1. CA Native Plants for Western L.A. County – Plants with Yellow and Cream-colored Flowers
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Scientific Name
Common Name
Trees and Tree-like Large Shrubs
Cercocarpus montanus
Birchleaf Mountain
X var. blancheae/ C. alnifolius/
Mahogany
C. betuloides var. blancheae
Catalina Isl.
Cercocarpus traskiae
Mountain
Mahogony
X
* Forestiera
neomexicana (pubescens)
Desert Olive
Size
Flower/
season
6-12 ft tall
4 ft. wide
Yellowwhite/Sp
FS
Welldrained
7-24 ft tall
Yellowwhite/Sp
FS
Rocky
best
8-15 ft t
8 ft wide
Yellow/Sp
FS
Any welldrained
1-2 to 2
Crème/Sp
FS
Any welldrained
1-2
< 25 ft tall
Light**
Soil
Water
Zone+
1-2
1
Availability
Notes
1, 7, 13
Hedge;
evergreen;
upright form
8
6, 8
evergreen;
silvery seeds;
endangered
Berries for
birds; graygreen foliage
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
Hairs cause
dermatitis; ‘El
Dorado’, ‘Pine
Hill’
‘CA Glory’,
‘Dara’s Gold’,
‘Ken Taylor’
‘Pacific Sunset’
X *Fraxinus dipetala
California Ash
* Fremontodendron
X californicum ssp.
californicum
CA Flannelbush
5-15+ ft
tall & wide
Yellow/SpSu
FS/PS
Welldrained
essential
1
1, 5, 7, 10, 13,
14, 16
Southern
(Mexican)
Flannelbush
5-15 ft tall
& wide
Yellow/SpSu
FS/PS
Welldrained
essential
1
1, 3. 9, 10, 13,
14
Lyonothamnus
X floribundus ssp.
Catalina Ironwood
To 50 ft t
15-30 ft w
Whiteyellow/ SpSu
FS/PS
Any welldrained
1-2
1, 3, 7, 9, 13,
14
Evergreen
* Morella (Myrica)
X
californica
California Wax
Myrtle
6-30 ft t
10-20 ft w
Yellowwhite/Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
Any;
we;;drained
best
2-3 to 3
3, 5, 7, 9, 13,
14, 19
Evergreen;
good for
hedges; purple
berries
Welldrained
1
X
Fremontodendron
mexicanum
aspleniifolius &
floribundus
1, 13
Large Shrubs (> 6 ft tall; including those for screens and hedges)
X
Cleome isomeris
(Isomeris arborea)
X Dendromecon harfordii
Fremontodendron
californican X mexicanum
Bladderpod
2-6+ ft
Yellow/
Sp +
FS
Channel Island
Tree Poppy
8 ft tall
4 ft wide
Yellow/W-Sp
FS
Flannelbush
6-18 ft tall
4-12 wide
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS
Any welldrained
Welldrained
essential
1-2
1
1, 3, 7, 10, 12,
13, 16
1, 9, 13, 14,
19
1, 3, 9, 13,
Unusual scent;
attractive
branch
Showy; bluegreen foliage
‘Ken Taylor’
smaller; can
espalier
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2. I
X
Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Mahonia (Berberis)
nevinii
Nevin’s Barberry
3-8+ ft tall
6-12 ft w
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
Buff/Sp
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
Any
1 to 1-2
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
Any
1-2 to 2
Yellow/
W-Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
Any
1-2 to 2-3
X * Rhamnus californica
California
Coffeeberry
X * Rhamnus crocea
Redberry
Buckthorn
X * Rhamnus ilicifolia
Holly-leaf Redberry
X
Ribes aureum var.
gracillimum
Golden Currant
6-12 ft t &
wide; short
cultivars
3-6 ft tall
6 ft wide
12 ft tall
5-6 ft w
To 10 ft
Light**
Soil
Water
Zone+
1-2
Availability
Notes
1, 7, 13, 14
Edible berries;
good bird
habitat
1, 5, 7, 9, 10,
13, 14, 16, 18
'Eve Case',
'Mound San
Bruno' smaller
1, 3, 8, 10, 12,
13, 14, 20
1, 10, 12-14,
20, 21
7, 12, 14
Pretty fruits; birds
Nice hedge plant’
holly-like leaves
Any welldrained; Birds
eat berries
Smaller Shrubs ( < 6 ft. tall) ; includes woody sub-shrubs
2-6 ft tall &
wide
3-6 ft tall
Yellow to
Or/Sp-Su
FS
Gold/Su
FS
Emory Baccharis
6-12 ft T
to 10 ft W
Buff-Wht/
Su-F
FS/PS
any
FS/PS
any
X * Abutilon palmeri
Indian Mallow
X Artemisia californica
Coastal Sagebrush
X Baccharis emoryi
Welldrained
Welldrained
1-2
1
1 to 1-2
Winter
flooding
1 to 1-2
Winter
flooding
1, 8, 13, 14
1, 7-10, 12,
13, 14, 16, 18
1, 7, 10, 13,
14, 16
'Canyon Gray'
Salt tolerant
X
** Baccharis pilularis
‘Pigeon Point Dwarf’
Dwarf Pigeon Point
Coyote Bush
6-12 ft T
to 10 ft W
Yellow/F
male
X
* Berberis (Mahonia)
aquifolium
Oregon Grape
< 6 ft
Yellow/Sp
PS
any
2-3 to 3
1, 7, 9, 13, 14
California
Bricklebush
Nevin’s
Brickelbush
< 4 ft tall
to 4 ft w
Buff/Su-F
FS/PS
any
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 10, 12,
16
Fragrant flowers
1-2 ft tall
Buff/F
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
12
Silvery foliage
Camissonia
X cheiranthifolia spp.
suffruticosa
Beach Primrose
(Suncup)
< 3 ft tall
2-5 ft wide
Yellow/W-F
FS/PS
Sandy
best
1-2 to 2
1, 10, 13, 14,
16
Best near beach
X Coreopsis gigantea
Giant Coreopsis
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS
1-2 to 2
1, 2, 3, 10, 12,
13, 14, 16,
Unusual
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
1 to 2-3
1, 6, 7, 13, 14
‘Silver Canyon’
Cream/Sp-F
FS/PS
1, 10, 16, 20
(?var)
Unusual flowers,
seedpods; silvery
foliage
X Brickellia californica
* Brickellia nevinii
X
Constancea
(Eriophyllum) nevinii
Catalina Silverlace
X
Croton californicus var.
californicus
California Croton
3-8
3 ft
3-4
2-4
ft tall
wide
ft tall
ft wide
1-5 ft tall
2-5 ft w
Welldrained
Any welldrained
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
13
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3. Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Croton californicus var.
tenius
California Croton
1-5 ft
Cream/Sp-F
Deinandra clementina
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Catalina Tarweed
(Tar Plant)
Light**
FS/PS
Soil
Welldrained
Water
Zone+
1 to 1-2
yellow
Availability
Notes
1, 10
Unusual
flowers,
seedpods
??
X Dendromecon rigida
Bush Poppy
4-8 ft tall
4-6 ft wide
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS
X Encelia californica
CA Bush Sunflower
2-5 ft
Yellow/
W-Sp
FS/PS
X * Encelia farinosa
Brittle Bush
3-5 ft tall
3-5 ft wide
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS
X Ericameria ericoides
Mock Heather
1-4 ft tall &
wide
Yellow/
Su-F
FS
X * Ericameria nauseosa
Rabbitbush
2-5 ft tall &
wide
Yellow/Su-F
FS
Palmer's
Goldenbush
1-3 ft tall
2-5 ft wide
Yellow/Su-F
FS
Conejo Buckwheat
1 ft tall
1-3 ft wide
Yellow/SpSu
FS/PS
* Eriophyllum
staechadifolium var.
depressum
Seaside Wooly
Sunflower
1-2 ft tall
2-3 ft wide
Yellow/Su-F
FS
** Fremontodendron
‘El Dorado Gold’
El Dorado Gold
Flannelbush
3-6 ft tall
6-12 ft w
Yellow-gold/
Sp
FS
Grindelia camporum
var. bracteosa
Bracted Gumplant
2-4 ft tall
2-3 ft wide
Yellow/Su
Fs
Sawtooth
Goldenbush
1-3 ft
Yellow/Su-F
FS
Any welldrained
Coast Goldenbush
1-3 ft tall
and wide
Yellow/
Su-F
FS
Any
1-2
1, 14
Tolerates
seaside
conditions
3-5 ft tall &
wide
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2
1, 8, 10, 13,
14, 16, 22, 24
Fragrant flowers
4-6 ft tall
and wide
Buff/ Su-F
1, 3, 10, 13,
16
Aromatic;
butterfly plant
Ericameria palmeri var.
pachylepis
X * Eriogonum crocatum
X
X Hazardia squarrosa
X
Isocoma menziesii var.
menziesii
* Keckiella
antirrhinoides
Lepidospartum
X
squamatum
X
Yellow Bush
Penstemon
Scale Broom; CA
Broomsage
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
Any welldrained
1 to 1-2
Any;
sandy
best
Any;
sandy
best
any
1 to 1-2
1 to 1-2
1-2 to 2-3
3, 7, 10, 13,
14, 16
1, 2, 3, 7, 8,
10, 13, 14, 16,
19
1, 3, 6, 8, 10,
13, 14, 16, 21,
20, 24
Any welldrained
Welldrained
essential
Welldrained
Sandy
best
Short-lived;
whiter w/ little
water
1, 6, 10, 16
Good for
seaside
7, 10, 13, 16
Insect-eaters
1 to 1-2
any
Good winter
color
8, 10, 16
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 8, 12, 14,
19
1, 8, 10, 16
Tolerates
seaside
conditions
16
Low mounding
shrub
1 to 1-2
1, 2, 6, 12, 16
Tolerates salty,
alkali soils
1 to 1-2
1, 2
1-2 to 2-3
1
1 to 1-2
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X
Flower/
season
3-5 ft
Yellow-red/
Sp-Su
2-3 ft tall
3-5 ft wide
Yellow/Sp
FS coast
PS
2-6 ft
Yellowgreen/Sp
PS
Butterweed
2-3 ft
Yellow/
Su-F
San Diego
Sunflower
1-2 ft tall
1-3 ft wide
Common Name
Lotus scoparius var.
scoparius
Deer Vetch/ Deer
Broom
Guadalupe Island
Rock Daisy
Basket Bush; Sour
Berry; Skunkbrush
X * Perityle incana
X Rhus trilobata
X
Size
Scientific Name
Senecio flaccidus var.
douglasii
X * Viguiera laciniata
Light**
FS
Soil
Any welldrained
Welldrained
Water
Zone+
1 to 1-2
Availability
Notes
1, 2, 3, 10, 13,
14, 16, 18
1-2
1, 7, 13, 14,
19
Evergreen with
silvery foliage
any
1-2
10, 13, 14, 16,
19
Edible berries
FS
any
1
Yellow/Sp
FS
any
1 to 1-2
13, 14
1, 8, 10, 13,
14, 16
Perennial Vines
2, 13
Seeds edible;
bad odor when
fruits are young
3, 7, 13, 19
Mulch soil
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 8, 12, 13,
14
Edible fruit
1 to 1-2
1, 9, 14
Tol.seaside
conditions;
suckers (‘pups’)
Stinking Gourd;
Calabazilla
To 20 ft
Yellow/Su
FS/PS
Sandy
best
X * Lonicera involucrata
Twinberry
3-5 ft tall;
to 20 ft w.
Yellow/Su
PS/FSH
any
1-2 to 2-3
Lonicera subspicata
X var. denudate &
subspicata
Santa Barbara &
Southern
Honeysuckles
3-8 ft
Cream/
Sp-Su
PS/PS/
FSH
any
Cucurbita foetidissima
1-2
Perennial Groundcover Plants
X * Agave shawii
Ambrosia chamissonis
ssp. bipinnatasecta
Argentina/Potentilla
X
anserina
** Artemesia californica
‘Canyon Gray’
** Artemisia californica
‘Montara’
X Artemisia douglasiana
** Artemisia
ludoviciana ‘Silver King’,
‘Silver Queen’, 'Valerie Finnis'
Coastal Agave/
Shaw’s Century
Plant
2-3 ft tall
2-5 ft wide
Yellow/ at
age 15 yrs
FS
Welldrained
Silver Beach Burr
To 5 ft
Buff/Su-F
FS
Sand
1-2 to 2
2, 10, 16
Sand dune plant
Salt tolerant
Pacific Cinquefoil
1 ft tall
2-3 ft w
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
Sandy
2 to 3
13 (? ssp)
Seaside plant;
can be weedy
1-2 ft tall
8-10 ft w.
Green-gold/
Su
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 6, 8, 9,
11, 19
2-3 ft tall
3-4 ft wide
Green-gold/
Su
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 6, 8, 13, 16,
19
Mugwort
2-4+ ft tall
& wide
Cream/Su
PS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
3, 5, 10, 12,
14, 16, 18
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
White Sagebrush
(Western
Mugwort) cultivars
2-3 ft tall
3-4 ft wide
Cream/ Sp-F
FS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2
3, 8, 13, 14
Dies back in
winter
Canyon Gray
Sagebrush
Montara
Sagebrush
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5. Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Beach Sagewort /
Sandhill Sage
1-2 ft. tall
2-4 ft wide
Yellow/Su
Atriplex californica
CA Saltbush
1 ft t;
spreading
Yellow/Sp-F
Baccharis douglasii
Marsh Baccharis
< 3 ft
Cream/F
male
FS/PS
Any incl.
clays
2-3
** Baccharis pilularis
‘Pigeon Point’
Pigeon Point Dwarf
Coyote Bush
2 ft tall
6-8 ft wide
Cream/F
male
FS/PS
Any incl.
clays
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 6, 8, 13,
16
** Baccharis pilularis ‘Twin
Peaks 2’
Twin Peaks Dwarf
Coyote Bush
1-3 ft tall
to 10 ft w
Cream/F
male
FS/PS
Any incl.
clays
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 8, 13
** Baccharis ‘Centennial’
Centennial
Baccharis
** Baccharis ‘Starn’
Starn Baccharis
Creeping Oregon
Grape
‘Compacta’ Oregon
Grape
2-3 ft tall
5-6 ft wide
2-3 ft tall
5-6 ft wide
1 ft tall
< 6 ft wide
Cream/F
male
Cream/F
male
* Berberis (Mahonia)
aquifolium var. repens
** Berberis (Mahonia)
aquifolium ‘Compacta’
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Scientific Name
**Artemisia
X pycnocephala ‘David’s
Choice’)
2-4
2-4
2-3
3-5
ft
ft
ft
ft
tall
wide
tall
wide
Light**
Sandy
best
1-2
FS
sandy
1-2 to 2
Notes
1, 3, 5, 7, 8,
9, 10, 13, 14,
18
‘
1, 6, 20
Tol. seaside
conditions
1, 13
Light green
leaves; good for
coastal region
Small dark
leaves; can
shear to size
Baccharis pilularis X
B. sarathroides hyb.
Baccharis pilularis X
B. sarathroides
Any
1-2 to 2-3
3, 8,
FS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
8
Any;
acidic
1-2 to 3
1, 7, 9, 13, 14
Good habitat;
edible berries
1-2 to 2-3
1, 13
Good habitat;
edible berries
1, 2, 6, 12, 16
Spreading
5, 19
Mat-like;
Coastal best
PS/FSH
Yellow/Sp
PS/FSH
Large Gumplant
* Grindelia stricta ssp.
X venulosa (var.
platyphylla)
Spreading Gum
Plant
1 ft tall
3+ ft wide
Yellow/Su
FS/PS
X * Iva hayesiana
San Diego Marsh
Elder
2-4 ft tall
4-6 ft wide
Yellow/Su
FS/PS/ FSH
Heerman’s Lotus
< 1 ft
Yellow/Spr-F
California
Buttercup
< 2 ft
X * Aquilegia formosa
Western
Columbine
X Artemisia douglasiana
Mugwort
X Ranunculus californicus
Availability
FS
X Grindelia camporum
Lotus heermannii
Water
Zone+
FS/PS
Yellow/Sp
Yellow/
Sp-Fa
Soil
FS
Any;
acidic
Welldrained
sandy
1-2
1 to 1-2
Any, incl.
clays
1 to 2-3
1, 3, 8, 13
FS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
10, 16
Yellow/Sp
PS
sandy
2-3 to 3
Pac Coast
Seed
Very welldrained soils
1-2 ft
Redyellow/Su
PS/FSH
Welldrained
2 to 3
1, 3, 5, 13, 14,
16, 19, 20
Lovely for shade
2-4+ ft tall
& wide
Crème/Su
PS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
3, 5, 10, 12,
14, 16, 18
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
Herbaceous Perennials
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6. Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
X * Coreopsis maritima
Sea Dahlia
1-2 ft tall &
wide
Yellow/Spr
FS/PS
Sandy
best
Diplacus (Mimulus)
linearis
* Eriogonum
umbellatum
Eriophyllum
X confertiflorum var.
confertiflorum
Erysimum capitatum
X
var. capitatum
Erysimum insulare ssp.
X
suffrutescens
Chaparral Bush
Monkey Flower
Sulfur-flowered
Buckwheat
2-3 ft tall
1-2 ft wide
Yellow/WSpr
FS/PS
1 ft tall
3 ft wide
Yellow/
Golden Yarrow
1-3 ft
Gold-yellow/
Sp-Su
Western Wallflower
1-3 ft
1-2 ft wide
Yellow-Or/
W-Sp
Dune Wallflower
1-3 ft tall
1-2 ft wide
Yellow/W-Sp
FS/PS
X Euthamia occidentalis
Western Goldenrod
3-6 ft tall
Yellow/Su-F
FS
Any
X Grindelia camporum
Large Gumplant
2-3 ft tall
3-5 ft wide
1-2 ft tall &
wide
Yellow/
Sp-Fa
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS
Welldrained
FS
Any
Showy Lotus
8-24 in tall
Cream/Sp
Wooly Lotus
1 ft tall
1-3 ft w
Yellow/Sp-F
FS/PS
1-5 ft
Yellow/W-Sp
FS
Any
2-3 to 3
1, 3, 5, 8, 10,
12, 13, 14, 16
1 ft tall &
wide
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
any
2-3 to 3
8
7, 10, 14
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X
Scientific Name
Grindelia hirsutula var.
hirsutula
Lotus grandiflorus var.
grandiflorus
Lotus heermannii
X Mimulus guttatus
Mimulus moschatus
(var. moniliformis)
Hairy Gumplant
Seep
Monkeyflower
Musk
Monkeyflower
Light**
Water
Zone+
Availability
Notes
1-2
8, 13, 14
Tolerates
seaside
conditions
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
3, 10, 13
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2
1, 8, 10, 13,
14, 16
FS/PS
Sandy
best
1-2
1, 3, 6, 10, 13,
14, 16, 18
FS
PS
Soil
Welldrained
1-2 to 2
13
Sandy
1-2 to 2-3
1, 2, 10
Welldrained
Welldrained
13, 16
Butterfly plant;
can be invasive
1, 2, 6, 12, 16
Spreading
1-2 to 2-3
1, 10
Butterfly plant
1-2
1, 13
Short-lived
2-3
10, 16
2 to 3
1-2
X Solidago californica
California
Goldenrod
2-4 ft tall
spreading
Yellow/Su-F
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
Solidago spectabilis
var. confinis
Southern
Goldenrod
3-6 ft tall
spreading
Yellow/Su-F
FS/PS
Any
2-3
* Thermopsis
macrophylla
* Venegasia
carpesioides
Yellow False
Lupine/Yellow Banner
1-2 ft
Yellow/
Canyon Sunflower
4-6 ft tall
2-4 ft wide
Yellow/Sp-F
X
FS (coast)
PS (other)
PS
Tol. moderate
salt, alkali soils
10
Rocky/
sandy
1-2 to 2
8, 19
Any
2 to 2-3
1, 6, 8, 10, 13,
14, 24
leaves: boiled
as greens
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
Long-blooming;
seeds for birds
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7. I
Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Light**
Herbaceous Annuals & Biennials (also short-lived perennials usually grown as annuals)
Soil
–
Achyrachaena mollis
Blow-wives
1 ft tall
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS
* Agoseris retrorsa
Spear-leaf Mountain
Dandylion
1 ft tall
1-2 ft wide
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Annual Bursedge
2-3 ft tall
Yellow/F
1-2 ft tall
Gold/Sp
X
1-3 ft tall
Yellow-gold/
Sp
1-3 ft tall
Yellow/ Sp
1-3 ft tall &
wide
< 1 ft tall
1-3 ft wide
1-3 ft tall &
wide
1-2 ft tall &
wide
Yellowgreen/ Su
Yellow/SpSu
Small Evening
Primrose
Amsinckia menziesii
var. intermedia
* Amsinckia vernicosa
var. furcata
Atriplex argentea ssp.
expansa
X Camissonia bistorta
Camissonia californica
X Camissonia ignota
Camissonia micrantha
Centromadia
X (Hemizonia) parryi ssp.
australis
Chaenactis glabriuscula
X var. glabruiscula & var.
orcuttiana
X Croton setigerus
Deinandra (Hemizonia)
fasciculata
Emmenanthe
X
penduliflora
Eschscholzia californica
X
ssp. californica
Eastwood’s
Fiddleneck
Common
Fiddleneck
Forked Green
Fiddleneck
Silverscale
Saltbush
California Sun Cup
California/Mustard
Primrose
Availability
Notes
no water after flowering
Any incl.
clays
Amsinckia eastwoodiae
Water
Zone+
Showy white
seed head
Showy seed
head
1 to 2-3
19
Any
1-2
13
FS
Any
1 to 2
FS
Welldrained
1
FS/PS
Welldrained
1
FS/PS
Welldrained
1
19
‘Griswold Hills’;
sweet fragrance
Welldrained
1-2
10
Tolerates alkali
soils
Any
1-2
1, 10, 13, 16
‘Sun Flakes’
FS
FS/PS
Welldrained
Clays
best
Sandy
best
10, 16
weedy
16
10, 16
Yellow/Sp
FS
Yellow/Sp
FS
6-18 in. T
Yellow/Sp
FS
Southern Tarplant
2-4 ft tall
Yellow/Su-F
FS
any
1
2
Yellow Pincushion
1-3 ft tall
FS
any
1
10, 13
Doveweed; Turkey
Mullein
< 1 ft tall
2-4 ft wide
Cream/Su
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
2, 10, 16
Slender Tarweed
1-3 ft tall
Gold-yellow/
Su-F
FS
any
1 to 1-2
10, 16
Whispering Bells
1-3 ft tall
Light Yellow
/ Sp
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
13
Coastal CA Poppy
< 1 ft tall
Yellow/Or/
Sp-F
1 to 2
1, 2 many
Good for slopes
& in grasses
Jurupa Hills sun-cups
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS
1
10, 13, 16
1-2
13
1-2
Pretty little
flowers
10
Vernal pool
plant
Somewhat
invasive;
stinging hairs
Be sure to get
coastal ssp.
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8. Scientific Name
Flower/
season
Common Name
Size
X * Geraea canescens
Hairy Desert
Sunflower
1-3 ft.
X Gilia nevinii
Nevin’s Gilia
1-2 ft tall
X Gilia tricolor
Bird’s Eye Gilia
1-2 ft tall
1-5 ft tall
1 ft wide
5-8 ft tall
X Hemizonia fasciculata
Rosilla;
Sneezeweed
Common (Annual)
Sunflower
Slender Tarweed
Yellow/
Sp & F
Yellow/Blue
Sp
Yellow/Blue
Sp
Yellowbrown/ Su
X Heterotheca grandiflora
I
Light**
FS
Soil
Sandy
Water
Zone+
1 to 2
Availability
Notes
13, 16
Smaller than
Helianthus annuus
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
2, 19
Lovely flowers
FS/PS
any
1 to 1-2
2, 5, 10, 13
Easy; fragrant
FS
any
2-3 to 3
6, 13, 21
Edible;
pollinator plant;
Yellow/Su-F
FS
any
1-2
2, 10 (local
var.)
easy
Med/tall
Goldyellow/Su
FS
Any
1
Telegraph Weed
4-5+ ft tall
Yellow/Su-F
FS
Any
1 to 1-2
Erect Goldenaster
1-2 ft tall
1 ft wide
Yellow/F
FS
Sandy
California
Goldfields
< 1 ft tall
Yellow/W-Sp
FS
any
1 to 1-2
Lasthenia coronaria
Royal Goldenfields
< 1 ft tall
Yellow/W-Sp
FS
any
1 to 2-3
10,
Lasthenia glabrata ssp.
coulteri
Coulter's Goldfields
< 1 ft tall
Yellow/Sp
FS
any
1 to 2-3
5, 10
X Layia platyglossa
Coastal Tidy-Tips
1-2 ft tall
Yellow/white
/ Sp
FS
any
1 to 2-3
5, 10, 13
easy
X Limnanthes douglasii
Meadowfoam
< 1 ft tall
Yellow/white
Sp
FS
any
1 to 2-3
5
Elegant flowers;
light scent
< 1 ft tall
Yellow/Sp
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
10
< 1 ft tall
Yellow/Sp
FS
Sandy
best
1 to 1-2
10
any
1 to 2-3
10
1-2 to 2
5, 10, 16, 19
X Helenium puberulum
X Helianthus annuus
X
Heterotheca sessiliflora
ssp sessiliflora
X Lasthenia californica
X
Lotus salsuginosus var.
salsuginosus
Small-flowered
Lotus
Short-bannered
Coastal Lotus
Lotus strigosus
Biship’s Lotus
< 1 ft tall
Yellow
FS
Common Madia
1-3 ft
Yellow-red/
Su-F
FS
* Malacothrix glabrata
Desert Dandylion
< 1 ft
Yellow/Sp
FS
* Mentzelia lindleyi
Linley’s Blazingstar
1-2 ft
Yellow/Sp
FS
Lotus hamatus
X * Madia elegans
Welldrained
Sandy or
rocky
Welldrained
2
1
1-2
10, 16
1, 2, 10, 16
Abundant
reseeder
3, 8, 13, 16 (?
ssp)
Dune plant
10, 13
Salt tolerant
10, 13
5, 13, 16
Moderately salt
tolerant
Good for water
gardens; salt
tolerant
Foliage aroma
of tropical fruit
Desert annual;
showy flowers
Fragrant flowers
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9. X
Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Mentzelia micrantha
I
San Luis
Blazingstar
1-3 ft tall
Yellow/SpSu
FS
any
1
10
Microseris (Uropappus)
lindleyi
Silver Puffs
1 ft tall
Yellow/SpSu
FS
Any
2-3
13
Showy seed
heads
2-3 ft tall
Yellow/WSpr
FS/PS
Many blooms
1-5 ft tall
Yellow/WSpr
FS
5+ ft tall
Yellow/Su
FS
X Mimulus brevipes
X Mimulus guttatus
X
Oenothera elata ssp.
hirsutissima & hookeri
X Perityle emoryi
Platystemon
californicus
Senecio douglasii /
X Senecio flaccidus var.
douglasii
X
Viola pedunculata
Widethroat Yellow
Monkeyflower
Seep
Monkeyflower
Hooker’s Evening
Primrose
Rock Daisy
< 1 ft tall
Cream Cups
1-2 ft tall
Butterweed
WhiteYellow/ Sp
Yellowwhite/Sp
1-2 ft
Johnny Jump-up
Yellow/
Su-Fa
< 1 ft
Yellow/SpSu
Light**
FS
FS/PS
FS
FS/PS
Soil
Water
Zone+
Availability
Sandy or
rocky
1-2 to
2-3
10, 13
Any
2-3 to 3
1, 3, 5, 8, 10,
12, 13, 14, 16
Welldrained
Any
Any
Sandy/
rocky
best
Welldrained
bare soil;
1-2 to 2-3
2, 10, 16
- to +/-
10
1 to 1-2
X * Agave shawii
2-3 ft tall
2-5 ft
wide
Yellow/at
age 15 yrs
X Bergerocactus emoryi
Golden Snake
Cactus
2-3 ft tall
& wide
Yellow/Sp
X * Dudleya edulis
Fingertips Dudleya
To 1 ft tall
& wide
Pale Yellow/
Sp-Su
1
1, 13, 14
Toxic to
livestock
1
19
Don’t mulch;
difficult
X Dudleya lanceolata
Lance-leaf Dudleya
1-2 ft tall
& wide
X
Dudleya virens ssp.
hassei
Bright Green
Dudleya
<1 ft tall
1 ft wide
YellowOrange/
Sp-Su
Yellow/
Sp-Su
X
Dudleya virens ssp.
insularis
Island Dudleya
1-2 ft tall
& wide
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 9, 14
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
20
PS
Sandy
best
Abundant
reseeders
More common
in desert areas
5, 10
Cacti and Succulents
Coastal Agave/
Shaw’s Century
Plant
Notes
1 to 2
1, 8, 13, 20
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 7, 13, 14,
15
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 8, 9, 14, 20
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 14, 20
Tolerates
seaside
conditions;
suckers (‘pups’)
Catalina; good
for coastal;
spines
Santa Monica
Mtns; good
groundcover
Good
groundcover
Dramtic accent
plant; edible
leaves
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10. I
Scientific Name
X Opuntia littoralis
X Opuntia oricola
X * Sedum spathulifolium
Common Name
Flower/
season
Size
Light**
Soil
Welldrained
Welldrained
Coastal Prickly Pear
To 3 ft
Yellow/W-Sp
FS
Chaparral Prickly
Pear
Broadleaf
Stonecrop
6-8 ft tall
spreading
Yellow-Or/
Sp
FS
< 1 ft tall
spreading
Yellow/Su-F
FS/PS
Any
1, 3, 8, 10, 12,
13, 14
1 to 1-2
1
San Gabriels
Any, incl.
clays
1
1, 8, 10, 13,
16
Fine in grass
1
1, 8, 10, 18,
20
1-2 ft
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS
X * Calachortus luteus
Gold Nuggets/
Yellow Mariposa
1 ft
Yellow/Sp
FS
Welldrained
X Ranunculus californicus
California
Buttercup
< 2 ft
Yellow/
Sp-Su
PS
sandy
Yellow-eyed Grass
1-2 ft tall
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS
1 to 1-2
Notes
1, 3, 6, 8, 13
Golden Stars
* Sisyrinchium
californicum
Availability
2 to 3
Bulbs and Corms
Bloomeria crocea var.
X
crocea
X
Water
Zone+
Any
1-2 to 3
2 to 3
1, 13
3, 5, 8, 13, 14,
20
Summer-dry;
‘Golden Orb’
widely avail.
Very welldrained soils
Pond-edge plant
1/14/2011
I : X = Gardening Information Sheet :(http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/gallery-of-native-plants.html) or at the Madrona Marsh Nature Center
* may not be immediately local, but is a CA native plant
++
+
** horticultural cultivar
light: FS=full sun; PS=part shade; FSH=full shade
Water Zones: 1 = no summer water; 1-2 = very occasional summer water (several times per summer); 2 = let soil dry out between waterings;
2-3 some regular summer water (about once a week); 3 = regular watering/moist soil (like a conventional lawn)
Availability: numbers correspond to the Plant and Seed Sources List at: http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/where-to-purchase-native-plants.html
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