Plant Signs

San Bernardino Aster

Symphyotrichum defoliatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

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Leafy Aster

Symphyotrichum foliaceum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

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Parry's Leafy Aster

Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. apricum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Parry's Aster

Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Short-rayed Alkali Aster

Symphyotrichum frondosum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender

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Greata's Aster

Symphyotrichum greatae

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

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Henderson's Aster

Symphyotrichum hendersonii

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Plant type: Annual herb

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Panicled Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Western Lance Leaf Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Suisun Marsh Aster

Symphyotrichum lentum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple

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Western Mountain Aster

Symphyotrichum spathulatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

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Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. intermedium

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Western Mountain Aster

Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum

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2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

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Western Bog Aster

Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. yosemitanum

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2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb

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Douglas Aster

Symphyotrichum subspicatum

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Plant type: Annual herb

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Eastern Annual Saltmarsh Aster

Symphyotrichum subulatum

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Plant type: Annual herb

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Saltmarsh Aster

Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Dune Tansy

Tanacetum bipinnatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

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Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

California Dandelion

Taraxacum californicum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green, Red, Brown

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Southern Tauschia

Tauschia arguta

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

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Glaucous Tauschia

Tauschia glauca

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

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Tauschia

Tauschia hartwegii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

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Howell's Tauschia

Tauschia howellii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

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Kellogg's Umbrellawort

Tauschia kelloggii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Parish's Umbrellawort

Tauschia parishii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

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Pacific Yew

Taxus brevifolia

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 8 - 59 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

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Striped Horsebrush

Tetradymia argyraea

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall

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Cotton Catclaw

Tetradymia axillaris

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

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Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

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Fast

Longspine Horsebrush

Tetradymia axillaris var. axillaris

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Plant type: Shrub

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Longspine Horsebrush

Tetradymia axillaris var. longispina

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Plant type: Shrub

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Spineless Horsebrush

Tetradymia canescens

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

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Hairy Horsebrush

Tetradymia comosa

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 4 ft tall

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Littleleaf Horsebrush

Tetradymia glabrata

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 12 ft tall

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

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Shortspine Horsebrush

Tetradymia spinosa

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

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Mojave Cottonthorn

Tetradymia stenolepis

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 ft tall

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Arctic Meadow-rue

Thalictrum alpinum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple

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Moderate

Meadow Rue

Thalictrum fendleri

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

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Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

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Medium, Slow

Fendler's Meadow Rue

Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 ft tall

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Torrey's Meadow Rue

Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, Green, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

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Moderate

Summer irrigation

Keep moist, Max 3x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Western Meadow Rue

Thalictrum occidentale

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

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Fewflower Meadow-rue

Thalictrum sparsiflorum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

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Turpentinebroom

Thamnosma montana

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

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Short-podded Thelypodium

Thelypodium brachycarpum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

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Crisped Thelypody

Thelypodium crispum

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

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Nodding Thelypody

Thelypodium flexuosum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Howell's Thelypody

Thelypodium howellii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Green, Blue, Purple, White, Brown

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Howell's Thelypodium

Thelypodium howellii ssp. howellii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Entireleaved Thelypody

Thelypodium integrifolium

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White, Purple

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Entireleaved Thelypody

Thelypodium integrifolium ssp. affine

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Foxtail Thelypodium

Thelypodium integrifolium ssp. complanatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Cutleaf Thelypody

Thelypodium laciniatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Lavender

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Many-flowered Thelypodium

Thelypodium milleflorum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: White

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Slender-petaled Thelypodium

Thelypodium stenopetalum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Lavender

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California Goldenbanner

Thermopsis californica

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

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Silvery False-lupine

Thermopsis californica var. argentata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

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California Goldenbanner

Thermopsis californica var. californica

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

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Velvety False-lupine

Thermopsis californica var. semota

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

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Slender Falselupine

Thermopsis gracilis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 7 ft tall

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Fast

Common False Lupine

Thermopsis macrophylla

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2002 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

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Robust False-lupine

Thermopsis robusta

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 6 ft tall

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