Piggyback Plant

Tolmiea menziesii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Purple, Green, Cream, White, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Cool Gold Piggy Back Plant

Tolmiea menziesii 'Cool Gold'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Taff's Gold Piggy Back Plant

Tolmiea menziesii 'Taff's Gold'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Lesser Baby Innocence

Tonella tenella

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White, Blue
Wildlife supported:

Tahoe Tonestus

Tonestus eximius

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Lyall's Tonestus

Tonestus lyallii

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Red
Wildlife supported:

Peirson's Tonestus

Tonestus peirsonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:

California Torreya

Torreya californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2018 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Tree
Size: 49 - 141 ft tall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Spiked False Mannagrass

Torreyochloa erecta

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Pale False Mannagrass

Torreyochloa pallida

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Weak Manna Grass

Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Cushion Townsendia

Townsendia condensata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 in tall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:

Slender Townsendia

Townsendia leptotes

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Steve Matson

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

Tufted Townsend Daisy

Townsendia scapigera

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Western Poison Oak

Toxicodendron diversilobum

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Shrub,Vine
Size: 2 - 13 ft tall , 13 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Rounded, Upright Columnar, Weeping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Desert Deathcamas

Toxicoscordion brevibracteatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Giant Death Camas

Toxicoscordion exaltatum

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

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

Partial Shade

Small-flower Death Camas

Toxicoscordion fontanum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Brent Miller

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

Chaparral Zygadene

Toxicoscordion fremontii

Calscape.org

© 2010 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low

Smallflower Deathcamas

Toxicoscordion micranthum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Cream
Wildlife supported:

Panicled Death Camas

Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Calscape.org

© 2006 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Death Camas

Toxicoscordion venenosum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 California Academy of Sciences

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

Moderate, High

Death Camas

Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Beaked Tracyina

Tracyina rostrata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Kerry Heise

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Desert Tragia

Tragia ramosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:

Transberingia bursifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Virgate Halimolobos

Transberingia bursifolia ssp. virgata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Carolina Bugbane

Trautvetteria caroliniensis

Calscape.org

© 2008 ?64

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Western False Asphodel

Triantha occidentalis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Western Tofieldia

Triantha occidentalis ssp. occidentalis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Desert Horsepurslane

Trianthema portulacastrum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 James M. Andre

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Three Hearts

Tricardia watsonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 16 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Yosemite Bulrush

Trichophorum clementis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Little Bulrush

Trichophorum pumilum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Yellowdome

Trichoptilium incisum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

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

San Jacinto Bluecurls

Trichostema austromontanum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

San Jacinto Bluecurls

Trichostema austromontanum ssp. austromontanum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Chris Wagner, SBNF

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Hidden Lake Bluecurls

Trichostema austromontanum ssp. compactum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Woolly Bluecurls

Trichostema lanatum

Calscape.org

Copyright Calscape 2014

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 ft tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Pink, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
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
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Vinegarweed

Trichostema lanceolatum

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Green, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Turpentine Weed

Trichostema laxum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Small-flowered Bluecurls

Trichostema micranthum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Justin M. Wood

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Oblong Bluecurls

Trichostema oblongum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

San Joaquin Bluecurls

Trichostema ovatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 California State University, Stanislaus

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Parish's Bluecurls

Trichostema parishii

Calscape.org

© 2010 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Hernandez Bluecurls

Trichostema rubisepalum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Napa Bluecurls

Trichostema ruygtii

Calscape.org

Copyright © University and Jepson Herbaria

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Siskiyou Bluecurls

Trichostema simulatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Slim Tridens

Tridens muticus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Slim Tridens

Tridens muticus var. muticus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Belinda Lo

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

Indian Clover

Trifolium albopurpureum

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 in tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Two-fork Clover

Trifolium amoenum

Calscape.org

Copyright © University and Jepson Herbaria

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Green, Purple, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Fiveleaf Clover

Trifolium andersonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 John Doyen

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Anderson's Clover

Trifolium andersonii ssp. andersonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Beatley's Five-leaved Clover

Trifolium andersonii ssp. beatleyae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Large Variegated Clover

Trifolium appendiculatum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 40 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bearded Clover

Trifolium barbigerum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Al Keuter

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Purple, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Beckwith's Clover

Trifolium beckwithii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pinole Clover

Trifolium bifidum

Calscape.org

© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Pinole Clover

Trifolium bifidum var. bifidum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Aaron Schusteff

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade