Plant Signs

Short Spike Hedge Nettle

Stachys pycnantha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Rough Hedgenettle

Stachys rigida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Rough Hedgenettle

Stachys rigida var. quercetorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Rigid Hedge Nettle

Stachys rigida var. rigida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Stebbins' Hedgenettle

Stachys stebbinsii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Sonoma Hedgenettle

Stachys stricta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Panamint Princesplume

Stanleya elata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Prince's Plume

Stanleya pinnata

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Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Desert Princesplume

Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata

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Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Green-flowered Prince's Plume

Stanleya viridiflora

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Sierra Bladdernut

Staphylea bolanderi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 20 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Boreal Starwort

Stellaria borealis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Sitka Starwort

Stellaria borealis ssp. sitchana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Northern Starwort

Stellaria calycantha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Crisp Starwort

Stellaria crispa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Beach Starwort

Stellaria littoralis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Long-leaved Starwort

Stellaria longifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Longstalk Starwort

Stellaria longipes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 11 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Goldie's Starwort

Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Shining Chickweed

Stellaria nitens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 10 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Winter

Wildlife supported:

Obtuse Starwort

Stellaria obtusa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Umbellate Starwort

Stellaria umbellata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Purple Stemodia

Stemodia durantifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Chicory Leaved Stephanomeria

Stephanomeria cichoriacea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

San Diego Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria diegensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 7 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Santa Barbara Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria elata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Small Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria exigua

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Whiteplume Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria exigua ssp. carotifera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Whiteplume Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria exigua ssp. coronaria

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Deane's Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria exigua ssp. deanei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Small Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Whiteplume Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria exigua ssp. macrocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Lettuce Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria lactucina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Tufted Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria paniculata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Parry's Rock Pink

Stephanomeria parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Parish's Wire Lettuce

Stephanomeria pauciflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Narrow-leaved Wire-lettuce

Stephanomeria tenuifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Rod Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria virgata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 ft tall

Form: Upright

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Wand Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria virgata ssp. pleurocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Rod Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria virgata ssp. virgata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Queen's-root

Stillingia linearifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Annual Toothleaf

Stillingia spinulosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Mormon Needle Grass

Stipa arida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Nodding Needle Grass

Stipa cernua

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Needlegrass

Stipa comata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Needle & Thread Grass

Stipa comata var. comata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Stipa comata var. intermedia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Water

Low, Very Low

Giant Stipa

Stipa coronata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

San Diego County Needle Grass

Stipa diegoensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Small-flowered Rice Grass

Stipa divaricata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Indian Ricegrass

Stipa hymenoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

King's Rice Grass

Stipa kingii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Wide-glumed Needle Grass

Stipa latiglumis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Lemmon's Needlegrass

Stipa lemmonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Stipa lemmonii var. lemmonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Pubescent Lemmon's Needlegrass

Stipa lemmonii var. pubescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

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:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

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

Soil drainage

Slow, Medium

Letterman's Needlegrass

Stipa lettermanii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Partial Shade

Columbia Needlegrass

Stipa nelsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 6 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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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:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun