filipes

Calscape.org

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

Narrowflower Flaxflower

Leptosiphon liniflorus

Calscape.org

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

California Coreopsis

Leptosyne californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Leafy Stemmed Coreopsis

Leptosyne calliopsidea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Stillman's Coreopsis

Leptosyne stillmanii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Dwarf Lessingia

Lessingia nana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Wand Lessingia

Lessingia virgata

Calscape.org

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

Lovage

Ligusticum apiifolium

Calscape.org

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

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Coast Lily

Lilium maritimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 3 - 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

White Meadowfoam

Limnanthes alba

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Common Meadowfoam

Limnanthes douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall , 6 in wide
Form: Spreading
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Woolly Meadowfoam

Limnanthes floccosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee

Water Mudwort

Limosella aquatica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Pink, White, Blue
Wildlife supported:

Bigelow's Linanthus

Linanthus bigelovii

Calscape.org

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

Fringed Linanthus

Linanthus dianthiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Eveningsnow

Linanthus dichotomus

Calscape.org

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

Evening Snow

Linanthus dichotomus ssp. dichotomus

Calscape.org

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

Linanthus dichotomus ssp. meridianus

Calscape.org

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

Smallflower Halfchaff Sedge

Lipocarpha micrantha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Slender Woodland-star

Lithophragma tenellum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Spreading Pygmyleaf

Loeflingia squarrosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

California Cottonrose

Logfia filaginoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Lomatium caruifolium var. denticulatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Woolly Fruited Lomatium

Lomatium dasycarpum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Butte Desertparsley

Lomatium marginatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Lomatium marginatum var. marginatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Lomatium marginatum var. purpureum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Common Lomatium

Lomatium utriculatum

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

American Bird's-foot Trefoil

Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Fleshy Lupine

Lupinus affinis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 19 in tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

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:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Spider Lupine

Lupinus benthamii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, Blue, Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

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:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Summer Lupine

Lupinus formosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Pale Yellow Lupine

Lupinus luteolus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
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:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
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:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
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:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Milo Baker's Lupine

Lupinus milo-bakeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Pyramidal, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow