Spotted Locoweed

Astragalus lentiginosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Satiny Milkvetch

Astragalus magdalenae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Shaggy Milkvetch

Astragalus malacus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mojave Milkvetch

Astragalus mohavensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 14 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Newberry's Milkvetch

Astragalus newberryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Newberry's Milkvetch

Astragalus newberryi var. newberryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Smallflower Milkvetch

Astragalus nuttallianus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 18 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Arcane Milkvetch

Astragalus obscurus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Egg Milkvetch

Astragalus oophorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Thickpod Milkvetch

Astragalus pachypus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Palmer's Milkvetch

Astragalus palmeri

Calscape.org

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

Preuss Milkvetch

Astragalus preussii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Ames' Milkvetch

Astragalus pulsiferae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 0.4 - 1 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pursh Loco Milkvetch

Astragalus purshii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 7 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Bishop Milkvetch

Astragalus sepultipes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 14 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Naked Milkvetch

Astragalus serenoi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Balloonpod Milkvetch

Astragalus whitneyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Scaly Cloak-fern

Astrolepis cochisensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Wildlife supported:

Tobacco Weed

Atrichoseris platyphylla

Calscape.org

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

Silver Saltweed

Atriplex argentea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 31 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Shadscale

Atriplex canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 10 ft tall , 3 - 7 ft wide
Form: Upright, Mounding
Growth rate: Fast, Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Evergreen
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, Medium, Slow

Heartscale

Atriplex cordulata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Red, Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mecca Orach

Atriplex elegans var. fasciculata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sickle Saltbush

Atriplex gardneri var. falcata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Desert Holly

Atriplex hymenelytra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Cattle Saltbush

Atriplex polycarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Wedgescale

Atriplex truncata

Calscape.org

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

Shortleaf Baccharis

Baccharis brachyphylla

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Emory's Baccharis

Baccharis salicina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall , 7 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Winter, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Broom Baccharis

Baccharis sarothroides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 12 ft tall , 6 ft wide
Form: Upright, Rounded
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White
Flowering season: Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Desert Baccharis

Baccharis sergiloides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

San Diego County Viguiera

Bahiopsis laciniata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
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, Medium, Slow

Parish's Goldeneye

Bahiopsis parishii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Death Valley Goldeneye

Bahiopsis reticulata

Calscape.org

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

Wild Marigold

Baileya multiradiata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
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

Laxflower

Baileya pauciradiata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Woolly Marigold

Baileya pleniradiata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Hooker's Balsamroot

Balsamorhiza hookeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Arrow Leaved Balsam Root

Balsamorhiza sagittata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Sweetbush

Bebbia juncea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Rough Sweetbush

Bebbia juncea var. aspera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Fremont Barberry

Berberis fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 16 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Bernardia incana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 ft tall
Wildlife supported:

Bluepod Rockcress

Boechera glaucovalvula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Perennial Rockcress

Boechera perennans

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Silver Rockcress

Boechera puberula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Beautiful Rock Cress

Boechera pulchra

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Sicklepod Rockcress

Boechera sparsiflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Woody Rockcress

Boechera suffrutescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Pink, White, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Scarlet Spiderling

Boerhavia coccinea

Calscape.org

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

Coulter's Spiderling

Boerhavia coulteri

Calscape.org

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

Creeping Sticky Stem

Boerhavia triquetra

Calscape.org

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

Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Largebract Spiderling

Boerhavia wrightii

Calscape.org

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

Cane Bluestem

Bothriochloa barbinodis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Red
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Needle Grama

Bouteloua aristidoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Needle Grama

Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides

Calscape.org

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

Six-weeks Grama

Bouteloua barbata

Calscape.org

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

Sixweeks Grama

Bouteloua barbata var. barbata

Calscape.org

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

Desert Starvine

Brandegea bigelovii

Calscape.org

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