Plant Signs

Desert Milkweed

Asclepias erosa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

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Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Narrow Leaf Milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

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Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

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Fast, Medium, Slow

Broadleaf Milkweed

Asclepias latifolia

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Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Cream, Green, Purple

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Low, Very Low

Mojave Milkweed

Asclepias nyctaginifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Green, White, Purple, Pink

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Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Serpentine Milkweed

Asclepias solanoana

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White, Red

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Water

Low, Very Low

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 6 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Upright, Spreading, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Davis Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa 'Davis'

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Asclepias speciosa Davis

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Medium

Skeleton Milkweed

Asclepias subulata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

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Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Woolly Milkweed

Asclepias vestita

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow

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Water

Low, Very Low

California Lace Fern

Aspidotis californica

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Plant type: Fern

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Carlotta Hall's Lace Fern

Aspidotis carlotta-halliae

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Plant type: Fern

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Dense Lace Fern

Aspidotis densa

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Plant type: Fern

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Northern Spleenwort

Asplenium septentrionale

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Plant type: Fern

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Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

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Plant type: Fern

Size: 10 in tall

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Partial Shade

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes

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Plant type: Fern

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Western Spleenwort

Asplenium vespertinum

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Plant type: Fern

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Green Spleenwort

Asplenium viride

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Plant type: Fern

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Rogue River Milkvetch

Astragalus accidens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Henderson's Milkvetch

Astragalus accidens var. hendersonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

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Sharpkeel Milkvetch

Astragalus acutirostris

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

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Humboldt County Milkvetch

Astragalus agnicidus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

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Field Milkvetch

Astragalus agrestis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender, Blue, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer

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Cushenbury Milkvetch

Astragalus albens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

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Astragalus allochrous

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Playa Milkvetch

Astragalus allochrous var. playanus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

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Anderson's Milkvetch

Astragalus andersonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: White

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Ash Valley Milkvetch

Astragalus anxius

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

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Silverleaf Milkvetch

Astragalus argophyllus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Silver-leaved Milkvetch

Astragalus argophyllus var. argophyllus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 in tall

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Annual Desert Milkvetch

Astragalus aridus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 12 in tall

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San Joaquin Milk Vetch

Astragalus asymmetricus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Mourning Milkvetch

Astragalus atratus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink, White

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Darwin Mesa Milkvetch

Astragalus atratus var. mensanus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

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Austin's Milkvetch

Astragalus austiniae

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple

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San Bernardino Milkvetch

Astragalus bernardinus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

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Crested Milkvetch

Astragalus bicristatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

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Bolander's Milkvetch

Astragalus bolanderi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Green

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Braunton's Milkvetch

Astragalus brauntonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

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Brewer's Milkvetch

Astragalus breweri

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Green

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Klamath Milkvetch

Astragalus californicus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 18 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Cream

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Torrey's Milkvetch

Astragalus calycosus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Torrey's Milkvetch

Astragalus calycosus var. calycosus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink

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Canadian Milkvetch

Astragalus canadensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 22 in tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Green

Flowering season: Summer

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Full Sun

Shorttooth Canadian Milkvetch

Astragalus canadensis var. brevidens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 22 in tall

Flower Color: White

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Case's Milkvetch

Astragalus casei

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

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Cima Milkvetch

Astragalus cimae

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.8 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple, Red

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Cima Milkvetch

Astragalus cimae var. cimae

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.8 - 10 in tall

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Inflated Cima Milkvetch

Astragalus cimae var. sufflatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.8 - 10 in tall

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Clara Hunt's Milkvetch

Astragalus claranus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 5 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

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Cleveland's Milkvetch

Astragalus clevelandii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White

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Scarlet Milkvetch

Astragalus coccineus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Red

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Congdon's Milkvetch

Astragalus congdonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Cream

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Salton Milkvetch

Astragalus crotalariae

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Red

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Morro Milkvetch

Astragalus curtipes

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, White

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Curvepod Milkvetch

Astragalus curvicarpus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer

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Sickle Milkvetch

Astragalus curvicarpus var. curvicarpus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 16 in tall

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Dean's Milkvetch

Astragalus deanei

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

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Dwarf White Milkvetch

Astragalus didymocarpus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple

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Dwarf White Milkvetch

Astragalus didymocarpus var. didymocarpus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

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Dwarf White Milkvetch

Astragalus didymocarpus var. dispermus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 11 in tall

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