Plant Signs

Ashy Silktassel

Garrya flavescens

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 10 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Bearbrush

Garrya fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 10 - 13 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, Green, Purple

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Canyon Silktassel

Garrya veatchii

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 7 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Alpine Wintergreen

Gaultheria humifusa

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, White

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Oregon Spicy Wintergreen

Gaultheria ovatifolia

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Red

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Sun

Partial Shade

Salal

Gaultheria shallon

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 7 ft tall , 7 - 12 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate, Fast

Flower Color: White, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

High, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Deceptive Groundsmoke

Gayophytum decipiens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Spreading Groundsmoke

Gayophytum diffusum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Spreading Groundsmoke

Gayophytum diffusum ssp. diffusum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Spreading Groundsmoke

Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Coville's Groundsmoke

Gayophytum eriospermum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Zigzag Groundsmoke

Gayophytum heterozygum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Dwarf Groundsmoke

Gayophytum humile

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: White, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Pinegrove Groundsmoke

Gayophytum oligospermum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Blackfoot Groundsmoke

Gayophytum racemosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Pinyon Groundsmoke

Gayophytum ramosissimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Pleated Gentian

Gentiana affinis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Pleated Gentian

Gentiana affinis var. ovata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Deep Shade

Rainier Pleated Gentian

Gentiana calycosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Fremont's Gentian

Gentiana fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Alpine Gentian

Gentiana newberryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Partial Shade

Alpine Gentian

Gentiana newberryi var. newberryi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Tioga Gentian

Gentiana newberryi var. tiogana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Bristly Gentian

Gentiana plurisetosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Pygmy Gentian

Gentiana prostrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White, Green

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King's Scepter Gentian

Gentiana sceptrum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Mendocino Gentian

Gentiana setigera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Partial Shade

Autumn Dwarf Gentian

Gentianella amarella

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Standing

Autumn Dwarf Gentian

Gentianella amarella ssp. acuta

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Standing

Sierra Gentian

Gentianopsis holopetala

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Hikers' Gentian

Gentianopsis simplex

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Hairy Desertsunflower

Geraea canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Sticky Geraea

Geraea viscida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun

Bicknell's Cranesbill

Geranium bicknellii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

California Cranesbill

Geranium californicum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Carolina Crane's-bill

Geranium carolinianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Oregon Geranium

Geranium oreganum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Richardson's Geranium

Geranium richardsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 36 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Sticky Geranium

Geranium viscosissimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Aleppo

Geum aleppicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Large Leaved Avens

Geum macrophyllum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Largeleaf Avens

Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 43 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Largeleaf Avens

Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 43 in tall

Wildlife supported:

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Moderate

Old Man's Whiskers

Geum triflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Prairie-smoke

Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

California Gilia

Gilia achilleifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

California Gilia

Gilia achilleifolia ssp. achilleifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

California Gilia

Gilia achilleifolia ssp. multicaulis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Puffcalyx Gilia

Gilia aliquanta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 6 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Puffcalyx Gilia

Gilia aliquanta ssp. aliquanta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Puffcalyx Gilia

Gilia aliquanta ssp. breviloba

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Chaparral Gilia

Gilia angelensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Lavender, White

Wildlife supported:

Southwestern Gilia

Gilia austro-occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender, Yellow, Green, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Nevada Gilia

Gilia brecciarum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 14 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Nevada Gilia

Gilia brecciarum ssp. brecciarum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Nevada Gilia

Gilia brecciarum ssp. neglecta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Showy Gilia

Gilia cana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Pink, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Gilia cana ssp. bernardina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Gilia cana ssp. cana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Showy Gilia

Gilia cana ssp. speciformis

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported: