Plant Signs

Nevada Needle Grass

Stipa nevadensis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Western Needlegrass

Stipa occidentalis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

California Needle Grass

Stipa occidentalis var. californica

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Western Needlegrass

Stipa occidentalis var. occidentalis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

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Common Western Needle Grass

Stipa occidentalis var. pubescens

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Stipa parishii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Parish Achnatherum

Stipa parishii var. parishii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Pinewoods Needle Grass

Stipa pinetorum

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Purple Needlegrass

Stipa pulchra

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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:

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Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Desert Stipa

Stipa speciosa

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 8 in wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Stillman's Stipa

Stipa stillmanii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Thurber's Needlegrass

Stipa thurberiana

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

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Webber's Needle Grass

Stipa webberi

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Longbeak Streptanthella

Streptanthella longirostris

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Pacific Jewelflower

Streptanthus barbatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Bearded Jewelflower

Streptanthus barbiger

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green, Purple

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Tamalpais Jewelflower

Streptanthus batrachopus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Purple

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Laguna Mountains Jewelflower

Streptanthus bernardinus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green

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Socrates Mine Jewelflower

Streptanthus brachiatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple

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Brewer's Jewelflower

Streptanthus breweri

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Purple

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Mount Hamilton Jewelflower

Streptanthus callistus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: Green, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Southern Jewelflower

Streptanthus campestris

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple

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Heartleaf Twistflower

Streptanthus cordatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple

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Heartleaf Twistflower

Streptanthus cordatus var. cordatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Piute Mountains Jewelflower

Streptanthus cordatus var. piutensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Varied-leaved Jewelflower

Streptanthus diversifolius

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple

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Sickle-fruit Jewelflower

Streptanthus drepanoides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green, Purple

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Farnsworth's Jewel Flower

Streptanthus farnsworthianus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

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Tehipite Valley Jewelflower

Streptanthus fenestratus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

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Metcalf Canyon Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, White, Purple, Black

Wildlife supported:

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Metcalf Canyon Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. albidus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Most Beautiful Jewel Flower

Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. glandulosus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Hoffmann's Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. hoffmanii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

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Tiburon Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. niger

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Plant type: Annual herb

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Mount Tamalpais Bristly Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. pulchellus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Secund Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. secundus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 in tall

Wildlife supported:

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Uncommon Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. sonomensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

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Alpine Jewelflower

Streptanthus gracilis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

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Serpentine Jewelflower

Streptanthus hesperidis

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Plant type: Annual herb

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Mount Diablo Jewelflower

Streptanthus hispidus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Howell's Jewelflower

Streptanthus howellii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple

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San Benito Jewelflower

Streptanthus insignis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Plumed Jewelflower

Streptanthus insignis ssp. insignis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Arburua Ranch Jewelflower

Streptanthus insignis ssp. lyonii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Long-fruit Jewelflower

Streptanthus longisiliquus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Morrison's Jewelflower

Streptanthus morrisonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 5 ft tall

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

Wildlife supported:

Trinity River Jewelflower

Streptanthus oblanceolatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Masonic Mountain Jewelflower

Streptanthus oliganthus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Red

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Milkwort Jewelflower

Streptanthus polygaloides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 in tall

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

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Mountain Jewelflower

Streptanthus tortuosus

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

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Early Jewelflower

Streptanthus vernalis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green, Purple

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Streptanthus vimineus

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Plant type: Annual herb

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Leafcover Saltweed

Stutzia covillei

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Horned Seablite

Suaeda calceoliformis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

California Seablite

Suaeda californica

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Estuary Seablite

Suaeda esteroa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Wildlife supported:

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Moderate, High

Bush Seepweed

Suaeda nigra

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Flower Color: Cream

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Fast

Western Seablite

Suaeda occidentalis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Seablite

Suaeda taxifolia

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Red

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun

Water

Low

Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Fountain

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium