Keckiella

Keckiella corymbosa

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Lemmon Beardtongue

Keckiella lemmonii

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Brown
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Rothrock's Keckiella

Keckiella rothrockii

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Purple, Brown
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Keckiella rothrockii var. rothrockii

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Blue Stemmed Keckiella

Keckiella ternata

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Northern Blue Stemmed Keckiella

Keckiella ternata var. septentrionalis

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Blue Stemmed Keckiella

Keckiella ternata var. ternata

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Junegrass

Koeleria macrantha

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 8 - 28 in tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow, Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

White Rhatany

Krameria bicolor

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pima Rhatany

Krameria erecta

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Tall Blue Lettuce

Lactuca biennis

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Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Blue Lettuce

Lactuca tatarica

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

Lactuca tatarica ssp. pulchella

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Scurf-pea

Ladeania lanceolata

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

Branched Lagophylla

Lagophylla ramosissima

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

Full Sun

Lappula redowskii

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 14 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Western Stickseed

Lappula redowskii var. redowskii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 14 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Creosote Bush

Larrea tridentata

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 12 ft tall , 6 - 12 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

California Goldfields

Lasthenia californica

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 16 in tall , 6 in wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Baker's Goldfields

Lasthenia californica ssp. bakeri

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

California Goldfields

Lasthenia californica ssp. californica

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Perennial Goldfields

Lasthenia californica ssp. macrantha

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

Alkali-sink Goldfields

Lasthenia chrysantha

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 11 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Contra Costa Goldfields

Lasthenia conjugens

Calscape.org

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

Royal Goldfields

Lasthenia coronaria

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Greene's Goldfields

Lasthenia debilis

Calscape.org

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

Ferris' Goldfields

Lasthenia ferrisiae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Fremont's Goldfields

Lasthenia fremontii

Calscape.org

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

Smooth Goldfields

Lasthenia glaberrima

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

Yellow Rayed Lasthenia

Lasthenia glabrata

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Coulter's Goldfields

Lasthenia glabrata ssp. coulteri

Calscape.org

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

Yellow-ray Goldfields

Lasthenia glabrata ssp. glabrata

Calscape.org

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

Common Goldfields

Lasthenia gracilis

Calscape.org

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

Salinas Valley Goldfields

Lasthenia leptalea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Maritime

Lasthenia maritima

Calscape.org

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

Small-ray Goldfields

Lasthenia microglossa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 10 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Coastal Goldfields

Lasthenia minor

Calscape.org

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

Alkali Goldfields

Lasthenia platycarpha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Two-flowered Pea

Lathyrus biflorus

Calscape.org

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

Brown's Brush Pea

Lathyrus brownii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Del Norte Pea

Lathyrus delnorticus

Calscape.org

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

Sticky Pea

Lathyrus glandulosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Beach Pea

Lathyrus japonicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Jepson's Pea

Lathyrus jepsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

California Pea

Lathyrus jepsonii var. californicus

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Delta Tule Pea

Lathyrus jepsonii var. jepsonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Nevada Sweet Pea

Lathyrus lanszwertii

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

Nevada Pea

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus

Calscape.org

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

Lanszwert's Pea

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii

Calscape.org

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

Tracy's Pea

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. tracyi

Calscape.org

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

Silky Beach Pea

Lathyrus littoralis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple, Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sierra Pea

Lathyrus nevadensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Lavender, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sierra Pea

Lathyrus nevadensis var. nevadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Lavender, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Marsh Pea

Lathyrus palustris

Calscape.org

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

Leafy Pea

Lathyrus polyphyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Rigid Pea

Lathyrus rigidus

Calscape.org

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

Pride-of-california

Lathyrus splendens

Calscape.org

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

Sulphur Pea

Lathyrus sulphureus

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Torrey's Peavine

Lathyrus torreyi

Calscape.org

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