Sierra Bluecup

Githopsis pulchella ssp. campestris

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Serpentine Bluecup

Githopsis pulchella ssp. serpentinicola

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Sierra Bluecup

Githopsis pulchella var. glabra

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Sierra Bluecup

Githopsis pulchella var. pulchella

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Common Bluecup

Githopsis specularioides

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Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:

Delicate Bluecup

Githopsis tenella

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

American Silvertop

Glehnia littoralis

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

Full Sun

American Glehnia

Glehnia littoralis ssp. leiocarpa

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Pungent Glossopetalon

Glossopetalon pungens

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Plant type: Shrub
Wildlife supported:

Spiny Greasebush

Glossopetalon spinescens

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:

Nevada Greasewood

Glossopetalon spinescens var. aridum

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Fowl Mannagrass

Glyceria elata

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Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Narrow Manna Grass

Glyceria leptostachya

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
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:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Carveseed

Glyptopleura marginata

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Holy Dandelion

Glyptopleura setulosa

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Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Western Marsh Cudweed

Gnaphalium palustre

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

Golden Goodmania

Goodmania luteola

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Rattlesnake Plantain

Goodyera oblongifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 7 - 13 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Bractless Hedge-hyssop

Gratiola ebracteata

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Boggs Lake Hedge-hyssop

Gratiola heterosepala

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 1 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:

Clammy Hedge-hyssop

Gratiola neglecta

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 12 in tall
Flower Color: White
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:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
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:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Cushion Cryptantha

Greeneocharis circumscissa var. circumscissa

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

Rosette Cushion Cryptantha

Greeneocharis circumscissa var. rosulata

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 0.2 - 1 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:
caterpillar
butterfly

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:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
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:
caterpillar
butterfly

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:
caterpillar
butterfly

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:
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
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:
caterpillar
butterfly

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:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Watering
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:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Standing

Gumweed

Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 7 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Oregon Gumweed

Grindelia stricta var. stricta

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 60 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Gum Plant

Grindelia stricta var. venulosa

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Plant type: Perennial
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: yellow
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full sun

Suisun Gumplant

Grindelia x paludosa

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mat Cholla

Grusonia parishii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Beautiful Club-cholla

Grusonia pulchella

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Little Pectocarya

Gruvelia pusilla

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:

California Matchweed

Gutierrezia californica

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Plant type: Shrub,Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Sticky Snakeweed

Gutierrezia microcephala

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

Matchweed

Gutierrezia sarothrae

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Smallflower Gymnosteris

Gymnosteris parvula

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Red
Wildlife supported:

Amethyst Stickseed

Hackelia amethystina

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Greater Showy Stickseed

Hackelia bella

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Poison Canyon Stickseed

Hackelia brevicula

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

California Stickseed

Hackelia californica

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Cusick's Stickseed

Hackelia cusickii

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Many-flowered Stickseed

Hackelia floribunda

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Jessica Sticktight

Hackelia micrantha

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Lavender, Blue
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Pink-flowered Stickseed

Hackelia mundula

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Blue
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sierran Stickseed

Hackelia nervosa

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bristly Stickseed

Hackelia setosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Blue, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sharsmith's Stickseed

Hackelia sharsmithii

Calscape.org

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

Velvety Stickseed

Hackelia velutina

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly