Common Deerweed

Acmispon glaber var. glaber

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Chaparral Lotus

Acmispon grandiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 59 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Chaparral Lotus

Acmispon grandiflorus var. grandiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 59 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mountain Chaparral Lotus

Acmispon grandiflorus var. macranthus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 59 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pygmy Lotus

Acmispon haydonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 79 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Woolly Lotus

Acmispon heermannii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Heermann's Bird's-foot Trefoil

Acmispon heermannii var. heermannii

Calscape.org

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

Heermann's Birdsfoot Trefoil

Acmispon heermannii var. orbicularis

Calscape.org

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

Rush Broom

Acmispon junceus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Bioletti's Rush Lotus

Acmispon junceus var. biolettii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Rush Broom

Acmispon junceus var. junceus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Coastal Lotus

Acmispon maritimus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

California Spear Leaved Brickellia

Acmispon maritimus var. brevivexillus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Coastal Lotus

Acmispon maritimus var. maritimus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

San Diego Birdsfoot Trefoil

Acmispon micranthus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Nevada Bird's-foot Trefoil

Acmispon nevadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Davidson's Sierra Nevada Lotus

Acmispon nevadensis var. davidsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Red, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sierra Nevada Lotus

Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Smallflower Lotus

Acmispon parviflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, White, Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Silky California Broom

Acmispon procumbens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Jepson's California Broom

Acmispon procumbens var. jepsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Silky California Broom

Acmispon procumbens var. procumbens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Nuttall's Acmispon

Acmispon prostratus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Shrubby Deervetch

Acmispon rigidus

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Red-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil

Acmispon rubriflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Hairy Lotus

Acmispon strigosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Chilean Bird's-foot Trefoil

Acmispon wrangelianus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Columbian Monkshood

Aconitum columbianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Yellow, White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Columbian Monkshood

Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Davis' Knotweed

Aconogonon davisiae

Calscape.org

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

Newberry's Smartweed

Aconogonon newberryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Poke Knotweed

Aconogonon phytolaccifolium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sacapellote

Acourtia microcephala

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Western Houndstongue

Adelinia grandis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Blue, Purple
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Cooper's Dyssodia

Adenophyllum cooperi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

San Felipe Dogweed

Adenophyllum porophylloides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red, Orange
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Chamise

Adenostoma fasciculatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 13 ft tall , 1 - 8 ft wide
Form: Upright, Rounded
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Black Diamond Chamise

Adenostoma fasciculatum 'Black Diamond'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Nicolas Chamise

Adenostoma fasciculatum 'Nicolas'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide
Form: Prostrate, Mounding
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Prostrate Chamise

Adenostoma fasciculatum 'Prostrate'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 5 - 8 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Prostrate Chamise

Adenostoma fasciculatum 'San Nicolas'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Spreading
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Never irrigate once established

Santa Cruz Island Chamise

Adenostoma fasciculatum 'Santa Cruz Island'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 6 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Chamise

Adenostoma fasciculatum var. fasciculatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 13 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

San Diego Chamise

Adenostoma fasciculatum var. obtusifolium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 13 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Prostrate Chamise

Adenostoma fasciculatum var. prostratum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Very Low

Red Shanks

Adenostoma sparsifolium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub
Size: 7 - 20 ft tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, White
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Buckeye

Aesculus californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 13 - 39 ft tall , 40 ft wide
Form: Upright, Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Buckeye Blushing Dawn

Aesculus californica 'Blushing Dawn'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Canyon Pink California Buckeye

Aesculus californica 'Canyon Pink'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 15 - 20 ft tall , 15 - 20 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Small-leaf Giant Hyssop

Agastache parvifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Pink, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Nettle Leaf Giant Hyssop

Agastache urticifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 60 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Desert Agave

Agave deserti

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 - 20 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
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

Desert Agave

Agave deserti var. deserti

Calscape.org

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

Desert Agave

Agave deserti var. simplex

Calscape.org

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

Coastal Agave

Agave shawii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 7 - 13 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Fountain, Spreading
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Shaw Agave

Agave shawii var. shawii

Calscape.org

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

Clark Mountain Agave

Agave utahensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow, Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
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

Ivory-spined Agave

Agave utahensis var. eborispina

Calscape.org

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

Clark Mountain Agave

Agave utahensis var. nevadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Western Snakeroot

Ageratina occidentalis

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate