Plant Signs

Linear Leaved Goldenbush

Ericameria linearifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Rubber Rabbitbrush

Ericameria nauseosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 9 ft tall , 3 - 9 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Parish's Rabbitbrush

Ericameria parishii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 12 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Parish's Goldenbush

Ericameria parishii var. parishii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Pinebush

Ericameria pinifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 8 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Brewer's Erigeron

Erigeron breweri var. bisanctus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Leafy Fleabane

Erigeron foliosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Franciscan Erigeron

Erigeron foliosus var. franciscensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Rockloving Erigeron

Erigeron petrophilus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Philadelphia Fleabane

Erigeron philadelphicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 8 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Philadelphia Fleabane

Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

California Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Thickleaf Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon crassifolium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall , 3 - 6 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Lavender, Brown

Flowering season: Spring

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

Turricula

Eriodictyon parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Woolly Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon tomentosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Pacific Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon traskiae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Hairy Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon trichocalyx

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall , 2 - 6 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Ione Buckwheat

Eriogonum apricum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.4 - 0.8 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat

Eriogonum arborescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 2 - 9 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Brown, Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Coville's Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum covilleanum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Conejo Buckwheat

Eriogonum crocatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 7 - 36 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Chaparral Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum dasyanthemum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Davidson Buckwheat

Eriogonum davidsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Longstem Buckwheat

Eriogonum elongatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Long Stemmed Buckwheat

Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 6 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 7 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast, Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

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

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bruce Dickinson California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Bruce Dickinson'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 8 - 15 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Dana Point Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Theodore Payne California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Theodore Payne'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Warriner Lytle Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Warriner Lytle'

Calscape.org

Warriner Lytle Buckwheat

Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Wild Cascade California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Wild Cascade'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Leafy California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Mounding, Rounded, Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Red

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Interior California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer

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

Margarita Fog Low Growing Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium 'Margarita Fog'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

St. Catherine's Lace

Eriogonum giganteum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Mounding, Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen, Winter Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Slender Woolly Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracile

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

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

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

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Slender Woolly Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracile var. gracile

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Palomar Mountain Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracile var. incultum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Redflower Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, Red, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Red-flowered Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 18 in tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Slow

Rosy Cushion Red-flowered Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens 'Rosy Cushion'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Hairy-flower Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum hirtiflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Unarmed Buckwheat

Eriogonum inerme

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Goodman's Unarmed Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum inerme var. hispidulum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Unarmed Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum inerme var. inerme

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Dubakella Mountain Buckwheat

Eriogonum libertini

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Tiburon Buckwheat

Eriogonum luteolum var. caninum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Pineland Buckwheat

Eriogonum molestum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Nude Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 4 - 7 in wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Ben Lomond Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum var. decurrens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Fremont's Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum var. pubiflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Wand Buckwheat

Eriogonum roseum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Thurber's Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum thurberi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Tripod Buckwheat

Eriogonum tripodum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 10 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Mt. Eddy Buckwheat

Eriogonum umbellatum var. humistratum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 84 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Bastardsage

Eriogonum wrightii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 40 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: White, Cream, Pink

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Golden Yarrow

Eriophyllum confertiflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Lucia's Gold Golden Yarrow

Eriophyllum confertiflorum 'Lucia's Gold'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

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

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Jepson's Woolly Sunflower

Eriophyllum jepsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Common Woolly Sunflower

Eriophyllum lanatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow