Candy Flower

Claytonia sibirica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Barry Breckling

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

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Standing

Chaparral Clematis

Clematis lasiantha

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

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

Virgin's Bower

Clematis ligusticifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Size: 1 - 30 ft tall , 2 - 6 in wide
Form: Climbing, Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Small Leaved Clematis

Clematis pauciflora

Calscape.org

© 2009 Stickpen

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

© 2014 Calscape

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

Cleomella arborea var. angustata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Debra L. Cook

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

Low, Very Low

Cleomella arborea var. arborea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Keir Morse

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

Low, Very Low

Valley Bladderpod

Cleomella arborea var. globosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Barry Breckling

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

Low, Very Low

Yellow Bee Plant

Cleomella lutea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Golden Bee Plant

Cleomella platycarpa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

San Diego Yerba Buena

Clinopodium chandleri

Calscape.org

Copyright © Roxanne Bittman and CNPS

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

Yerba Buena

Clinopodium douglasii

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 7 in tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Monkey Flower Savory

Clinopodium mimuloides

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences

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

Copyright © 2012 Calscape.

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

© 2006 Stan Shebs

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

San Antonio Collinsia

Collinsia antonina

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Chris Winchell

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

White Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia bartsiifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White, Purple, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

White Blue Eyed Mary

Collinsia bartsiifolia var. bartsiifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 14 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Davidson's Blue Eyed Mary

Collinsia bartsiifolia var. davidsonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Desert Mountain Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia callosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Child's Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia childii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 14 in tall
Flower Color: Lavender, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

White Collinsia

Collinsia concolor

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

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

Round-headed Chinese-houses

Collinsia corymbosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Giant Blue Eyed Mary

Collinsia grandiflora

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Dianne Fristrom

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 14 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Greene's Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia greenei

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Purple, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Purple Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

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

Purple Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla var. austromontana

Calscape.org

Collinsia heterophylla var. austromontana

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Purple Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla var. heterophylla

Calscape.org

© 2010 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Narrow Leaf Collinsia

Collinsia linearis

Calscape.org

© 2010 Barry Breckling

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

San Francisco Collinsia

Collinsia multicolor

Calscape.org

Copyright © Margo Bors

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, White, Blue
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Parry's Blue Eyed Mary

Collinsia parryi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Aaron Schusteff

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

Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia parviflora

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 12 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Sticky Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia rattanii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Spinster's Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia sparsiflora

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Spinster's Blue Eyed Mary

Collinsia sparsiflora var. collina

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

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

Spinster's Blue Eyed Mary

Collinsia sparsiflora var. sparsiflora

Calscape.org

2011 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sticky Chinese Houses

Collinsia tinctoria

Calscape.org

© 2010 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Red, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low

Torrey's Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia torreyi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Torrey's Blue Eyed Mary

Collinsia torreyi var. brevicarinata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2001 Steven Thorsted

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Torrey's Blue Eyed Mary

Collinsia torreyi var. latifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Dianne Fristrom

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Torrey's Blue Eyed Mary

Collinsia torreyi var. torreyi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Wright's Blue Eyed Mary

Collinsia torreyi var. wrightii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Large Flowered Collomia

Collomia grandiflora

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2005 Steve Matson

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

Bastard Toadflax

Comandra umbellata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 13 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bastard Toad Flax

Comandra umbellata ssp. californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Summer Holly

Comarostaphylis diversifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © R. Mitchel Beauchamp and CNPS

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 20 ft tall , 3 - 15 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Summer Holly

Comarostaphylis diversifolia ssp. diversifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Anna Bennett

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

Low, Very Low

Summer Holly

Comarostaphylis diversifolia ssp. planifolia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Steve Matson

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Desert Lavender

Condea emoryi

Calscape.org

© 2006 Stan Shebs

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

Conioselinum pacificum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Nevin's Woolly Sunflower

Constancea nevinii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Dieter Wilken

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

Small-flowered Morning-glory

Convolvulus simulans

Calscape.org

Copyright © Angelika Brinkman-Busi and CNPS

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Desert Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus eremicus

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Desert Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus eremicus ssp. eremicus

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Kern Plateau Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus eremicus ssp. kernensis

Calscape.org

-

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

King's Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus kingii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Heller's Bird's-beak

Cordylanthus kingii ssp. helleri

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Nevin's Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus nevinii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Keir Morse

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