Parry Spikeweed

Centromadia parryi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Lynn Watson

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

Full Sun

Southern Tarplant

Centromadia parryi ssp. australis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee

Congdon's Tarplant

Centromadia parryi ssp. congdonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee

Pappose Tarplant

Centromadia parryi ssp. parryi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee

Parry's Rough Tarplant

Centromadia parryi ssp. rudis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Chris Winchell

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee

Common Spikeweed

Centromadia pungens

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Andrew Borcher

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

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Smooth Tarplant

Centromadia pungens ssp. laevis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Andrew Borcher

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee

Common Spikeweed

Centromadia pungens ssp. pungens

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee

Red Triangles

Centrostegia thurberi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:

Phantom Orchid

Cephalanthera austiniae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

California Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Calscape.org

© 2006 Gabriel Hurley

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 20 ft tall , 3 - 15 ft wide
Form: Upright, Rounded
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Field Mouse-ear

Cerastium arvense

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Field Mouse-ear Chickweed

Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mouse Ear Chickweed

Cerastium beeringianum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Barry Breckling

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

Full Sun

Western Field Mouse-ear Chickweed

Cerastium viride

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Robert Sikora

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Hornwort

Ceratophyllum demersum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Blue, Green, Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:

Desert Museum Palo Verde

Cercidium 'Desert Museum'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Tree
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 20 ft tall , 10 - 15 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus betuloides

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 - 20 ft tall , 10 - 12 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 26 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low

Island Mountain-mahogany

Cercocarpus betuloides var. blancheae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 - 23 ft tall , 4 ft wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low

Few Flowered Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus betuloides var. macrourus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Dana York

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 - 16 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Very Low

Curl Leaf Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus ledifolius

Calscape.org

© 2014 Calscape

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 - 33 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide
Form: Upright, Fountain, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
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, Medium

Curl Leaf Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 - 23 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Curl Leaf Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape. Photo take at Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, White
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

San Diego Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus minutiflorus

Calscape.org

© 2014 Calscape

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 16 ft tall , 10 ft wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
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

Catalina Island Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus traskiae

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape. Photo take at Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 13 - 26 ft tall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Sharsmith Pincushion

Chaenactis alpigena

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: White, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Artemisia Leaved Chaenactis

Chaenactis artemisiifolia

Calscape.org

© 2011 Calscape

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Birds
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, Slow

Pebble Pincushion

Chaenactis carphoclinia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

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

Pebble Pincushion

Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Peirson's Pincushion

Chaenactis carphoclinia var. peirsonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2016 Fred Melgert

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Hoary Chaenactis

Chaenactis douglasii

Calscape.org

© 2008 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Alpine Dusty-maidens

Chaenactis douglasii var. alpina

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Dusty-maidens

Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Fremont Pincushion

Chaenactis fremontii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

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

Common Yellow Chaenactis

Chaenactis glabriuscula

Calscape.org

© 2006 National Park Service

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall , 6 in wide
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
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

Yellow Pincushion

Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Inner Coast Range Pincushion

Chaenactis glabriuscula var. heterocarpha

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1998 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sand Buttons

Chaenactis glabriuscula var. lanosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Big Headed Yellow Chaenactis

Chaenactis glabriuscula var. megacephala

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

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

Full Sun

Orcutt's Pincushion

Chaenactis glabriuscula var. orcuttiana

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mojave Pincushion

Chaenactis macrantha

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sierra Pincushion

Chaenactis nevadensis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1998 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: White, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Parish's Chaenactis

Chaenactis parishii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Keir Morse

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

Santolina Pincushion

Chaenactis santolinoides

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: White, Cream
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Desert Pincushion

Chaenactis stevioides

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Cream, Yellow, Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low

Shasta Chaenactis

Chaenactis suffrutescens

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Shasta-Trinity National Forest

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

Xantus Pincushion

Chaenactis xantiana

Calscape.org

© Unk

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

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Wheeler's Dune-broom

Chaetadelpha wheeleri

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:

Rose Heath

Chaetopappa ericoides

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Southern Mountain Misery

Chamaebatia australis

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Water
Water

Low

Mountain Misery

Chamaebatia foliolosa

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 - 18 in tall , 5 - 20 in wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Fern Bush

Chamaebatiaria millefolium

Calscape.org

© 2007 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Cream
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water
Water

Very Low

Port Orford Cedar

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape. Photo take at Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden

Plant type: Tree
Size: 40 - 200 ft tall , 26 ft wide
Form: Pyramidal
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Red, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

High, Moderate
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Thickstem Aster

Chamaesaracha arida

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Pink
Wildlife supported:

Fireweed

Chamerion angustifolium

Calscape.org

© :08:30T18:26:16-7.00 Walter Siegmund

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low

Fireweed

Chamerion angustifolium ssp. canescens

Calscape.org

© 2006 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

River Beauty

Chamerion latifolium

Calscape.org

© 2007 Kim Hansen

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low