Whisker Brush

Leptosiphon ciliatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Coast Yellow Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon croceus

Calscape.org

Copyright © Bob Patterson and CNPS

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 3 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Thread Linanthus

Leptosiphon filipes

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Barry Breckling

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

Leptosiphon floribundus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Linanthus

Leptosiphon floribundus ssp. floribundus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Leptosiphon floribundus ssp. glaber

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Santa Rosa Mountains Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon floribundus ssp. hallii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Jordan Zylstra

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Largeflower Linanthus

Leptosiphon grandiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Low
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Harkness' Flaxflower

Leptosiphon harknessii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2004 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: White, Blue
Wildlife supported:

Jepson's Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon jepsonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 5 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Broad-lobed Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon latisectus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Lemmon's Linanthus

Leptosiphon lemmonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Narrowflower Flaxflower

Leptosiphon liniflorus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:

True Babystars

Leptosiphon minimus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 4 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Mustang Clover

Leptosiphon montanus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee

Tehachapi Linanthus

Leptosiphon nudatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Bob Patterson and CNPS

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:

Nuttall's Linanthus

Leptosiphon nuttallii

Calscape.org

© 2005 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Mount Tedoc Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. howellii

Calscape.org

Copyright © Bob Patterson and CNPS

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Nuttall's Linanthus

Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. nuttallii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Gary A. Monroe

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

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Nuttall's Hairy Linanthus

Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. pubescens

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Sierra Nevada Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon oblanceolatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 5 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Sierra Linanthus

Leptosiphon pachyphyllus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:

Variable Linanthus

Leptosiphon parviflorus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Yellow
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:

Pygmy Linanthus

Leptosiphon pygmaeus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:

Pygmy Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon pygmaeus ssp. continentalis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Pygmy Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon pygmaeus ssp. pygmaeus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Kim M. Klementowski

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:

Rattan's Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon rattanii

Calscape.org

Copyright © Bob Patterson and CNPS

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

Rose Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon rosaceus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 7 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Northern Linanthus

Leptosiphon septentrionalis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Wildlife supported:

Madera Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon serrulatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Chris Winchell

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 7 in tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:

Bigelow's Coreopsis

Leptosyne bigelovii

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2005 Lynn Watson (SB)

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

California Coreopsis

Leptosyne californica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Leafy Stemmed Coreopsis

Leptosyne calliopsidea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low

Douglas' Tickseed

Leptosyne douglasii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Giant Coreopsis

Leptosyne gigantea

Calscape.org

© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 8 ft tall , 2 - 4 ft wide
Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Mount Hamilton Tickseed

Leptosyne hamiltonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sea Dahlia

Leptosyne maritima

Calscape.org

©2013 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 31 in tall , 3 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Stillman's Coreopsis

Leptosyne stillmanii

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Crystal Springs Lessingia

Lessingia arachnoidea

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Chris Winchell

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

San Francisco Lessingia

Lessingia germanorum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences

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

Valley Lessingia

Lessingia glandulifera

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Valley Lessingia

Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

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

Lessingia glandulifera var. peirsonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2016 Dana York

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

Warner Springs Lessingia

Lessingia glandulifera var. tomentosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

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

Woolly-headed Lessingia

Lessingia hololeuca

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Russell Huddleston

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sierra Lessingia

Lessingia leptoclada

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Tamalpais Lessingia

Lessingia micradenia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Aaron Arthur

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

Smooth Lessingia

Lessingia micradenia var. glabrata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Aaron Arthur

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

Tamalpais Lessingia

Lessingia micradenia var. micradenia

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2001 Doreen L. Smith

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

Dwarf Lessingia

Lessingia nana

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 Cristian Singer

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Slenderstem Lessingia

Lessingia nemaclada

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1995 Arthur H. Bazell, M.D.

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Lessingia pectinata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

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

Lessingia pectinata var. pectinata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Adonis (Don) Tate

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

Lessingia pectinata var. tenuipes

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

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

Sonoma Lessingia

Lessingia ramulosa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Spring Lessingia

Lessingia tenuis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Wand Lessingia

Lessingia virgata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 George W. Hartwell

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Sand Lily

Leucocrinum montanum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 California Academy of Sciences

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

Dwarf Chamaesaracha

Leucophysalis nana

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Silver Lake Daisy

Leucosyris arida

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported: