Plant Signs

Allegheny Monkeyflower

Mimulus ringens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 48 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High

Larger Mountain Monkeyflower

Mimulus tilingii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.8 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High

Nuttall's Poverty Weed

Monolepis nuttalliana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 10 - 16 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Toad Lily

Montia chamissoi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Dwarf Minerslettuce

Montia dichotoma

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Water Chickweed

Montia fontana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Showy Rock Montia

Montia parvifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Fast

California Wax Myrtle

Morella californica

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 33 ft tall , 20 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Buxifolia Pacific Wax Myrtle

Morella californica 'Buxifolia'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Foxtail Muhly

Muhlenbergia andina

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 10 - 34 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Scratch Grass

Muhlenbergia asperifolia

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate, High

Pull-up Muhly

Muhlenbergia filiformis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Mexican Muhly

Muhlenbergia mexicana

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Annual Muhly

Muhlenbergia minutissima

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Mat Muhly

Muhlenbergia richardsonis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 6 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green, Brown

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate, High

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 5 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Upright, Fountain

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Aparejo Grass

Muhlenbergia utilis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Bay Forget-me-not

Myosotis laxa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Arizona Mousetail

Myosurus cupulatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Tiny Mousetail

Myosurus minimus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 5 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Vernal Pool Mousetail

Myosurus sessilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Western Water-milfoil

Myriophyllum hippuroides

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Whorled Water-milfoil

Myriophyllum verticillatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Slender Water-nymph

Najas flexilis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Southern Waternymph

Najas guadalupensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Holly-leaved Water-nymph

Najas marina

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

California Bog Asphodel

Narthecium californicum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Brewer's Navarretia

Navarretia breweri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 3 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Miniature Gilia

Navarretia capillaris

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Needleleaf Pincushionplant

Navarretia intertexta

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 11 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Whitehead Pincushionplant

Navarretia leucocephala

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 6 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Whitehead Navarretia

Navarretia leucocephala ssp. leucocephala

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Least Navarretia

Navarretia leucocephala ssp. minima

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Honeyscented Pincushionplant

Navarretia mellita

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Myers' Pincushionplant

Navarretia myersii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 66 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Adobe Navarretia

Navarretia nigelliformis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 13 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Marigold Navarretia

Navarretia tagetina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Blue

Wildlife supported:

Littlefoot Nemophila

Nemophila pedunculata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: White, Purple, Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Coyote Tobacco

Nicotiana attenuata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Indian Tobacco

Nicotiana quadrivalvis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Boraxweed

Nitrophila occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Great Yellow Pond-lily

Nuphar polysepala

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Pacific Oenanthe

Oenanthe sarmentosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Standing

Hairy Evening Primrose

Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Hooker's Evening Primrose

Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide

Form: Upright, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Yellow Evening Primrose

Oenothera flava

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Lineleaf Whitepuff

Oligomeris linifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Purple Sweetroot

Osmorhiza purpurea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Threeleaf Woodsorrel

Oxalis trilliifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Western Cowbane

Oxypolis occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Mountain Sorrel

Oxyria digyna

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 12 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, Red

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Spiny Caper

Oxystylis lutea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Blue Nodding Locoweed

Oxytropis deflexa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Ozomelis diversifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Three Parted Miterwort

Ozomelis trifida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 18 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

Cleveland's Ragwort

Packera clevelandii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Alpine Groundsel

Packera pauciflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Falsegold Groundsel

Packera pseudaurea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

False-gold Groundsel

Packera pseudaurea var. pseudaurea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Rocky Mountain Groundsel

Packera streptanthifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported: