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Fragaria chiloensis
Sand Strawberry
A spreading perennial, white flowers, March-Aug., edible red fruits, good ground cover for sun, garden water, part shade inland. Native to coastal bluffs and sand dunes in Calif.. Cold tolerant to at ...
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Frankenia grandiflora
Alkali Heath
New Name: Frankenia salina. Rhizomatous subshrub, with somewhat fkeshy leaves, small white to pink flowers, forms clumps, grows in salt marshes in clay loam soil, with high salt content. in salt mars...
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Franseria chamissonis bipinnatisecta
Beach-Bur
(Synonym Ambrosia chamissonis) This is a flat perennial that grows in beach sand within site of the surf. Very specific! Good only for Coastal Strand Work. It lives a life of growing with the dune. Y...
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Gnaphalium bicolor
Everlasting
White-woolly- grey perennial , with small creamy yellow flowers, not showy, weedy in cultivated watered areas under certain environmental conditions, food plant of the American Painted Lady butterfly....
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Grindelia stricta venulosa
Coastal Groundcover Gum Plant
Grindelia sticta venulosa(or pachyphylla) is a coastal bluff plant from the bay area. Coastal Groundcover Gum Plant is a great plant to mix with Baccharis Pigeon Point and Penstemon Margarita BOP to ...
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Hazardia squarrosus
Yellow Squirrel Cover
A common perennial from coastal bluffs into interior chaparral, common on road cuts mixed in with squirrel holes, hence, its name. A 1-2ft high perennial that grows to 2-3ft across. Its 1/2inch yellow...
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Horkelia cuneata
A small perennial that is common in coastal dunes and interior dunes from San Francisco to San Diego. Included here primarily for those of you in sand dunes.(You need something.)...
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Isocoma menziesii sedoides
Menzies' goldenbush
Menzies' goldenbush grows along coastal bluffs from Ragged Point to Point Mugu and on the Channel Islands. A very usual plant if you have a garden within a bock of the ocean.
A great butterfly plant...
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Isocoma venetus vernoniodes
Isocoma
This perennial grows right along the coast sometimes hanging over the bluffs. Typically native in a disturbed coastal sage scrub, soil sandy loam over clay hardpan, south slope, abundant, with Agros...
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Jaumea carnosa
Jaumea
Jaumea is a low perennial, that spreads by rhizomes. It has small yellow daisy flowers and fleshy leaves. Jaumea grows in coastal salt marshes and tolerates brackish water and alkaline soil. Jaum...
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Juncus leseurii
Salt Rush
An interesting rush, a creeping dune dweller that grows near marshes from B.C. to South America and along the California coast. This would be a good plant to help stabilize sandy soil. In a normal gar...
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Juncus phaeocephalus phaeocephalus
Brown Headed Creeping Rush
A wonderful creeping groundcover for seasonally wet (winter) spots near the coast. A frogs delight. Use where the soil is shallow and wet in the winter in place of lawn., A rush that looks superficial...
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Leymus mollis mollis
American Dune grass
syn. Elymus mollis ssp. mollis -American dune grass grows along the coasts in beach sand. This dune grass likes full sun. It can tolerate salt spray as well as salty soil. American dune grass dies bac...
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Linanthus grandiflorus
Mountain Phlox
An annual that grows about a foot tall with 1" light purple flowers. Open woods and sandy places near the coast. We're not sure where the name 'mountain' came from......
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Lotus scoparius
Deerweed
Lotus scoparius Deerweed is a short- lived ( 7-20 years! ) perennial in the pea family. From spring through summer this plant is covered in small yellow flowers. Deerweed is a pioneer species ...
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Lupinus arboreus
Bush Lupine
A 4-5' perennial. The flowers are blue to yellow on 6" spikes. The foliage is dark green. It has very rapid growth. It grows from Ventura into Ore.. This plant is an aggressive seeder and should not b...
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Lupinus bicolor
Pigmy-leaved Lupine
A fuzzy little lupine with gray leaves and blue flowers. Useful in revegetation mixes as I've seen it growing on some bad sites. Source: western San Luis Obispo County, California, Godd 9, February 22...
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Lupinus chamissonis
Silver Dune Lupine
A 4-6' perennial. Its blue flowers are on a 4" spike. The bush is 4' silver mound. It grows well in coastal sand. Native from L.A. to S.F.. It will take some drought, needs near perfect drainage, tole...
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Mimulus cardinalis
Scarlet Monkey Flower
A perennial to 3'. It likes sun to full shade and regular water. It has 2" red tubular flowers most of the year. An aggressive seeder that should be used in revegetation or large gardens, (or for thos...
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Monardella crispa
wavyleaf dune mint
Wavyleaf Dune Mint is native to the coastal dunes of southern San Luis Obispo county and northern Santa Barbara county. It can often be found on the unstabilized dunes. It is fragrant and one of the...
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Oenothera cheiranthifolia suffruticosa
Beach Evening Primrose
A plant that grows right on the ocean in straight beach sand. You usually don't find it growing past the first dune or so. Beach Evening Primrose can grow in most coastal communities but it can't take...
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Oenothera hookeri
Evening Primrose
A perennial that grows flat on the ground sending up a 3' spike of 3-4" yellow flowers that open in the evening and morning. Use in the background. It is a heavy seeder, hard to fail. Do not use in a ...
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Phacelia ramosissima austrolitoralis
Phacelia
Perennial with white to lavender flowers, in curved clusters, showy, grows on coastal bluffs and dunes, goes deciduous in the summer after flowering, low growing, spreading, only noticeable during flo...
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Pinus torreyana
Torrey Pine
A gray conifer to 40 ft.. There are two wild colonies left in San Diego and on Santa Rosa Island. A tree with open habits and fast growing. It has proven to be drought tolerant here with little or no ...
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Rhamnus californica
Coffeeberry
Coffeeberry is an evergreen shrub that grows fast to 6-8'. (Ok, the name Rhamnus californica is being played with as Frangula californica ssp. californica.) Coffee berry is native from the Oregon Coa...
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