King's Mousetail

Ivesia kingii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Rock Mousetail

Ivesia saxosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:

California Juniper

Juniperus californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Tree
Size: 10 - 26 ft tall , 20 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Chuparosa

Justicia californica

Calscape.org

© 2005 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 4 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Orange, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low, Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Tecate Gold Chuparosa

Justicia californica 'Tecate Gold'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 6 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

California Caltrop

Kallstroemia californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Wildlife supported:

Yellow Bush Penstemon

Keckiella antirrhinoides

Calscape.org

© 2014 Calscape.

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 2 - 4 ft wide
Form: Fountain, Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Crown Of Thorns

Koeberlinia spinosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © University and Jepson Herbaria

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 - 16 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Black
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

White Rhatany

Krameria bicolor

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pima Rhatany

Krameria erecta

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Winterfat

Krascheninnikovia lanata

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Medium

Lactuca tatarica ssp. pulchella

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 John Doyen

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Coulter's Horseweed

Laennecia coulteri

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Bristly Langloisia

Langloisia setosissima

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Ron Wolf

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:

Lilac Sunbonnet

Langloisia setosissima ssp. punctata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Lappula redowskii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 14 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Creosote Bush

Larrea tridentata

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 12 ft tall , 6 - 12 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Royal Goldfields

Lasthenia coronaria

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1992 Arthur H. Bazell, M.D.

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Small-ray Goldfields

Lasthenia microglossa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 10 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Yellow Pepperweed

Lepidium flavum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Desert Pepperweed

Lepidium fremontii

Calscape.org

© 2002 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 6 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Shaggyfruit Pepperweed

Lepidium lasiocarpum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Shaggyfruit Pepperweed

Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mountain Pepperweed

Lepidium montanum

Calscape.org

© 2005 USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 16 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Peppergrass

Lepidium nitidum

Calscape.org

© Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Nevada Broomsage

Lepidospartum latisquamum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Scale Broom

Lepidospartum squamatum

Calscape.org

© 2006 National Park Service

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bearded Sprangletop

Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:

Mucronate Sprangeltop

Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Mojave Linanthus

Leptosiphon breviculus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:

Northern Linanthus

Leptosiphon septentrionalis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:

Bigelow's Coreopsis

Leptosyne bigelovii

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2005 Lynn Watson (SB)

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

California Coreopsis

Leptosyne californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Leafy Stemmed Coreopsis

Leptosyne calliopsidea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low

Sand Lily

Leucocrinum montanum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Silver Lake Daisy

Leucosyris arida

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Shrubby Alkali Aster

Leucosyris carnosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
butterfly

Bitter Root

Lewisia rediviva

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2003 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent
Size: 1 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Flower Color: Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bitter Root

Lewisia rediviva var. rediviva

Calscape.org

© 2009 Walter Siegmund

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Sand Linanthus

Linanthus arenicola

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.4 - 3 in tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bigelow's Linanthus

Linanthus bigelovii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Debra L. Cook

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bellshape Gilia

Linanthus campanulatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 5 in tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:

Humble Gilia

Linanthus demissus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Eveningsnow

Linanthus dichotomus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Evening Snow

Linanthus dichotomus ssp. dichotomus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Linanthus dichotomus ssp. meridianus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Vernon Smith

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Yellow Gilia

Linanthus filiformis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Jones' Linanthus

Linanthus jonesii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 6 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Little San Bernardino Mountains Linanthus

Linanthus maculatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © Roxanne Bittman and CNPS

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sandblossoms

Linanthus parryae

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Mountain Prickly Phlox

Linanthus pungens

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Bulbous Woodland Star

Lithophragma glabrum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 10 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Columbia Puccoon

Lithospermum ruderale

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 19 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Desert Calico

Loeseliastrum matthewsii

Calscape.org

© National Park Service

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White, Purple, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Schott's Calico

Loeseliastrum schottii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Arizona Cottonrose

Logfia arizonica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Hierba Limpia

Logfia depressa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Wasatch Desertparsley

Lomatium bicolor

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Lomatium bicolor var. leptocarpum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Canby's Biscuitroot

Lomatium canbyi

Calscape.org

© 2009 nordique

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun