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Agave deserti
Desert Agave
A clumping, almost stemless plant that usually grows in colonies, new plants being produced by basal lateral shoots, and the individual plants are several feet wide. The leaves, arising from a wood...
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Agave utahensis
Century Plant
Native to east Mojave desert on limestone soils. The flowering stems are not branching as in Agavi deserti, but the flower clusters arise along the stem on short one-inch stalks. From a distance, it...
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Arctostaphylos hooveri Hoovers Manzanita
Hoovers Manzanita is an evergray 10' X `6' bush with red stems that has proved intractable in our climate and soil. This species has an interesting leaf appearance, because of the long, silvery, hair...
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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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Atriplex lentiformis Breweri
Brewers Salt Bush
This is now considered A. lentiformis ssp. lentiformis. Formerly it was thought a separate ssp. of A. lentiformis, because coastal plants had larger leaves and fruits. A large evergreen shrub to 8 ft...
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Atriplex lentiformis lentiformis
Salt Bush
A large evergreen shrub to 8 ft.. Native in coastal Ca. to 100 miles inland. Very alkali tolerant. A plant for wind breaks, borders, and range management. Not a beautiful plant (A. canescens looks bet...
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Atriplex polycarpa
Alkali Saltbush
Shrub, gray-white, not the prettiest but the toughest, used for bird and animal cover in revegetation. Dioecious. (Note: The Atriplexes from arid enviroments have a C4 photosynthetic pathway which is...
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Atriplex spinifera
Spinescale
Rhis Atriplex is a four foot grey shrub. Native from eastern SLO Co. to Fresno and east. Plant in the dry interior areas for wildlife. (Note: The Atriplexes from arid enviroments have a C4 photosynt...
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Calyptridium monandrum
Annual, low, spreading stems or flat to the ground, leaves in a basal rosette, flowers minute, in sandy, open areas, coast, chaparral, desert, forest. disappears after flowering. sSN, Teh, sSnJV, SCoR...
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Cucurbita foetidissima
Coyote Melon
A coarse, trailing perennial, with gray-green, rough leaves, yellow flowers, and a large root, undergoes dormancy after flowering and fruiting. Occurs often in sandy areas. Produces a gourd, not edibl...
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Delphinium parishii
Sky Blue Larkspur
As Delphinium cardinale but blue, more drought tolerant but less garden tolerant....
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Encelia actoni
Mountain bush sunflower
Mountain bush sunflower is a perennial shrub, 4 ft. tall with yellow daisy flowers. Grey foliage and yellow flowers stand out in a garden. Needs sun and very limited water after the first few months. ...
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Ephedra californica
Evergreen shrub, 5 ft., dry areas, central and southern California stems used for tea. Ephedra spp. are good wildlife plants....
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Eriogonum elongatum
The buckwheat for dried flowers. The long delicate wands of grey foliage and pink flowers make a great foil for ferns and roses. Use in a neglected rock garden, rock face you don't think a plant can g...
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Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium
Interior California Buckwheat
California interior buckwheat ia as Eriogonum fasciculatum but grayer and tougher, hardy to -20 . Foliolosum and polifolium overlap in many areas. Most notably around Lebec, Palmdale, Lancaster and ju...
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Eriogonum inflatum
Desert Trumpet
A funny looking perennial with small pink flowers on a 3' stalk. The stalk is inflated in the middle. This plant is all over the east end of our county and across over to Ariz. and Colorado. Hoover sa...
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Eurotia lanata
Winterfat
Synonyms: Eurotia lanata, Krascheninnikovia lanata and Ceratoides lanata ( You may find it listed either way as the botanists cannot agree, other than to make life difficult.) Winter Fat is a 2-3' pe...
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Grayia spinosa
Hopsage
Western deserts up to 7000 ft., evergreen shrub to 4 ft., seeds and leaves vary from dark green to brilliant red, a nice addition to a dry landscape. It is well armed. (The last person I showed this p...
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Gutierrezia sarothrae
Snakeweed
Snakeweed is a nice little subshrub or small shrub that frequents the drier areas of the west. You'll find it from Baja up into Saskatchewan and across to Texas, making a bright yellow sunny spot in...
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Lasthenia glabrata
Goldfields
A small little early spring annual that is a pioneer species in many bad habitats. In the San Joaquin Valley it makes mass displays of bright yellow in areas that are still intact. It will grow in any...
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Maurandya antirrhiniflora
Snapdragon Vine
A 6-10' long vine of thread-like stems bearing 1" magenta or purple-blue flowers. (It is a surprise which you will get as they seem to change even after we sort them.) It can be very showy on a sunny ...
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Monolopia lanceolata
Common Monolopia
A very showy annual native that lives in openings throughout the interior. Monolopia is one of the annuals that were part of the spring flush(moisture and energy capture) of many of the interior (non...
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Montia perifoliata
Miner's Lettuce
The delicate little plants commonly under Oaks in spring. These plants give the appearance of a lush fairy woodland to the Nursery in Spring, by mid-summer they've completely disappeared. Other forms ...
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Oenothera caespitosa marginata
Evening Primrose
A short-lived perennial (ours seem to last 5-6 years). The native range is in the desert ranges from S.Ca. to E.Wash and Utah. It has white-pink 3" flowers that fade to pink. The 12" leaves are from b...
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Orthocarpus densiflorus
Owl's Clover
A semi-parasitic annual common in areas that still have some annual native plants left. Difficult to grow in anything other than a wildflower mix....
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