Mountain Snowberry

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. rotundifolius

Calscape.org

© 2008 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low

Long Leaved Aster

Symphyotrichum ascendens

Calscape.org

© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate

Eaton's Aster

Symphyotrichum bracteolatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 James Gonsman

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Western Meadow Aster

Symphyotrichum campestre

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 John Doyen

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

California Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Blue, Lavender
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low, Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow, Standing

Dwarf Coast Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense 'Dwarf'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 6 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low, Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Point St George Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense 'Point Saint George'

Calscape.org

Aster chilensis 'Point Saint George'

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: spreading, Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Purple Haze Coast Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense 'Purple Haze'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 6 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low, Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

San Bernardino Aster

Symphyotrichum defoliatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Bob Allen

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Leafy Aster

Symphyotrichum foliaceum

Calscape.org

© 2007 Magnus Manske

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Parry's Leafy Aster

Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. apricum

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Parry's Aster

Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Short-rayed Alkali Aster

Symphyotrichum frondosum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Steve Matson

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

Greata's Aster

Symphyotrichum greatae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Allison Rudalevige

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Henderson's Aster

Symphyotrichum hendersonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Panicled Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Western Lance Leaf Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Suisun Marsh Aster

Symphyotrichum lentum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Russell Huddleston

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Western Mountain Aster

Symphyotrichum spathulatum

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. intermedium

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Richard Spellenberg

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Western Mountain Aster

Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum

Calscape.org

2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Western Bog Aster

Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. yosemitanum

Calscape.org

2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Douglas Aster

Symphyotrichum subspicatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Al Keuter

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Eastern Annual Saltmarsh Aster

Symphyotrichum subulatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Saltmarsh Aster

Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Richard Spellenberg

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Snowqueen

Synthyris cordata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1999 Dean Wm. Taylor

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

Partial Shade

Tailed Kittentails

Synthyris missurica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Kittentail

Synthyris missurica ssp. missurica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Snowqueen

Synthyris reniformis

Calscape.org

2015 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: White, Lavender, Blue
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Fremont's-gold

Syntrichopappus fremontii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.4 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Lemmon's Syntrichopappus

Syntrichopappus lemmonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2016 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Vortriede's Spineflower

Systenotheca vortriedei

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 6 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Dune Tansy

Tanacetum bipinnatum

Calscape.org

© Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

California Dandelion

Taraxacum californicum

Calscape.org

Copyright © Roxanne Bittman and CNPS

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green, Red, Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Horned Dandelion

Taraxacum ceratophorum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Sun Cup

Taraxia ovata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Aaron Arthur

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

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Diffuseflower Evening Primrose

Taraxia subacaulis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

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

Tansyleaf Evening Primrose

Taraxia tanacetifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

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

Southern Tauschia

Tauschia arguta

Calscape.org

© 2004 National Park Service

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Glaucous Tauschia

Tauschia glauca

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Dean Wm. Taylor, Ph.D.

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Tauschia

Tauschia hartwegii

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Howell's Tauschia

Tauschia howellii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Kellogg's Umbrellawort

Tauschia kelloggii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Parish's Umbrellawort

Tauschia parishii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2001 CDFA

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

Pacific Yew

Taxus brevifolia

Calscape.org

© 2005 Walter Siegmund

Plant type: Tree
Size: 8 - 59 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Bigflower Tellima

Tellima grandiflora

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Pink, Red, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous, Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Parry's Tetracoccus

Tetracoccus dioicus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Keir Morse

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:

Hall's Tetracoccus

Tetracoccus hallii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:

Holly-leaved Tetracoccus

Tetracoccus ilicifolius

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:

Striped Horsebrush

Tetradymia argyraea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Duncan S. Bell

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Cotton Catclaw

Tetradymia axillaris

Calscape.org

© 2008 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Longspine Horsebrush

Tetradymia axillaris var. axillaris

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Longspine Horsebrush

Tetradymia axillaris var. longispina

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Spineless Horsebrush

Tetradymia canescens

Calscape.org

© 2008 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Hairy Horsebrush

Tetradymia comosa

Calscape.org

© 2006 National Park Service

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 4 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Littleleaf Horsebrush

Tetradymia glabrata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 12 ft tall
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Shortspine Horsebrush

Tetradymia spinosa

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Mojave Cottonthorn

Tetradymia stenolepis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Heath McAllister

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

Dune Horsebrush

Tetradymia tetrameres

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:

Stemless Four Nerve Daisy

Tetraneuris acaulis

Calscape.org

© 2005 Stan Shebs

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

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low