Plant Signs

Foothill Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. mediomontana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Bluehead Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. pedemontana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Bluehead Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. staminea

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Purplespot Gilia

Gilia clivorum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Clokey's Gilia

Gilia clokeyi

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 7 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Coastal Gilia

Gilia diegensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Shy Gilia

Gilia inconspicua

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Inland Gilia

Gilia interior

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 5 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Gilia jacens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Hollyleaf Gilia

Gilia latiflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Cuyama Gilia

Gilia latiflora ssp. cuyamensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Davy's Broad-flowered Gilia

Gilia latiflora ssp. davyi

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Purple, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Hollyleaf Gilia

Gilia latiflora ssp. elongata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Broad-leaved Gilia

Gilia latiflora ssp. latiflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Fine Flower Gilia

Gilia leptantha

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, White, Lavender

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Pine Gilia

Gilia leptantha ssp. pinetorum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Purpus' Gilia

Gilia leptantha ssp. purpusii

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Gilia leptantha ssp. purpusii

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Fineflower Gilia

Gilia leptantha ssp. transversa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Scrub Gilia

Gilia malior

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Dark-eyed Gilia

Gilia millefoliata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Little Gilia

Gilia minor

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Modoc Gilia

Gilia modocensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 13 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca ssp. bizonata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca ssp. exilis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca ssp. ochroleuca

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca ssp. vivida

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Eyed Gilia

Gilia ophthalmoides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White, Yellow, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Salt Gilia

Gilia salticola

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Rock Gilia

Gilia scopulorum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White, Lavender, Purple, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Rosy Gilia

Gilia sinuata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 5 - 13 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Orange, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Star Gilia

Gilia stellata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Greater Yellowthroat Gilia

Gilia tenuiflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Trumpet-throated Gilia

Gilia tenuiflora ssp. amplifaucalis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Monterey Gilia

Gilia tenuiflora ssp. arenaria

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Slender-flowered Gilia

Gilia tenuiflora ssp. tenuiflora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Lavender, Purple, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Transmontane Gilia

Gilia transmontana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 13 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Tricolor Gilia

Gilia tricolor

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 14 in tall , 6 in wide

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Alba

Gilia tricolor 'Alba'

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2' tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Bird's-eye Gilia

Gilia tricolor ssp. diffusa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Bird's-eye Gilia

Gilia tricolor ssp. tricolor

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Monarch Gilia

Gilia yorkii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Northern Mannagrass

Glyceria borealis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Fowl Mannagrass

Glyceria elata

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

American Mannagrass

Glyceria grandis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Narrow Manna Grass

Glyceria leptostachya

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Fowl Mannagrass

Glyceria striata

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 6 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Wild Licorice

Glycyrrhiza lepidota

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 4 ft tall

Form: Spreading, Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Western Marsh Cudweed

Gnaphalium palustre

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Spiny Hopsage

Grayia spinosa

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Red, Pink, Cream, Yellow, White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Cushion Cryptantha

Greeneocharis circumscissa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.2 - 3 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Cushion Cryptantha

Greeneocharis circumscissa var. circumscissa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Dome Cryptantha

Greeneocharis similis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.2 - 4 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Great Valley Gumweed

Grindelia camporum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Ash Meadows Gumplant

Grindelia fraxinipratensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

San Diego Gumplant

Grindelia hallii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Gumweed

Grindelia hirsutula

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Purple, Brown

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Idaho Gumplant

Grindelia nana

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Red

Wildlife supported:

Oregon Gumweed

Grindelia stricta

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 7 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Standing

Marsh Gumplant

Grindelia stricta var. angustifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Standing