Miniature Eriastrum

Eriastrum diffusum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Desert Woolstar

Eriastrum eremicum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Desert Woolstar

Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Many Flowered Eriastrum

Eriastrum pluriflorum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Sapphire Woollystar

Eriastrum sapphirinum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Blue
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Wilcox's Woollystar

Eriastrum wilcoxii

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Golden Fleece

Ericameria arborescens

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Bloomer's Goldenbush

Ericameria bloomeri

Calscape.org

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

Cliff Goldenbush

Ericameria cuneata

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Cliff Goldenbush

Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata

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

Low, Very Low

Cliff Heathgoldenrod

Ericameria cuneata var. spathulata

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

Low, Very Low

Turpentine Bush

Ericameria laricifolia

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Desert Mountain Turpentine Brush

Ericameria laricifolia 'Desert Mountain'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Linear Leaved Goldenbush

Ericameria linearifolia

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Rubber Rabbitbrush

Ericameria nauseosa

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 9 ft tall , 3 - 9 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pinebush

Ericameria pinifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 8 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Green

Ericameria teretifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Rayless Daisy

Erigeron aphanactis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Silver Fleabane

Erigeron argentatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow, Blue
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Scabland Fleabane

Erigeron bloomeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Brewer's Fleabane

Erigeron breweri

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Dwarf Yellow Fleabane

Erigeron chrysopsidis var. austiniae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Spreading Fleabane

Erigeron divergens

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Thread Leaved Daisy

Erigeron filifolius

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Purple, Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Leafy Fleabane

Erigeron foliosus

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Franciscan Erigeron

Erigeron foliosus var. franciscensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

California Rayless Daisy

Erigeron inornatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Klamath Fleabane

Erigeron klamathensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 in tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Purple, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Narrow Leaved Fleabane

Erigeron linearis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 12 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Rockloving Erigeron

Erigeron petrophilus

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Philadelphia Fleabane

Erigeron philadelphicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 8 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Philadelphia Fleabane

Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Shaggy Fleabane

Erigeron pumilus

Calscape.org

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

Shaggy Fleabane

Erigeron pumilus var. intermedius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Narrow Leaved Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon angustifolium

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

California Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Thickleaf Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon crassifolium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall , 3 - 6 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Lavender, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
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, Medium

Woolly Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon tomentosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Hairy Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon trichocalyx

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall , 2 - 6 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Angle-stem Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum angulosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 36 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

San Jacinto Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum apiculatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 36 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Bailey's Buckwheat

Eriogonum baileyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Short-flower Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum brachyanthum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Parry's Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum brachypodum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Matted Buckwheat

Eriogonum caespitosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Coville's Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum covilleanum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Chaparral Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum dasyanthemum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Davidson Buckwheat

Eriogonum davidsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Flatcrown Buckwheat

Eriogonum deflexum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 79 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Douglas' Buckwheat

Eriogonum douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Tall Buckwheat

Eriogonum elatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Cream, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Longstem Buckwheat

Eriogonum elongatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Long Stemmed Buckwheat

Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 6 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Esmeralda Buckwheat

Eriogonum esmeraldense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Esmeralda Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum esmeraldense var. esmeraldense

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

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Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 7 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Mounding, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast, Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bruce Dickinson California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Bruce Dickinson'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 8 - 15 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Dana Point Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Theodore Payne California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Theodore Payne'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Warriner Lytle Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Warriner Lytle'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 8 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
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, Medium, Slow