Sierra Horkelia

Horkelia congesta

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

Josephine Horkelia

Horkelia congesta var. nemorosa

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Wedge Leaf Horkelia

Horkelia cuneata

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Red, White
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Coast Horkelia

Horkelia cuneata var. cuneata

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Mesa Horkelia

Horkelia cuneata var. puberula

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low

Kellogg's Horkelia

Horkelia cuneata var. sericea

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Carrotleaf Horkelia

Horkelia daucifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, White, Pink, Yellow, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Carrotleaf Honeydew

Horkelia daucifolia var. daucifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Cream
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Pinewoods Horkelia

Horkelia fusca

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: White, Pink, Red, Brown
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Horkelia fusca var. brownii

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Smallflower Horkelia

Horkelia fusca var. parviflora

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Littlehead Horkelia

Horkelia fusca var. pseudocapitata

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pinewoods Horkelia

Horkelia fusca var. tenella

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Henderson's Horkelia

Horkelia hendersonii

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

Full Sun

White Mountains Horkelia

Horkelia hispidula

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Point Reyes Horkelia

Horkelia marinensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Parry's Horkelia

Horkelia parryi

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Rydberg's Horkelia

Horkelia rydbergii

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Silky Horkelia

Horkelia sericata

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: White, Pink, Red, Brown
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Thin-lobed Horkelia

Horkelia tenuiloba

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Threetooth Horkelia

Horkelia tridentata

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

Threetooth Horkelia

Horkelia tridentata var. flavescens

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

Threetooth Horkelia

Horkelia tridentata var. tridentata

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

Ramona Horkelia

Horkelia truncata

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Kern Plateau Horkelia

Horkelia tularensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green, Brown
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Barton Flats Horkelia

Horkelia wilderae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Santa Lucia Horkelia

Horkelia yadonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Buck Lotus

Hosackia crassifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Red, Pink, Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Big Deervetch

Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Otay Mtn. Lotus

Hosackia crassifolia var. otayensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Flower Color: Purple, Cream
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Seaside Bird's Foot Trefoil

Hosackia gracilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Red, White, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Woolly Bird's-foot Trefoil

Hosackia incana

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Streambank Lotus

Hosackia oblongifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Copper-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil

Hosackia oblongifolia var. cuprea

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Orange
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Narrow-leaved Lotus

Hosackia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Meadow Birdsfoot Trefoil

Hosackia pinnata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Rosy Birdsfoot Trefoil

Hosackia rosea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Balsam Birdsfoot Trefoil

Hosackia stipularis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Hosackia stipularis var. ottleyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Balsam Bird's-foot Trefoil

Hosackia stipularis var. stipularis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Yolla Bolly Mtns. Bird's Foot Trefoil

Hosackia yollabolliensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Scott Mountain Phacelia

Howellanthus dalesianus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
butterfly

Tinker's Penny

Hypericum anagalloides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 10 in tall
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Gold-wire

Hypericum concinnum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Scouler's St. Johnswort

Hypericum scouleri

Calscape.org

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

Partial Shade

Baker's Wild Hollyhock

Iliamna bakeri

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Satintail

Imperata brevifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Lava-aster

Ionactis alpina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
butterfly

Scarlet Gilia

Ipomopsis aggregata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bridge's Gilia

Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. bridgesii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Ballhead Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis congesta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Ballhead Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis congesta ssp. montana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Slenderleaf Skyrocket

Ipomopsis tenuifolia

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Narrow Tube Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis tenuituba

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Douglas Iris

Iris douglasiana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 7 - 31 in tall , 2 - 4 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Pink, Purple, White, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Point Reyes Douglas Iris

Iris douglasiana 'Point Reyes'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Portuguese Beach Pacifica Iris

Iris douglasiana 'Portuguese Beach'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Yellow Douglas Iris

Iris douglasiana 'Yellow'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Form: Clumping
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Fernald's Iris

Iris fernaldii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Pink, Yellow, Purple, Red, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade