Plants For Southern Oak Woodland

Fremontodendron mexicanum, We lost Mexican Fremontia to drought in the 1980's - grid24_12
Fremontodendron mexicanum Southern Flannel Bush

(Fremontia mexicana) Evergreen shrub, 15 ft., bright yellow flowers 3 inches across, emerge April-August., fuzzy grey-green foliage. Grows in San Diego Co., full sun to part shade, excellent drainage,... Learn more.

Garrya veatchii,  Silk Tassel Bush with male flowers, catkins are about 6 inches long. - grid24_12
Garrya veatchii Silk Tassel Bush

Silk Tassel bush is a six foot tall evergreen shrub with very showy male flowers hanging in long white catkins from the end of the branches. It grows on dry slopes in chaparral, central and southern ... Learn more.

Gnaphalium microcephalum thermale Feltleaf everlasting - grid24_12
Gnaphalium microcephalum var. thermale Feltleaf everlasting

(syn. Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Gnaphalium albidum, Pseudognaphalium thermale) A grey short lived perennial that grows in open loose ground. Common in fresh road cuts or in burned over area... Learn more.

Horkelia cuneata puberula Star Potentilla - grid24_12
Horkelia cuneata var. puberula Star Potentilla

This little perennial grows from San Luis Obispo County down through San Diego county in the sandy moist spots away from the coast. Plant with monkey flowers, Deer grass, and California fuchsias in p... Learn more.

Iris macrosiphon, Ground Iris, whose flowers range from cream to purple, grows in the northern part of California.  - grid24_12
Iris macrosiphon Ground Iris

Bowl-Tubed Iris has a weak rhizome and 1-2 ft. greenish-gray leaves, yellow to purple flowers. Native to north central California and likes full sun to part shade with regular water. This iris does ... Learn more.

Here is a photo of a leaflet of Juglans californica, Southern California Walnut, in the Santa Margarita nursery.  - grid24_12
Juglans californica Southern California Walnut

Southern California Walnut is an uncommon shrub or tree to 15-25 ft., grows along stream beds from Ventura south. This plant is important to wildlife as it provides food and nesting sites for many bir... Learn more.

Keckiella ternata, Summer Bush Penstemon - grid24_12
Keckiella ternata Summer Bush Penstemon

A very attractive perennial sub-shrub with bright red flowers that attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Usually grows on exposed areas of north slopes. You'll usually find Dudleyas, Keckiella antirr... Learn more.

In this very old photo, circa 1980, Lasthenia glabrata, Goldfields, is here living up to its name, in the shadscale scrub of the Carrizo Plains, San Luis Obispo county, California. - grid24_12
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... Learn more.

Lathyrus jepsonii californicus - grid24_12
Lathyrus jepsonii var. californicus

A curly little perennial the grows in the hills and mountains of Central and Northern Calif.. It is native down the road under Quercus agrifolia, Pinus Sabiniana and Quercus Douglasii. It is on the n... Learn more.

In this photo you can see the inflorescence of Lepechinia calycina, California Pitcher Plant. - grid24_12
Lepechinia calycina California Pitcher Plant

California Pitcher Sage is a 5-8' tall and 3-6' wide evergreen perennial or shrub with white digitalis-like flowers in April to June. Pitcher Sage is native to chaparral areas in central and southern... Learn more.

Here are two flower-color variants of Leptodactylon californicum, Prickly Phlox, that grow together in the central California chaparral. - grid24_12
Leptodactylon californicum Prickly Phlox

Prickly Pholx is a subshrub, 1-3', flowers bright pink, 1" across, spring, small, spiny leaves, San Luis Obispo Co. to Los Angeles, stunning spring color, looks tacky in late summer, full sun, excelle... Learn more.

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... Learn more.

Seeds of Lace parsley - grid24_12
Lomatium dasycarpum Woolly fruit desert parsley

Woolly fruit desert parsley grows in openings in the chaparral, coastal sage scrub, up into the pines of Mt. Pinos and Mt. Laguna, through the Sierras and coast ranges below 7000 ft. The larval of the... Learn more.

This photo appears as three intersecting flowering stems of Lonicera hispidula, California Honeysuckle, in the mixed evergreen forest of the central coast ranges of California. - grid24_12
Lonicera hispidula California Honeysuckle

A climbing deciduous shrub with large pink flowers. Native throughout much of California and up into Washington. California honeysuckle can handle full sun to shade. It's drought tolerant. Use as a ba... Learn more.

lupine benthamii - grid24_12
Lupinus benthamii

A 1-2' annual with deep blue flowers. Native on the nursery site in gravelly soil in part shade to full sun. Foliage delicately dissected, not coarse like some of the other lupine species. more specif... Learn more.

Lupinus longifolius Long leaf bush lupine

A silky gray shrub with blue flowers. Showy. This one grows from Lompoc to San Diego and inland to the eastern edges of the Coastal Sage Scrub(San Dimas). Fast and somewhat unstable. 'Normal life' @ 5... Learn more.

Field Lupine, Lupinus nanus flowers - grid24_12
Lupinus nanus Sky Lupine

Field Lupine is fragrant annual that covers many of the fields from Santa Barbara to Santa Cruz inland to the Sierras. Native on the nursery site in full sun on sandy loam to clay. Nitrogen fixing. Learn more.

Lupinus succulentus Arroyo Lupine.is an annual - grid24_12
Lupinus succulentus Arroyo Lupine

This is a very big annual. It grows to waist high with deep blue flowers. It is very useful for bank stabilization as it has a 3 foot root system. Typical western San Luis Obispo County... Learn more.

Lupinus truncatus, . blunt leaved lupine, collared annual lupine, truncate leaf lupine. - grid24_12
Lupinus truncatus Blunt leaved lupine

An annual lupine with violet flowers, found in open areas and also after burns. Truncate leaf lupine seems to like serpentine areas where there's a little soil on top of rock. Lupines fix atmospher... Learn more.

Man Root, Wild Cucumber flowers - grid24_12
Marah fabaceus var. fabaceus Wild Cucumber

Wild Cucumber is a climbing or trailing perennial vine, with very large tuberous root, called man-root, prickly fruits that looke similar to cucumbers, not edible, but used medicinally by the Native C... Learn more.

Melica imperfecta,  California Melic - grid24_12
Melica imperfecta California Melic

California Melic is a two feet high delicate perennial grass. In inland areas commonly on east/north slope, in part shade, under trees and shrubs, Pinus sabiniana, Quercus agrifolia, in oak woodland... Learn more.

Mentzelia lindleyi, Blazing Star, is a showy annual of sunny dry places.  - grid24_12
Mentzelia lindleyi Blazing Star

Blazing Star is a very large and showy annual. Its three inch, yellow flowers stand out like a small California Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron species). One plant may have 25-35 flowers. It is native i... Learn more.

The flowers of Mimulus cardinalis, Scarlet Monkey Flower, have an unusual shape or form in comparison to many other Mimulus species.  - grid24_12
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... Learn more.

Monolopia lanceolata Common Monolopia - grid24_12
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... Learn more.

Montia perifoliata Miner's Lettuce - grid24_12
Montia perfoliata 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 ... Learn more.

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