Plant Signs

Hooker's Evening Primrose

Oenothera elata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Upright, Rounded

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Orange, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Hairy Evening Primrose

Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Hooker's Evening Primrose

Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide

Form: Upright, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Yellow Evening Primrose

Oenothera flava

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Long-stem Evening-primrose

Oenothera longissima

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Red

Wildlife supported:

Desert Evening Primrose

Oenothera primiveris

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Desert Evening Primrose

Oenothera primiveris ssp. primiveris

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

South American Evening Primrose

Oenothera pubescens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 31 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Wild Honeysuckle

Oenothera suffrutescens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 47 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Orange

Wildlife supported:

Hairy Evening Primrose

Oenothera villosa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Hairy Evening Primrose

Oenothera villosa ssp. strigosa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Wolf's Evening-primrose

Oenothera wolfii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Woodyfruit Evening Primrose

Oenothera xylocarpa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, Red

Wildlife supported:

Lineleaf Whitepuff

Oligomeris linifolia

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Desert Ironwood

Olneya tesota

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 20 - 33 ft tall

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Douglas' Grasswidow

Olsynium douglasii

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Purple Eyed Grass

Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Red

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

California Adder's-tongue

Ophioglossum californicum

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Plant type: Fern

Wildlife supported:

Northern Adder's-tongue

Ophioglossum pusillum

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Plant type: Fern

Wildlife supported:

Baby Rita Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia 'Baby Rita'

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Plant type: Succulent

Wildlife supported:

Beavertail Pricklypear

Opuntia basilaris

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 5 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Beavertail Pricklypear

Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Short-joint Beavertail

Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Bakersfield Cactus

Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Pancake Prickly-pear

Opuntia chlorotica

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 7 - 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Orange, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Tulip Pricklypear

Opuntia engelmannii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 6 - 12 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Engelmann Prickly-pear

Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Pigmy Tuna

Opuntia fragilis

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 2 - 4 in tall

Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Yellow, Green

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Coast Prickly Pear

Opuntia littoralis

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Opuntia occidentalis

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Plant type: Succulent

Wildlife supported:

Chaparral Pricklypear

Opuntia oricola

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Tulip Pricklypear

Opuntia phaeacantha

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Plant type: Succulent

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Yellow, Red, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Plains Pricklypear

Opuntia polyacantha

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Grizzlybear Pricklypear

Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Porcupine Prickly-pear

Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Vasey's Prickly Pear

Opuntia vaseyi

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Plant type: Succulent

Wildlife supported:

California Orcutt Grass

Orcuttia californica

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 6 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

San Joaquin Valley Orcutt Grass

Orcuttia inaequalis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 6 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Hairy Orcutt Grass

Orcuttia pilosa

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Slender Orcutt Grass

Orcuttia tenuis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Sacramento Orcutt Grass

Orcuttia viscida

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Bow-nut Cryptantha

Oreocarya abortiva

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Yellow-flowered Cryptantha

Oreocarya confertiflora

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 5 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream

Wildlife supported:

Subalpine Cryptantha

Oreocarya crymophila

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 5 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Yellow-eyed Cryptantha

Oreocarya flavoculata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Cocks-comb Cat's-eye

Oreocarya glomerata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

White Mountains Cryptantha

Oreocarya hoffmannii

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 7 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Low Cryptantha

Oreocarya humilis ssp. humilis

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Sierra Cryptantha

Oreocarya nubigena

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Bristlecone Cryptantha

Oreocarya roosiorum

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 0.4 - 1 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Schoolcraft's Cryptantha

Oreocarya schoolcraftii

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Crater Lake Cryptantha

Oreocarya subretusa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

New York Mountains Cryptantha

Oreocarya tumulosa

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Virgin River Cryptantha

Oreocarya virginensis

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Oreonana Clementis

Oreonana clementis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Purple Mountain-parsley

Oreonana purpurascens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Woolly Mountain-parsley

Oreonana vestita

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Tundra Aster

Oreostemma alpigenum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Alpine Aster

Oreostemma alpigenum var. andersonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Tall Alpine-aster

Oreostemma elatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported: