Brewer's Navarretia

Navarretia breweri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 3 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Threadstem Pincushionplant

Navarretia filicaulis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 7 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:

Honeyscented Pincushionplant

Navarretia mellita

Calscape.org

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

Mitrefruit Pincushionplant

Navarretia mitracarpa

Calscape.org

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

Downy Pincushionplant

Navarretia pubescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 13 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Skunkbush

Navarretia squarrosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Blue
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Marigold Navarretia

Navarretia tagetina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Blue
Wildlife supported:

Sticky Pincushionplant

Navarretia viscidula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, Red
Wildlife supported:

Mountain Threadplant

Nemacladus montanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Stoutstem Threadplant

Nemacladus rigidus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Onesided Threadplant

Nemacladus secundiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Sigmoid Threadplant

Nemacladus sigmoideus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Small Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila heterophylla

Calscape.org

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

Fivespot

Nemophila maculata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White, Blue, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 in tall , 6 in wide
Flower Color: Blue
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
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

Pennie Black Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Pennie Black'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 6 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Black, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Snowstorm Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Snowstorm'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 6 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Smallflower Nemophila

Nemophila parviflora

Calscape.org

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

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

Eastwood's Baby Blue-eyes

Nemophila pulchella

Calscape.org

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

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:

Parry's Nolina

Nolina parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall , 4 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Weevil Prairie Dandelion

Nothocalais troximoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Blue Toadflax

Nuttallanthus texanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Odontostomum

Odontostomum hartwegii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 2 ft tall
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

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

California Primrose

Oenothera californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 31 in tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Flower Color: White, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
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

California Evening Primrose

Oenothera californica ssp. californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Fragrant Evening Primrose

Oenothera cespitosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 in tall
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

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

Desert Evening Primrose

Oenothera primiveris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Douglas' Grasswidow

Olsynium douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Purple Eyed Grass

Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade

Beavertail Pricklypear

Opuntia basilaris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 5 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pancake Prickly-pear

Opuntia chlorotica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 7 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Tulip Pricklypear

Opuntia engelmannii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 6 - 12 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Pigmy Tuna

Opuntia fragilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Tulip Pricklypear

Opuntia phaeacantha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Succulent
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Yellow, Red, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Grizzlybear Pricklypear

Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Fascicled Broom Rape

Orobanche fasciculata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Rosy Owl's-clover

Orthocarpus bracteosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, White
Wildlife supported:

Yellow Owl's Clover

Orthocarpus luteus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 10 - 18 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Osmadenia

Osmadenia tenella

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Wildlife supported:

California Sweetcicely

Osmorhiza brachypoda

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Narrowleaf Oxytheca

Oxytheca dendroidea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Tree-like Puncturebract

Oxytheca dendroidea ssp. dendroidea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Roundleaf Puncturebract

Oxytheca perfoliata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: White, Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Groundsel

Packera breweri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Woolly Groundsel

Packera cana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 18 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:

Cleveland's Ragwort

Packera clevelandii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Lobeleaf Groundsel

Packera multilobata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:

Scribner's Panic Grass

Panicum oligosanthes var. scribnerianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low

Western Poppy

Papaver californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Windpoppy

Papaver heterophyllum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow