Allegheny Monkeyflower

Mimulus ringens

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 48 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

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

Full Sun

Water
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

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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:
caterpillar
butterfly

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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
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:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
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:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Watering
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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate, High

Pull-up Muhly

Muhlenbergia filiformis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Mexican Muhly

Muhlenbergia mexicana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
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
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:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Aparejo Grass

Muhlenbergia utilis

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Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bay Forget-me-not

Myosotis laxa

Calscape.org

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

Arizona Mousetail

Myosurus cupulatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:

Tiny Mousetail

Myosurus minimus

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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

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Whorled Water-milfoil

Myriophyllum verticillatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Slender Water-nymph

Najas flexilis

Calscape.org

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

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

California Bog Asphodel

Narthecium californicum

Calscape.org

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

Calscape.org

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

Needleleaf Pincushionplant

Navarretia intertexta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 11 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Whitehead Pincushionplant

Navarretia leucocephala

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 6 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Whitehead Navarretia

Navarretia leucocephala ssp. leucocephala

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Least Navarretia

Navarretia leucocephala ssp. minima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Honeyscented Pincushionplant

Navarretia mellita

Calscape.org

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

Calscape.org

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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Indian Tobacco

Nicotiana quadrivalvis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
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

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Pacific Oenanthe

Oenanthe sarmentosa

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Hairy Evening Primrose

Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Hooker's Evening Primrose

Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri

Calscape.org

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:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
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:
caterpillar
butterfly

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:
caterpillar
butterfly

Threeleaf Woodsorrel

Oxalis trilliifolia

Calscape.org

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

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
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: