Seaside Alumroot

Heuchera pilosissima var. hemisphaerica

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

Partial Shade

Pink Alumroot

Heuchera rubescens

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 6 in tall , 6 in wide
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Yosemite Pink Alumroot

Heuchera rubescens 'Yosemite'

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Paleface

Hibiscus denudatus

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

Full Sun

Hairy-fruited Hibiscus

Hibiscus lasiocarpos

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: White, Red
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Rose Mallow

Hibiscus lasiocarpos var. occidentalis

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

White Hawkweed

Hieracium albiflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Southern Hawkweed

Hieracium argutum

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Bolander's Hawkweed

Hieracium bolanderi

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Greene's Hawkweed

Hieracium greenei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Prickly Hawkweed

Hieracium horridum

Calscape.org

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

Naked-stemmed Hawkweed

Hieracium nudicaule

Calscape.org

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

Parry's Hawkweed

Hieracium parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Western Hawkweed

Hieracium scouleri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Orange
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Slender Hawkweed

Hieracium triste

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 14 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

James' Galleta

Hilaria jamesii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Big Galleta

Hilaria rigida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall , 4 ft wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Common Mares Tail

Hippuris vulgaris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Pig-nut

Hoffmannseggia glauca

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 12 in tall
Flower Color: Orange, Red
Wildlife supported:

Wand Holdback

Hoffmannseggia microphylla

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 ft tall
Wildlife supported:

Leather Root

Hoita macrostachya

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Round Leaved Psoralea

Hoita orbicularis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Loma Prieta Hoita

Hoita strobilina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:

False Spikeflower

Hollisteria lanata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 4 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Rock Lady

Holmgrenanthe petrophila

Calscape.org

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

Heermann's Tarweed

Holocarpha heermannii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 48 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Santa Cruz Tarplant

Holocarpha macradenia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:

San Joaquin Tarweed

Holocarpha obconica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Pitgland Tarweed

Holocarpha virgata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 48 in tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Graceful Tarplant

Holocarpha virgata ssp. elongata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Narrow Tarplant

Holocarpha virgata ssp. virgata

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Ocean Spray

Holodiscus discolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 16 ft tall , 10 - 15 ft wide
Form: Upright, Weeping
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 - 20 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Desert Ocean Spray

Holodiscus discolor var. glabrescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate

Little Leaf Creambush

Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Whitecrown

Holozonia filipes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Small Flowered Soaproot

Hooveria parviflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Purple Amole

Hooveria purpurea

Calscape.org

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

Santa Lucia Purple Amole

Hooveria purpurea var. purpurea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Camatta Canyon Amole

Hooveria purpurea var. reducta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Arizona Barley

Hordeum arizonicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 8 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Meadow Barley

Hordeum brachyantherum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Meadow Barley

Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. brachyantherum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

California Meadow Barley

Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Low Barley

Hordeum depressum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Bobtail Barley

Hordeum intercedens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Foxtail Barley

Hordeum jubatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Foxtail Barley

Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum

Calscape.org

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

Border Horkelia

Horkelia bolanderi

Calscape.org

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

California Horkelia

Horkelia californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 48 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

California Horkelia

Horkelia californica var. californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 48 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

California Honeydew

Horkelia californica var. elata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

California Horkelia

Horkelia californica var. frondosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 47 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Cleveland's Horkelia

Horkelia clevelandii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall , 3 ft wide
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Horkelia clevelandii var. clevelandii

Calscape.org

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

Sierra Horkelia

Horkelia congesta

Calscape.org

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

Josephine Horkelia

Horkelia congesta var. nemorosa

Calscape.org

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

Wedge Leaf Horkelia

Horkelia cuneata

Calscape.org

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

Calscape.org

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

Calscape.org

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

Low