Greenfinch Roundleaf Alumroot

Heuchera cylindrica 'Greenfinch'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Red Bud Roundleaf Alumroot

Heuchera cylindrica 'Red Bud'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red, Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Southern Hawkweed

Hieracium argutum

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

James' Galleta

Hilaria jamesii

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Common Mares Tail

Hippuris vulgaris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Leather Root

Hoita macrostachya

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Round Leaved Psoralea

Hoita orbicularis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Heermann's Tarweed

Holocarpha heermannii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 48 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

San Joaquin Tarweed

Holocarpha obconica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Pitgland Tarweed

Holocarpha virgata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 48 in tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Whitecrown

Holozonia filipes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Meadow Barley

Hordeum brachyantherum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
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

Meadow Barley

Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. brachyantherum

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

California Meadow Barley

Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Wedge Leaf Horkelia

Horkelia cuneata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Red, White
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Ramona Horkelia

Horkelia truncata

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Big Deervetch

Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Meadow Birdsfoot Trefoil

Hosackia pinnata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Floating Marsh Pennywort

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

California Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum occidentale

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Columbia Cutleaf

Hymenopappus filifolius

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Cooper's Rubberweed

Hymenoxys cooperi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 36 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Wildlife supported:

Tinker's Penny

Hypericum anagalloides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 10 in tall
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Baker's Wild Hollyhock

Iliamna bakeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Lava-aster

Ionactis alpina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
butterfly

Scarlet Gilia

Ipomopsis aggregata

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Bridge's Gilia

Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. bridgesii

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Ballhead Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis congesta

Calscape.org

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

Manybranched Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis polycladon

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:

Slenderleaf Skyrocket

Ipomopsis tenuifolia

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Tuolumne Iris

Iris hartwegii ssp. columbiana

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Long Tubed Iris

Iris macrosiphon

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Cream, Lavender, Pink, Purple, White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter 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

Mt. Madonna Ground Iris

Iris macrosiphon 'Mt. Madonna'

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Longtube Iris

Iris tenuissima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Flower Color: White, Purple, Red, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Slender Tubed Iris

Iris tenuissima ssp. purdyiformis

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Longtube Iris

Iris tenuissima ssp. tenuissima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Flower Color: White, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Satan's Goldenbush

Isocoma menziesii var. diabolica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Sierra Valley Mousetail

Ivesia aperta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 18 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Arizona Whitefeather

Ivesia arizonica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Rock Mousetail

Ivesia saxosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:

Jamesia

Jamesia americana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 6 ft tall
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:

Ramm's Madia

Jensia rammii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Coast Jepsonia

Jepsonia parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Green, Purple, Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Southern California Black Walnut

Juglans californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 50 - 75 ft tall , 50 - 75 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Baltic Rush

Juncus balticus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Brown
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Hairstemmed Rush

Juncus capillaris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Soft Rush

Juncus effusus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 - 7 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Corkscrew Rush

Juncus effusus 'Spiralis'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Kellogg's Dwarf Rush

Juncus kelloggii

Calscape.org

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

Mexican Rush

Juncus mexicanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 - 31 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Wrinkled Rush

Juncus rugulosus

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Poverty Rush

Juncus tenuis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 6 - 24 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Blue Dart Slender Rush

Juncus tenuis 'Blue Dart'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Upright, spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Torrey's Rush

Juncus torreyi

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Inch-high Rush

Juncus uncialis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Irisleaf Rush

Juncus xiphioides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 1 - 6 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Brown, Yellow, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Juniper

Juniperus californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 10 - 26 ft tall , 20 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Western Juniper

Juniperus occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 25 - 49 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Utah Juniper

Juniperus osteosperma

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 10 - 26 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Yellow Bush Penstemon

Keckiella antirrhinoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 2 - 4 ft wide
Form: Fountain, Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium