Miner's Lettuce

Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Chaparral Clematis

Clematis lasiantha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Size: 15 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Small Leaved Clematis

Clematis pauciflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Size: , 15 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bladderpod

Cleomella arborea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 6 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

San Diego Yerba Buena

Clinopodium chandleri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Monkey Flower Savory

Clinopodium mimuloides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 6 ft tall , 1 - 6 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Orange, Red
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Bush Rue

Cneoridium dumosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Blackbrush

Coleogyne ramosissima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 - 7 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

White Collinsia

Collinsia concolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 18 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Purple Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall , 4 in wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Narrow Leaf Collinsia

Collinsia linearis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Large Flowered Collomia

Collomia grandiflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 36 in tall
Flower Color: Orange, Yellow, White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Summer Holly

Comarostaphylis diversifolia ssp. planifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Purple Marsh Cinquefoil

Comarum palustre

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 18 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, Red, Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Bitter Snakewood

Condalia globosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 13 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Desert Lavender

Condea emoryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 12 ft tall , 8 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Silver Lining Desert Lavender

Condea emoryi 'Silver Lining'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 10 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Nevin's Woolly Sunflower

Constancea nevinii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Canyon Silver Catalina Silverlace

Constancea nevinii 'Canyon Silver'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 1 - 3 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Hairy Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus pilosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 48 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Hairy Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus pilosus ssp. pilosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

California Aster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 40 in tall , 1 - 6 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, White
Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established, Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Moss Landing Common Sandaster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Moss Landing'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink
Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Silver Carpet Aster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 4 ft wide
Form: Prostrate, spreading, mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink
Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Smart Aster Common Sandaster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Smart Aster'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink
Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Red Osier Dogwood

Cornus sericea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Tree
Size: 4 - 13 ft tall , 9 - 15 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow, Standing

Scrambled Eggs

Corydalis aurea

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Viviparous Foxtail Cactus

Coryphantha vivipara

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Black Hawthorn

Crataegus douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 15 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Medium

Klamath Hawthorn

Crataegus gaylussacia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Modoc Hawksbeard

Crepis modocensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 18 in tall
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Alkali Weed

Cressa truxillensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Common Sun Rose

Crocanthemum scoparium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Flower Color: Yellow
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Bisbee Peak Rush Rose

Crocanthemum suffrutescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Rock Crossosoma

Crossosoma bigelovii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

California Croton

Croton californicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Turkey Mullein

Croton setiger

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Flaccid Cryptantha

Cryptantha flaccida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Beaked Cryptantha

Cryptantha rostellata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Slender Cryptantha

Cryptantha sparsiflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Torrey's Cryptantha

Cryptantha torreyana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Missouri Gourd

Cucurbita foetidissima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Arizona Cypress

Cupressus arizonica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 33 - 82 ft tall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Sacramento Waxydogbane

Cycladenia humilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Cycladenia

Cycladenia humilis var. humilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 in tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Cane Cholla

Cylindropuntia bernardina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 5 - 10 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Green
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Jumping Cholla

Cylindropuntia bigelovii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Golden Cholla

Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 7 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, Green, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Coastal Cholla

Cylindropuntia prolifera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 10 ft tall , 1 - 5 ft wide
Form: Upright
Flower Color: Purple, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pencil Cholla

Cylindropuntia ramosissima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 5 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Tall Flatsedge

Cyperus eragrostis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall , 30 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Red Rooted Cyperus

Cyperus erythrorhizos

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High

False Nutsedge

Cyperus strigosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High

California Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

California Oatgrass

Danthonia californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Timber Oatgrass

Danthonia intermedia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Dasiphora fruticosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 59 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Red
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Durango Root

Datisca glomerata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Desert Thornapple

Datura discolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall , 6 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Purple, White
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium