Plant Signs

Desert Pincushion

Chaenactis stevioides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Cream, Yellow, Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Xantus Pincushion

Chaenactis xantiana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Rose Heath

Chaetopappa ericoides

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Fern Bush

Chamaebatiaria millefolium

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Cream

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Fremont's Goosefoot

Chenopodium fremontii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 26 ft tall , 10 - 20 ft wide

Form: Upright, Weeping

Growth rate: Moderate, Fast

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender, Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Burgundy Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Burgundy'

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Plant type: Tree

Form: Weeping

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Candy Stripe Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Candy Stripe'

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Plant type: Tree

Form: Weeping

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate

Maggie's Pink Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Maggie's Pink'

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Plant type: Tree

Form: Weeping

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate

Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 23 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Burgundy Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata 'Burgundy'

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 15 - 20 ft tall , 10 - 15 ft wide

Form: Weeping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Desert Way Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata 'Desert Way'

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 15 - 20 ft tall , 10 - 15 ft wide

Form: Weeping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Spiny Chloracantha

Chloracantha spinosa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Chloracantha spinosa var. spinosa

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2015 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Saltmarsh Bird's Beak

Chloropyron maritimum ssp. canescens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Brittle Spineflower

Chorizanthe brevicornu

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Wrinkled Spineflower

Chorizanthe corrugata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Devil's Spineflower

Chorizanthe rigida

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Watson's Spineflower

Chorizanthe watsonii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Riverside Spineflower

Chorizanthe xanti

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Long Flowered Rabbitbrush

Chrysothamnus depressus

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Stickyleaf Rabbitbrush

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Yellow Cups

Chylismia brevipes

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Shockley's Evening-primrose

Chylismia heterochroma

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 40 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Chylismia munzii

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 19 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Mojave Thistle

Cirsium mohavense

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 - 8 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Desert Thistle

Cirsium neomexicanum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 - 8 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Meadow Thistle

Cirsium scariosum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Lassen Clarkia

Clarkia lassenensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender, Red

Wildlife supported:

Rooreh

Claytonia perfoliata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Upright, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Miner's Lettuce

Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Bladderpod

Cleomella arborea

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Mojave Stinkweed

Cleomella obtusifolia

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 36 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Wildlife supported:

Spiny Caper

Cleomella oxystyloides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Slender Stinkweed

Cleomella parviflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 18 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Twisted Cleomella

Cleomella plocasperma

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Bush Rue

Cneoridium dumosum

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Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Blackbrush

Coleogyne ramosissima

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 7 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Very Low

White Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia bartsiifolia

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: White, Purple, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Desert Mountain Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia callosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, White

Wildlife supported:

Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia parviflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 12 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Bastard Toadflax

Comandra umbellata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 13 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Bastard Toad Flax

Comandra umbellata ssp. californica

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Bitter Snakewood

Condalia globosa

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 13 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Desert Lavender

Condea emoryi

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 ft tall , 8 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

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

Silver Lining Desert Lavender

Condea emoryi 'Silver Lining'

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Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

King's Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus kingii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Heller's Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus kingii ssp. helleri

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Bushy Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus ramosus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Slender Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus tenuis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Scrambled Eggs

Corydalis aurea

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Tapertip Hawksbeard

Crepis acuminata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Baker's Hawksbeard

Crepis bakeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Limestone Hawksbeard

Crepis intermedia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Modoc Hawksbeard

Crepis modocensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Western Hawksbeard

Crepis occidentalis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 11 - 16 in tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Hall's Meadow Hawksbeard

Crepis runcinata ssp. hallii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Spring Gold

Crocidium multicaule

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Rock Crossosoma

Crossosoma bigelovii

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

California Croton

Croton californicus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast