Plant Signs

Yellow Gilia

Linanthus filiformis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Inyo Gilia

Linanthus inyoensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 4 in tall

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Jones' Linanthus

Linanthus jonesii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 6 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Little San Bernardino Mountains Linanthus

Linanthus maculatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Orcutt's Linanthus

Linanthus orcuttii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 4 in tall

Flower Color: White, Pink

Wildlife supported:

Sandblossoms

Linanthus parryae

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 4 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Mountain Prickly Phlox

Linanthus pungens

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Prairie Flax

Linum lewisii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Prairie Flax

Linum lewisii var. lewisii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Plains Flax

Linum puberulum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

San Francisco Woodland Star

Lithophragma affine

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Bolander's Woodland Star

Lithophragma bolanderi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Siskiyou Mountain Woodland Star

Lithophragma campanulatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 22 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Mission Woodland Star

Lithophragma cymbalaria

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Bulbous Woodland Star

Lithophragma glabrum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 10 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Hillside Woodland Star

Lithophragma heterophyllum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Prairie Star

Lithophragma parviflorum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Smallflower Woodland-star

Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Lithophragma parviflorum var. trifoliatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Slender Woodland-star

Lithophragma tenellum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

California Stoneseed

Lithospermum californicum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Columbia Puccoon

Lithospermum ruderale

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 2 - 5 ft wide

Form: Upright, Spreading, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Red

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis var. pseudosplendens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Dunn's Lobelia

Lobelia dunnii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

High

Soil drainage

Fast

Dunn's Lobelia

Lobelia dunnii var. serrata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

High

Soil drainage

Fast

Wasatch Desertparsley

Lomatium bicolor

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Lomatium bicolor var. leptocarpum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

California Lomatium

Lomatium californicum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Canby's Biscuitroot

Lomatium canbyi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Caraway Leaved Lomatium

Lomatium caruifolium

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 18 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Slow

Alkali Desertparsley

Lomatium caruifolium var. caruifolium

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Slow

Lomatium caruifolium var. denticulatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Yolla Bolly Biscuitroot

Lomatium ciliolatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Congdon's Lomatium

Lomatium congdonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Woolly Fruited Lomatium

Lomatium dasycarpum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Woolly Fruited Lomatium

Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. dasycarpum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Woollyfruit Desertparsley

Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. tomentosum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Very Low

Fernleaf Biscuitroot

Lomatium dissectum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, Yellow, Red

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Partial Shade

Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Engelmann's Lomatium

Lomatium engelmannii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Desert Biscuitroot

Lomatium foeniculaceum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Fennel-leaved Lomatium

Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. fimbriatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Inyo Lomatium

Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. inyoense

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Macdougal's Lomatium

Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. macdougalii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Gray's Lomatium

Lomatium grayi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Lomatium hallii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Henderson's Lomatium

Lomatium hendersonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Hoover's Lomatium

Lomatium hooveri

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Howell's Biscuitroot

Lomatium howellii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

San Nicolas Island Lomatium

Lomatium insulare

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Shiny Lomatium

Lomatium lucidum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Bigseed Biscuitroot

Lomatium macrocarpum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 19 in tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Yellow, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Butte Desertparsley

Lomatium marginatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Lomatium marginatum var. marginatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Lomatium marginatum var. purpureum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Cascade Desertparsley

Lomatium martindalei

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Mojave Desertparsley

Lomatium mohavense

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Carrotleaf Biscuitroot

Lomatium multifidum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Nevada Biscuitroot

Lomatium nevadense

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Cream

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade