Plant Signs

Deceptive Groundsmoke

Gayophytum decipiens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Pleated Gentian

Gentiana affinis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Pleated Gentian

Gentiana affinis var. ovata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

Hairy Desertsunflower

Geraea canescens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Old Man's Whiskers

Geum triflorum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Puffcalyx Gilia

Gilia aliquanta

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 6 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Southwestern Gilia

Gilia austro-occidentalis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender, Yellow, Green, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Nevada Gilia

Gilia brecciarum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 14 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Showy Gilia

Gilia cana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Pink, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Gilia cana ssp. speciosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Shy Gilia

Gilia inconspicua

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Hollyleaf Gilia

Gilia latiflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Fine Flower Gilia

Gilia leptantha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, White, Lavender

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Little Gilia

Gilia minor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Modoc Gilia

Gilia modocensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 13 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Eyed Gilia

Gilia ophthalmoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White, Yellow, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Rock Gilia

Gilia scopulorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White, Lavender, Purple, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Rosy Gilia

Gilia sinuata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 5 - 13 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Orange, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Star Gilia

Gilia stellata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Transmontane Gilia

Gilia transmontana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 13 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Spiny Greasebush

Glossopetalon spinescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Carveseed

Glyptopleura marginata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Spiny Hopsage

Grayia spinosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

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

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Mat Cholla

Grusonia parishii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Matchweed

Gutierrezia sarothrae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Many-flowered Stickseed

Hackelia floribunda

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Blue

Wildlife supported:

Jessica Sticktight

Hackelia micrantha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Lavender, Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Mojave Fissurewort

Halimolobos jaegeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Brickell Goldenbush

Hazardia brickellioides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 - 31 in tall

Wildlife supported:

California False Pennyroyal

Hedeoma nana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Common Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Fall, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Cusick's Sunflower

Helianthus cusickii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Prairie Sunflower

Helianthus petiolaris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Showy Goldeneye

Heliomeris multiflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 36 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Nevada Goldeneye

Heliomeris multiflora var. nevadensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Phlox Heliotrope

Heliotropium convolvulaceum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Morning-glory Heliotrope

Heliotropium convolvulaceum var. californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 7 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Desert Lily

Hesperocallis undulata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 6 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Dwarf Hesperochiron

Hesperochiron pumilus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Chaparral Yucca

Hesperoyucca whipplei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Succulent

Size: 2 - 12 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, Pink, Cream, White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Telegraph Weed

Heterotheca grandiflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

False Goldenaster

Heterotheca sessiliflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Camphorweed

Heterotheca subaxillaris ssp. latifolia

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Hairy False Goldenaster

Heterotheca villosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

San Bruno Mountain Hairy Golden Aster

Heterotheca villosa 'San Bruno Mountain'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 3 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Paleface

Hibiscus denudatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Big Galleta

Hilaria rigida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Pig-nut

Hoffmannseggia glauca

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Orange, Red

Wildlife supported:

Wand Holdback

Hoffmannseggia microphylla

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Pumice Alpinegold

Hulsea vestita

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Orange, Red, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Alpine Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum alpestre

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 18 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Ballhead Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum capitatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Satintail

Imperata brevifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Lava-aster

Ionactis alpina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 in tall

Flower Color: Green, Purple, Blue

Wildlife supported:

Ballhead Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis congesta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Manybranched Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis polycladon

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Slenderleaf Skyrocket

Ipomopsis tenuifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Alkali Goldenbush

Isocoma acradenia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Very Low

Sierra Valley Mousetail

Ivesia aperta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 18 in tall

Wildlife supported: