Humboldt's Lily

Lilium humboldtii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Orange, Yellow, Purple, Brown
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Spotted Humboldt's Lily

Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Charles E. Jones

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Brown, Orange, Purple, Red, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

White Meadowfoam

Limnanthes alba

Calscape.org

© 2005 Maria Jenderek

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

Copyright © 2008 California Academy of Sciences

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

Foothill Meadowfoam

Limnanthes douglasii ssp. striata

Calscape.org

2009 Barry Breckling

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

Mountain Meadowfoam

Limnanthes montana

Calscape.org

2009 Barry Breckling

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

Water Mudwort

Limosella aquatica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

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

Bigelow's Linanthus

Linanthus bigelovii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Debra L. Cook

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

California Prickly Phlox

Linanthus californicus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Flower Color: Pink, White, Lavender
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Eveningsnow

Linanthus dichotomus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

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

Evening Snow

Linanthus dichotomus ssp. dichotomus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

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

Linanthus dichotomus ssp. meridianus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Vernon Smith

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

Yellow Gilia

Linanthus filiformis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Inyo Gilia

Linanthus inyoensis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mountain Prickly Phlox

Linanthus pungens

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Prairie Flax

Linum lewisii

Calscape.org

© 2007 Skoch3

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low, Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Prairie Flax

Linum lewisii var. lewisii

Calscape.org

©2015 Barry Breckling

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

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Smallflower Halfchaff Sedge

Lipocarpha micrantha

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Bolander's Woodland Star

Lithophragma bolanderi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Siskiyou Mountain Woodland Star

Lithophragma campanulatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 22 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Hillside Woodland Star

Lithophragma heterophyllum

Calscape.org

© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Lithophragma parviflorum var. trifoliatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 George W. Hartwell

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Slender Woodland-star

Lithophragma tenellum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Barry Breckling

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

California Stoneseed

Lithospermum californicum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Columbia Puccoon

Lithospermum ruderale

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 19 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

California Cottonrose

Logfia filaginoides

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 James Morefield

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Wasatch Desertparsley

Lomatium bicolor

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Lomatium bicolor var. leptocarpum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

California Lomatium

Lomatium californicum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Julie Kierstead Nelson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Caraway Leaved Lomatium

Lomatium caruifolium

Calscape.org

© 1999 Gary A. Monroe

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

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Lomatium caruifolium var. denticulatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Dean Wm. Taylor, Ph.D.

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Woolly Fruited Lomatium

Lomatium dasycarpum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Neal Kramer

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

Fernleaf Biscuitroot

Lomatium dissectum

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 5 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Purple, Yellow, Red
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Bigseed Biscuitroot

Lomatium macrocarpum

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 19 in tall
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Yellow, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Butte Desertparsley

Lomatium marginatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Barry Breckling

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

Lomatium marginatum var. marginatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Lomatium marginatum var. purpureum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 George W. Hartwell

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mojave Desertparsley

Lomatium mohavense

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

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

Nevada Biscuitroot

Lomatium nevadense

Calscape.org

© 2008 Stan Shebs

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Parry's Biscu

Lomatium parryi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Lewis' Lomatium

Lomatium triternatum

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Common Lomatium

Lomatium utriculatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Barry Rice

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Pink Honeysuckle

Lonicera hispidula

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 Margo Bors

Plant type: Shrub,Vine
Size: 4 ft tall , 8 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low, Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Chaparral Honeysuckle

Lonicera interrupta

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Shrub,Vine
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low

American Bird's-foot Trefoil

Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Ryan Batten

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

Partial Shade

Drew's Silky Lupine

Lupinus adsurgens

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Jean Pawek

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Silver Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
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

Silver Bush Lupine

Lupinus albifrons var. collinus

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

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

Silvery Lupine

Lupinus argenteus

Calscape.org

© 2008 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 60 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Purple
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate

Silvery Lupine

Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 60 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate

Lupinus argenteus var. palmeri

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Red Stemmed Silver Lupine

Lupinus argenteus var. rubricaulis

Calscape.org

-

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

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate

Spider Lupine

Lupinus benthamii

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

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

© Copyright 2005 Steve Matson

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

Sand Lupine

Lupinus brevicaulis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Orange Lupine

Lupinus citrinus

Calscape.org

Copyright © Rick York and CNPS

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Grape Soda Lupine

Lupinus excubitus

Calscape.org

© 2010 Stickpen

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, White, Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Yelloweyes

Lupinus flavoculatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Summer Lupine

Lupinus formosus

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2008 Lynn Watson (SB)

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

Longleaf Bush Lupine

Lupinus longifolius

Calscape.org

© 2004 National Park Service

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Blue
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast