Plant Signs

Prickly Poppy

Argemone corymbosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Orange

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Chicalote

Argemone munita

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Sixweeks Threeawn

Aristida adscensionis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Spreading Threeawn

Aristida divaricata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Purple Three Awn

Aristida purpurea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Flower Color: Red, Purple, Cream, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Red Three Awn

Aristida purpurea var. longiseta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Purple Threeawn

Aristida purpurea var. purpurea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Spidergrass

Aristida ternipes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Hook Three Awn

Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Thrift Seapink

Armeria maritima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 4 - 12 in wide

Form: Upright, Mounding, Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

White Sea Thrift

Armeria maritima 'Alba'

Calscape.org

In nursery pots, grown from seed.

Plant type: Perennial herb

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Serpentine Arnica

Arnica cernua

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Heartleaf Arnica

Arnica cordifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Streambank Arnica

Arnica lanceolata ssp. prima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Mountain Arnica

Arnica latifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Lawless Arnica

Arnica ovata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soro Arnica

Arnica sororia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Low Sagebrush

Artemisia arbuscula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: White, Cream, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow

Dwarf Sagebrush

Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow

Warm Springs Low Sagebrush

Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola

Calscape.org

Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow

Field Sagewort

Artemisia borealis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

California Sagebrush

Artemisia californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 8 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Rounded, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Canyon Gray Sagebrush

Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray'

Calscape.org

Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 10 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Montara Sagebrush

Artemisia californica 'Montara'

Calscape.org

Artemisia californica 'Montara'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Silver Sagebrush

Artemisia cana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Mugwort

Artemisia douglasiana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Silver Surfer Mugwort

Artemisia douglasiana 'Silver Surfer'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Wild Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Silver Wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White, Cream, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Silver King Wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver King'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Silver Queen Silver Wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Queen'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Valerie Finnis Wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

White Mugwort

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Michally Sagewort

Artemisia michauxiana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Island Sage Brush

Artemisia nesiotica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Black Sagebrush

Artemisia nova

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White, Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

San Diego Sagewort

Artemisia palmeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Form: Fountain, Weeping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Dune Sagewort

Artemisia pycnocephala

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

David's Choice Sagebrush

Artemisia pycnocephala 'David's Choice'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Coastal Mugwort

Artemisia suksdorfii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow, Green

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Big Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 15 ft tall , 10 ft wide

Form: Upright, Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Basin Big Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 10 ft tall

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green, Cream, White, Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Mountain Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 10 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Fall, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Wyoming Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White, Brown

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Parish's Pickleweed

Arthrocnemum subterminale

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Standing

Wild Ginger

Asarum hartwegii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Brown, White, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Moderate

Whitestem Milkweed

Asclepias albicans

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Spider Milkweed

Asclepias asperula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, Green, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

California Milkweed

Asclepias californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Heart Leaf Milkweed

Asclepias cordifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Pallid Milkweed

Asclepias cryptoceras

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, Red, Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Woollypod Milkweed

Asclepias eriocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Desert Milkweed

Asclepias erosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Narrow Leaf Milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Mojave Milkweed

Asclepias nyctaginifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Green, White, Purple, Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 6 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Upright, Spreading, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Davis Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa 'Davis'

Calscape.org

Asclepias speciosa Davis

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Medium

Skeleton Milkweed

Asclepias subulata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

California Lace Fern

Aspidotis californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade