Woolly Mock Goldenweed

Stenotus lanuginosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:

Tufted Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria paniculata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Parry's Rock Pink

Stephanomeria parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Parish's Wire Lettuce

Stephanomeria pauciflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Narrow-leaved Wire-lettuce

Stephanomeria tenuifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Queen's-root

Stillingia linearifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mojave Toothleaf

Stillingia paucidentata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Annual Toothleaf

Stillingia spinulosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Indian Ricegrass

Stipa hymenoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Columbia Needlegrass

Stipa nelsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 6 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

California Needle Grass

Stipa occidentalis var. californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Desert Stipa

Stipa speciosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 8 in wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Webber's Needle Grass

Stipa webberi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Longbeak Streptanthella

Streptanthella longirostris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Screwbean Mesquite

Strombocarpa pubescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 10 - 33 ft tall , 20 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Nevada Pondweed

Stuckenia striata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Leafcover Saltweed

Stutzia covillei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Desert Neststraw

Stylocline micropoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Horned Seablite

Suaeda calceoliformis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bush Seepweed

Suaeda nigra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Eaton's Aster

Symphyotrichum bracteolatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Short-rayed Alkali Aster

Symphyotrichum frondosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Western Lance Leaf Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Fremont's-gold

Syntrichopappus fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.4 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Cotton Catclaw

Tetradymia axillaris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Longspine Horsebrush

Tetradymia axillaris var. axillaris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Spineless Horsebrush

Tetradymia canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Littleleaf Horsebrush

Tetradymia glabrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 12 ft tall
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mojave Cottonthorn

Tetradymia stenolepis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Hill Sun Cup

Tetrapteron graciliflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Palmer Evening Primrose

Tetrapteron palmeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Small Coastal Germander

Teucrium cubense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White, Blue
Wildlife supported:

Turpentinebroom

Thamnosma montana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Crisped Thelypody

Thelypodium crispum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Nodding Thelypody

Thelypodium flexuosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Howell's Thelypody

Thelypodium howellii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Green, Blue, Purple, White, Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Cutleaf Thelypody

Thelypodium laciniatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Desert Cistanthe

Thingia ambigua

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 7 in tall
Flower Color: White, Black
Wildlife supported:

Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf

Thymophylla pentachaeta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low

Hairy Lacepod

Thysanocarpus curvipes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Thysanocarpus curvipes ssp. amplectens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Narrowleaf Fringe Pod

Thysanocarpus laciniatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Woody Crinklemat

Tiquilia canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:

Annual Tiquilia

Tiquilia nuttallii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Palmer's Tiquilia

Tiquilia palmeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:

Fan-leaved Tiquilia

Tiquilia plicata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Lavender
Wildlife supported:

Tufted Townsend Daisy

Townsendia scapigera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Desert Deathcamas

Toxicoscordion brevibracteatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Panicled Death Camas

Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Three Hearts

Tricardia watsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Yellowdome

Trichoptilium incisum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Parish's Bluecurls

Trichostema parishii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Slim Tridens

Tridens muticus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Fiveleaf Clover

Trifolium andersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Hollyleaf Clover

Trifolium gymnocarpon

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Big Headed Clover

Trifolium macrocephalum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Utah Arrowgrass

Triglochin concinna

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 30 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

American Threefold

Trixis californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low