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Asclepias cordifolia
Purple milkweed
Asclepias cordifolia, Purple milkweed or Heart leafed milkweed is native to northern California,the Sierra Nevada mountains, Oregon, and western Nevada. Purple milkweed grows in all sorts of plant com...
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Asclepias eriocarpa
Monarch Milkweed
Perennial, 3ft large 5in leaves, fruits 4in horns, flowers compound 4-5inch cluster. In our area covered with monarch caterpillars during the summer. The Bullocks Orioles use the dead stems for nests...
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Asclepias erosa
Desert Milkweed
(A.leucophylla, A.l. var.obtusa, A.erosa var. obtusa,A.obtusata, A.Rothrockii) Milkweeds are amongst the most important insect plants. Butterflies and some beetles use milkweeds as nectar sources and...
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Asclepias vestita
Woolly Milkweed
A gray-green sprawling perennial that grows along the east edge of the San Joaquin Valley. One of the milkweeds that are used by the butterflies as a food source. Poisonous to cattle, horses and peopl...
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Astragalus Douglasii
Douglas milkvetch
Douglas milkvetch is really a nice little plant that causes no problems that I've seen while creating a visually delightful addition to the garden. This little locoweed grows on the Santa Margarita ...
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Astragalus lentiginosus idriensis
Purple freckled milkvetch
Purple freckled milkvetch grows under the shade of oaks, junipers and slopes along the west and south side of the San Joaquin Valley. A little Locoweed that looks more like a little lupine....
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Baccharis viminea
Seep Willow
Mulefat is an eight foot evergreen shrub, protect from deer,elk,etc.for first few years, grows from coastal areas to Tex., usually around water sources, but not always. In some areas like where the 14...
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Baeria chrysostoma
Coast Goldfields
(Lasthenia chrysostoma) Coast Gold Fields are an annual wild flower found in the coast ranges. Although they are small, only about three inches at their best, they are very showy in numbers. They h...
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Brodiaea pulchella
Wild Hyacinth
Dichelostemma pulchella, Corms, 1' in height, blue 1" flowers, spring, throughout Ca.,UT, Nev,Ariz.,tolerates most conditions with good drainage, little water after est..Butterfly plant. One of the e...
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Calandrinia ciliata
Red Maids
Almost prostrate, spreading annual, the rose-red flowers opening mostly in the afternoon, dotted in fields, open areas of mostly woodland and grassland habitats, sandy or loamy soils, showy in spring,...
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Calochortus argillosus
Clay Mariposa Lily
Located in grasslands, perennial bulb, one ft. hgt., fls. white-lavender, soil clay-serpentine, in areas of higher serpentine, sunny, dry, in summer, assoc. pls., Calystegia subacaulis ssp. epis...
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Calycanthus occidentalis
Spice Bush
Spicebush has reddish-brown fragrant burgundy flower, (April-Aug.), that smells like red wine. Native to the mountains of central and northern Cal.. Common associated plants include Carpenteria cali...
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Calystegia macrostegia
California Morning Glory
This coastal/Island Morning Glory is a twining vine with large creamy flowers. Calystegia macrostegia is native in rocky areas of chaparral, coastal sage scrub on most of the channel islands. Does bes...
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Carex praegracilis
Clustered Field Sedge
Common in meadows, open, wet areas, marshes, seeps, seasonally wet edges of ponds, frequently alkaline soil, wide distribution , valleys up to middle elevations in CA, grows in western NA,to central U...
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Carex serratodens
Bifid Sedge
Bifid referring to the top of the fruit covering which is cleft into two parts, , somewhat tufted perennial to 5 ft. hgt., mostly in the coast ranges of CA, more uncommon in the Sierra Nevada, lvs, fl...
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Carpenteria californica
Bush Anemone
Bush Anemone (Carpenteria) is an evergreen shrub, 6' by 3' in the garden, 8 ft. X 12 ft. with a 6-12 inch trunk in the wild. Carpenteria is native to the foothills of Fresno County, where it grows al...
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Castilleja subinclusa
Long-leaf paintbrush
(Castilleja Jepsonii) This paintbrush grows in association with California buckwheat, Desert Buckwheat and great Basin Sage along the east side of the southern Sierras through the Transverse ranges an...
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Ceanothus cuneatus
Buckbrush
Buckbrush is a fragrant evergreen shrub, flowers vary from blue to white, Mar-May. Native from Oregon to Baja in the coast ranges and Sierra Nevada mountains. Likes full sun and fast drainage. Use a...
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Ceanothus cuneatus Sierra mt. lilac
Sierra Buckbrush
This is the Sierra form of Buckbrush, (...
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Ceanothus oliganthus Pozo Rocket
Ceanothus oliganthus 'Pozo Rocket is an evergreen Mountain Lilac with blue flowers. Very fast to eight feet, flowers are small and many, foliage is shiny and dark green....
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Ceanothus roderickii
Pine Hill Ceanothus
The flattest of the Mtn. Lilacs. Rare, CNPS 1B, R-E-D 3-2-3 State-Fed CR/C1. A very nice little plant. Has some drought tolerance but prefers afternoon shade, good drainage, and 1/week water. NOT EAS...
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Cercis occidentalis
Western Redbud
Redbud is a deciduous shrub to small tree, 14', flowers magenta, Feb.-April. Western Redbud is native on dry slopes (usually next to a spring or seasonal creek), coast ranges and Sierra foothills to...
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Chaenactis glabriuscula
Pinchusion Flower
Low-growing annual with yellow flowers, very showy when massed, excellent butterfly flower for adult butterflies. Grows in open, sandy areas. Appropriate for unwatered native gardens, or for ecologica...
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Chenopodium californicum
Indian lettuce
Perennial to 3.5 ft. in height, with a caudex (thickened, woody stem base), flowers are insignificant, best in a wild garden as it shrivels to the ground in the dry season, survives with the aid of i...
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Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Soap Lily
Soap Lily has long, strap-like, wavy leaves that lie along the ground, and a loose spike of small white flowers up to 2 feet high, and flowers from around May-August. Soap Lily, Chlorogalum pomeridian...
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