Keck's Bluegrass

Poa keckii

Calscape.org

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

Kellogg's Blue Grass

Poa kelloggii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Marsh Bluegrass

Poa leptocoma

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Letterman's Blue Grass

Poa lettermanii

Calscape.org

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

Seashore Blue Grass

Poa macrantha

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 - 24 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Winter
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Napa Blue Grass

Poa napensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Piper's Blue Grass

Poa piperi

Calscape.org

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

Pringle's Bluegrass

Poa pringlei

Calscape.org

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

Timber Blue Grass

Poa rhizomata

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Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

One Sided Blue Grass

Poa secunda

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Green, Lavender, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Rush Blue Grass

Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

One-sided Bluegrass

Poa secunda ssp. secunda

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Green, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Sierra Blue Grass

Poa sierrae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Stebbin's Bluegrass

Poa stebbinsii

Calscape.org

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

Delicate Blue Grass

Poa tenerrima

Calscape.org

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

Catalina Grass

Poa thomasii

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

San Francisco Bluegrass

Poa unilateralis

Calscape.org

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

San Francisco Blue Grass

Poa unilateralis ssp. unilateralis

Calscape.org

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

Wheeler's Bluegrass

Poa wheeleri

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

Full Sun

Sierra Podistera

Podistera nevadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:

San Diego Mesa Mint

Pogogyne abramsii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Purple
Wildlife supported:

Santa Lucia Mint

Pogogyne clareana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Wildlife supported:

Douglas' Pogogyne

Pogogyne douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 10 - 18 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Douglas' Mesamint

Pogogyne douglasii ssp. parviflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Profuse-flowered Pogogyne

Pogogyne floribunda

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Otay Mesa Mint

Pogogyne nudiuscula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Thymeleaf Beardstyle

Pogogyne serpylloides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Sacramento Beardstyle

Pogogyne zizyphoroides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Redwhisker Clammyweed

Polanisia dodecandra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Western Clammyweed

Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

California Sky Pilot

Polemonium californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Royal Sky Pilot

Polemonium carneum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Mason's Sky Pilot

Polemonium chartaceum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Water
Water

High, Moderate

Mount Eddy Sky Pilot

Polemonium eddyense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Water
Water

High, Moderate

Showy Sky Pilot

Polemonium eximium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Annual Polemonium

Polemonium micranthum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: White, Blue
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Water
Water

High, Moderate

Western Sky Pilot

Polemonium occidentale

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Sky Pilot

Polemonium pulcherrimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Jacob's-ladder

Polemonium pulcherrimum var. pulcherrimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Water
Water

High, Moderate

Mount Shasta Jacob's-ladder

Polemonium pulcherrimum var. shastense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 7 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Water
Water

High, Moderate

Frosted Mint

Poliomintha incana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

California Manyseed

Polycarpon tetraphyllum ssp. depressum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Desert Combleaf

Polyctenium fremontii

Calscape.org

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

Mrs. Austin's Knotweed

Polygonum austiniae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bidwell's Knotweed

Polygonum bidwelliae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bolander's Knotweed

Polygonum bolanderi

Calscape.org

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

California Knotweed

Polygonum californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Douglas' Knotweed

Polygonum douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 31 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Scotts Valley Polygonum

Polygonum hickmanii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 2 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Wiry Knotweed

Polygonum majus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Marin Knotweed

Polygonum marinense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Broadleaf Knotweed

Polygonum minimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Beach Knotweed

Polygonum paronychia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: White, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Parry's

Polygonum parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 3 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Milkwort Knotweed

Polygonum polygaloides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Fruitleaf Knotweed

Polygonum polygaloides ssp. confertiflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Modoc County Knotweed

Polygonum polygaloides ssp. esotericum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Kellogg's Knotweed

Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bushy Knotweed

Polygonum ramosissimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bushy Knotweed

Polygonum ramosissimum ssp. ramosissimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly