Pale Yellow Lupine

Lupinus luteolus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Panamint Mountain Lupine

Lupinus magnificus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Dense Flowered Platycarpos

Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Valley Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Milo Baker's Lupine

Lupinus milo-bakeri

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Pyramidal, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Pacific Pink Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus 'Pacific Pink'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pixie Delight Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus 'Pixie Delight'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 18 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Purple, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Big Pod Lupine

Lupinus pachylobus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Cobb Mtn. Lupine

Lupinus sericatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Harlequin Lupine

Lupinus stiversii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Succulent Lupine

Lupinus succulentus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Rodeo Rose Arroyo Lupine

Lupinus succulentus 'Rodeo Rose'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

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

Water Jacket

Lycium andersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 9 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Lavender, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Peach Thorn

Lycium cooperi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 13 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

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:

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

Tanseyleaf Tansyaster

Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Plumpseeded Madia

Madia anomala

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 19 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Shasta Tarweed

Madia citrigracilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Lemonscented Madia

Madia citriodora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Meager Tarweed

Madia exigua

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Gumweed

Madia gracilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Slender Tarweed

Madia subspicata

Calscape.org

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

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

Indian Valley Bushmallow

Malacothamnus aboriginum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Chaparral Mallow

Malacothamnus fasciculatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 16 ft tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
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, Medium, Slow

Southern Coastal Bushmallow

Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. fasciculatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Unfurled Bushmallow

Malacothamnus fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Carmel Valley Bushmallow

Malacothamnus involucratus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Jolon Bushmallow

Malacothamnus involucratus 'Jolon'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 6 ft tall , 10 - 12 ft wide
Form: Rounded, spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Jones's Bushmallow

Malacothamnus jonesii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 8 ft tall , 8 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Santa Lucia Bushmallow

Malacothamnus lucianus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 8 ft tall , 5 ft wide
Flower Color: Pink, White, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Hanging Valley Bushmallow

Malacothamnus lucianus 'Hanging Valley'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 6 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide
Form: Rounded, spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Santa Clarita Bushmallow

Malacothamnus marrubioides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Ojai Bushmallow

Malacothamnus nuttallii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Casitas Chaparral Mallow

Malacothamnus nuttallii 'Casitas'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Upright, spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Tehachapi Bushmallow

Malacothamnus orbiculatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Cleveland's Desertdandelion

Malacothrix clevelandii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Woolly Dandelion

Malacothrix floccifera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Cliff Aster

Malacothrix saxatilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Winter, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Fish Hook Cactus

Mammillaria dioica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 6 in tall , 4 in wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Wild Cucumber

Marah fabacea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Size: 18 ft tall
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Orange, White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Sierra Man-root

Marah horrida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Wild Cucumber

Marah macrocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Taw Man-root

Marah watsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Size: 20 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sonoran False Prairie-clover

Marina orcuttii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

California Marina

Marina orcuttii var. orcuttii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

California Fairypoppy

Meconella californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:

California Melicgrass

Melica californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 4 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Purple
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

California Melicgrass

Melica californica var. californica

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Heligrass

Melica frutescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Small Flowered Melica

Melica imperfecta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Rock Melic

Melica stricta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 - 36 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Torrey's Melicgrass

Melica torreyana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Flower Color: Cream, Green, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Desert Olive

Menodora scabra var. glabrescens

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade