Plant Signs

Cleveland's Desertdandelion

Malacothrix clevelandii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Snake's Head

Malacothrix coulteri

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Woolly Dandelion

Malacothrix floccifera

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Leafy Desertdandelion

Malacothrix foliosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Wavy-leaved Malacothrix

Malacothrix foliosa ssp. crispifolia

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Leafy Malacothrix

Malacothrix foliosa ssp. foliosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Philbrick's Malacothrix

Malacothrix foliosa ssp. philbrickii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Many-headed Malacothrix

Malacothrix foliosa ssp. polycephala

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Smooth Desertdandelion

Malacothrix glabrata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 5 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Dunedelion

Malacothrix incana

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Santa Cruz Island Malacothrix

Malacothrix indecora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Junak's Malacothrix

Malacothrix junakii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Dusky-fruited Malacothrix

Malacothrix phaeocarpa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Cliff Aster

Malacothrix saxatilis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Winter, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Carmel Valley Malacothrix

Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Cliff Desertdandelion

Malacothrix saxatilis var. commutata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Cliff Aster

Malacothrix saxatilis var. implicata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Cliff Desertdandelion

Malacothrix saxatilis var. saxatilis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Cliff Desertdandelion

Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Mexican Malacothrix

Malacothrix similis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Sowthistle Desertdandelion

Malacothrix sonchoides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Island Malacothrix

Malacothrix squalida

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Stebbins' Desertdandelion

Malacothrix stebbinsii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Torrey's Desertdandelion

Malacothrix torreyi

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Malaxis monophyllos

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

White Bog Adder's-mouth

Malaxis monophyllos var. brachypoda

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Laurel Sumac

Malosma laurina

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 10 - 20 ft tall , 20 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Brown Turbans

Malperia tenuis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Oregon Crab Apple

Malus fusca

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 15 - 40 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Black Heart Island Mallow

Malva 'Black Heart'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Pastel Stripes Island Mallow

Malva 'Pastel Stripes'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 6 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Purisima Tree Mallow

Malva 'Purisima'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 - 10 ft tall , 10 - 12 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Red, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Malva Rosa

Malva assurgentiflora

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 13 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Red, Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Alkali Mallow

Malvella leprosa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Fish Hook Cactus

Mammillaria dioica

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 6 in tall , 4 in wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Graham's Nipple Cactus

Mammillaria grahamii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Graham's Fishhook Cactus

Mammillaria grahamii var. grahamii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Wildlife supported:

Common Fishhook Cactus

Mammillaria tetrancistra

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent

Size: 10 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Wild Cucumber

Marah fabacea

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine

Size: 18 ft tall

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Orange, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Sierra Man-root

Marah horrida

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine

Wildlife supported:

Wild Cucumber

Marah macrocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Wild Cucumber

Marah oregana

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Taw Man-root

Marah watsonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine

Size: 20 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Sonoran False Prairie-clover

Marina orcuttii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

California Marina

Marina orcuttii var. orcuttii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Parry's Marina

Marina parryi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: White, Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Pacific Waterclover

Marsilea oligospora

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Plant type: Fern

Wildlife supported:

Hairy Waterclover

Marsilea vestita

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Plant type: Fern

Size: 1 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Hairy Waterclover

Marsilea vestita ssp. vestita

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Plant type: Fern

Size: 1 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Spearleaf

Matelea parvifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent

Flower Color: Green, Purple, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Pineapple Weed

Matricaria discoidea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Western Pineappleweed

Matricaria occidentalis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Standing

Roving Sailor

Maurandella antirrhiniflora

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 in tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Bluebird Twining Snapdragon

Maurandella antirrhiniflora 'Bluebird'

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Plant type: Vine

Size: 6 - 10 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide

Form: Climbing

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, Blue

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Ruby Twining Snapdragon

Maurandella antirrhiniflora 'Ruby'

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Plant type: Vine

Size: 4 - 6 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Climbing

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

California Fairypoppy

Meconella californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 8 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Smallflower Fairypoppy

Meconella denticulata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Oregon Meconella

Meconella oregana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Bearded Melic

Melica aristata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Oniongrass

Melica bulbosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported: