White Bursage

Ambrosia dumosa

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Woolly Bur-sage

Ambrosia eriocentra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Holly-leaved Bur-sage

Ambrosia ilicifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Singlewhorl Burrobrush

Ambrosia monogyra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 13 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Western Ragweed

Ambrosia psilostachya

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

San Diego Ambrosia

Ambrosia pumila

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
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

Fast, Medium

Cheesebush

Ambrosia salsola

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, Yellow, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Five-scaled Burrobrush

Ambrosia salsola var. pentalepis

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Burrobrush

Ambrosia salsola var. salsola

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Western Serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 15 - 35 ft tall , 15 - 20 ft wide
Form: Upright, Rounded
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Glabrous Serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia var. pumila

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 26 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Pacific Serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 20 ft tall
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Pale Serviceberry

Amelanchier pallida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Service Berry

Amelanchier utahensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 16 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

California False Indigo

Amorpha californica

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 ft tall , 6 ft wide
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

California False Indigo

Amorpha californica var. californica

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Plant type: Shrub
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Napa False Indigo

Amorpha californica var. napensis

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Plant type: Shrub
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Western False Indigo

Amorpha fruticosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 15 ft tall
Form: Rounded, Fountain, Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Fremont's Chaffbush

Amphipappus fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Fremont's Chaffbush

Amphipappus fremontii var. fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Fremont's Chaffbush

Amphipappus fremontii var. spinosus

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Great Basin Bulrush

Amphiscirpus nevadensis

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Douglas' Fiddleneck

Amsinckia douglasiana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Eastwood's Fiddleneck

Amsinckia eastwoodiae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Forked Fiddleneck

Amsinckia furcata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Orange, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Large-flowered Fiddleneck

Amsinckia grandiflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Common Fiddleneck

Amsinckia intermedia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Bent Flowered Fiddleneck

Amsinckia lunaris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Bugloss-flowered Fiddleneck

Amsinckia lycopsoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 36 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Menzies' Fiddleneck

Amsinckia menziesii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Rigid Fiddleneck

Amsinckia retrorsa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Seaside Fiddleneck

Amsinckia spectabilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mesa Fiddleneck

Amsinckia spectabilis var. microcarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Seaside Fiddleneck

Amsinckia spectabilis var. spectabilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Fiddleneck

Amsinckia tessellata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Carrizo Fiddleneck

Amsinckia tessellata var. gloriosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Desert Fiddleneck

Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Green Fiddleneck

Amsinckia vernicosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, Orange
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Griswold Hills Green Fiddleneck

Amsinckia vernicosa 'Griswold Hills'

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pearly Everlasting

Anaphalis margaritacea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 4 ft wide
Form: Upright, Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 - 7 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Southwestern Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus var. scabriglumis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

California Rockjasmine

Androsace elongata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

California Androsace

Androsace elongata ssp. acuta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Western Rock-jasmine

Androsace occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pygmyflower Rockjasmine

Androsace septentrionalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 2 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Angelica

Angelica arguta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Brewer's Angelica

Angelica breweri

Calscape.org

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

California Angelica

Angelica californica

Calscape.org

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

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Call's Angelica

Angelica callii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Kneeling Angelica

Angelica genuflexa

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Coast Angelica

Angelica hendersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall , 4 - 5 ft wide
Flower Color: White, Pink, Green
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

King's Angelica

Angelica kingii

Calscape.org

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

Poison Angelica

Angelica lineariloba

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Sea-Watch

Angelica lucida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Woolly Angelica

Angelica tomentosa

Calscape.org

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

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Woodland Madia

Anisocarpus madioides

Calscape.org

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

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Silver Pussytoes

Antennaria argentea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Flat-top Pussytoes

Antennaria corymbosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Low Pussytoes

Antennaria dimorpha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 4 in tall
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Purple, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade