Western Halfchaff Sedge

Lipocarpha occidentalis

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Broad-leaved Twayblade

Listera convallarioides

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 2 - 5 ft wide
Form: Upright, Spreading, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis var. pseudosplendens

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

Full Sun

Dunn's Lobelia

Lobelia dunnii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Dunn's Lobelia

Lobelia dunnii var. serrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Caraway Leaved Lomatium

Lomatium caruifolium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 18 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Alkali Desertparsley

Lomatium caruifolium var. caruifolium

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Lomatium caruifolium var. denticulatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Lonicera cauriana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Double Honeysuckle

Lonicera conjugialis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 6 ft tall
Flower Color: Black, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Twinberry

Lonicera involucrata var. involucrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Twinberry Honeysuckle

Lonicera involucrata var. ledebourii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Red, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Marsh Seedbox

Ludwigia palustris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 20 in tall
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:

Creeping Primrose-willow

Ludwigia repens

Calscape.org

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

Partridge Foot

Luetkea pectinata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 0.4 - 6 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Broadleaf Lupine

Lupinus latifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 7 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Broadleaf Lupine

Lupinus latifolius var. dudleyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low

Broad Leaf Lupine

Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Broadleaf Lupine

Lupinus latifolius var. viridifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low

Meadow Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 60 in tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Upright
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Burke's Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 60 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Meadow Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus var. polyphyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 59 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Riverbank Lupine

Lupinus rivularis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Wood Rush

Luzula comosa

Calscape.org

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

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Common Woodrush

Luzula multiflora

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Sierra Woodrush

Luzula orestera

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Small Flowered Wood Rush

Luzula parviflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Spiked Woodrush

Luzula spicata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:

Donner Woodrush

Luzula subcongesta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Baja Desert Thorn

Lycium brevipes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 13 ft tall , 3 - 12 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
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

American Water Horehound

Lycopus americanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 22 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Rough Bugleweed

Lycopus asper

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:

Arctic Starflower

Lysimachia europaea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Star Flower

Lysimachia latifolia

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Sea Milkwort

Lysimachia maritima

Calscape.org

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

High

Chaffweed

Lysimachia minima

Calscape.org

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

High

Common Loosestrife

Lythrum californicum

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

False Lily Of The Vally

Maianthemum dilatatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Large False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

False Solomon Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Oregon Crab Apple

Malus fusca

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 15 - 40 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Alkali Mallow

Malvella leprosa

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Pacific Waterclover

Marsilea oligospora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Wildlife supported:

Western Pineappleweed

Matricaria occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Field Mint

Mentha arvensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 31 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

American Cornmint

Mentha canadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 18 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Buckbean

Menyanthes trifoliata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 14 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Tall Fringed Bluebells

Mertensia ciliata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Blue
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Streamside Bluebell

Mertensia ciliata var. stomatechoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sierra Saxifrage

Micranthes aprica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 in tall
Flower Color: White, Brown
Wildlife supported:

Russethair Saxifrage

Micranthes ferruginea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:

Micranthes marshallii

Calscape.org

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

Peak Saxifrage

Micranthes nidifica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Streambank Saxifrage

Micranthes odontoloma

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Bog Saxifrage

Micranthes oregana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Lewis' Monkeyflower

Mimulus lewisii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Muskflower

Mimulus moschatus var. longiflorus

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

Primrose Monkeyflower

Mimulus primuloides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 - 18 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Primrose Monkeyflower

Mimulus primuloides var. linearifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High