Indian Ricegrass

Stipa hymenoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Lemmon's Needlegrass

Stipa lemmonii

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Foothill Needlegrass

Stipa lepida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

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

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Medium

Columbia Needlegrass

Stipa nelsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 6 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Dore's Needlegrass

Stipa nelsonii var. dorei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 6 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Western Needlegrass

Stipa occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Western Needlegrass

Stipa occidentalis var. occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Purple Needlegrass

Stipa pulchra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: Red, Green, Purple, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Desert Stipa

Stipa speciosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 8 in wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Thurber's Needlegrass

Stipa thurberiana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Farnsworth's Jewel Flower

Streptanthus farnsworthianus

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Metcalf Canyon Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, White, Purple, Black
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Most Beautiful Jewel Flower

Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. glandulosus

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Hoffmann's Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. hoffmanii

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Secund Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. secundus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

San Benito Jewelflower

Streptanthus insignis

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Streptopus amplexifolius var. americanus

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Pondweed

Stuckenia pectinata

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Leafcover Saltweed

Stutzia covillei

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

California Snowdrop

Styrax redivivus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 13 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bush Seepweed

Suaeda nigra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Seablite

Suaeda taxifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Fragrant Snowberry

Symphoricarpos longiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Roundleaf Snowberry

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Green
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Mountain Snowberry

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. rotundifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

California Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow, Standing

Dwarf Coast Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense 'Dwarf'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 6 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Point St George Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense 'Point Saint George'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: spreading, Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Purple Haze Coast Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense 'Purple Haze'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 6 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Leafy Aster

Symphyotrichum foliaceum

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Parry's Leafy Aster

Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. apricum

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Western Mountain Aster

Symphyotrichum spathulatum

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Dune Tansy

Tanacetum bipinnatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Sun Cup

Taraxia ovata

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Southern Tauschia

Tauschia arguta

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Tauschia

Tauschia hartwegii

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

Cotton Catclaw

Tetradymia axillaris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
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

Spineless Horsebrush

Tetradymia canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Hairy Horsebrush

Tetradymia comosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 4 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Shortspine Horsebrush

Tetradymia spinosa

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Stemless Four Nerve Daisy

Tetraneuris acaulis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Turpentinebroom

Thamnosma montana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Nevada Marsh Fern

Thelypteris nevadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Showy Maiden Fern

Thelypteris puberula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 5 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Sonoran Maiden Fern

Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Slender Falselupine

Thermopsis gracilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Common False Lupine

Thermopsis macrophylla

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Western Red Cedar

Thuja plicata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 40 - 230 ft tall
Form: Pyramidal, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate, Slow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf

Thymophylla pentachaeta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Hairy Lacepod

Thysanocarpus curvipes

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Narrowleaf Fringe Pod

Thysanocarpus laciniatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Western Poison Oak

Toxicodendron diversilobum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Vine
Size: 2 - 13 ft tall , 13 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Rounded, Upright Columnar, Weeping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Chaparral Zygadene

Toxicoscordion fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Panicled Death Camas

Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Woolly Bluecurls

Trichostema lanatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 ft tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Pink
Flowering season: Fall, Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Vinegarweed

Trichostema lanceolatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Green, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Parish's Bluecurls

Trichostema parishii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Indian Clover

Trifolium albopurpureum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 in tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Pinole Clover

Trifolium bifidum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Pinole Clover

Trifolium bifidum var. bifidum

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade