Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja affinis
California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
Seacliff Buckwheat (hosting male El Segundo Blue)
Eriogonum parvifolium
California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
Sawtooth Goldenbush
Hazardia squarosa var. obtusa
Toyon, California Holly, Christmas Berry
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Deerweed (hosting male Palos Verdes Blue)
Lotus scoparius
Cliff Aster
Malacothrix saxatilis
Prickly Pear
Opuntia oricola
Photographer: Ann Dalkey
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COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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HEIGHT / WIDTH |
PREFERENCE |
COMMENTS |
| TREES |
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| Toyon |
Heteromeles arbutifolia |
15'xl0' |
sun/dry-moist |
Evergreen, red berries in winter |
| Mexican Elderberry |
Sambucus mexicana |
30'x20' |
sun/moist |
Blue berries, decidious |
| SHRUBS |
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| California Sagebrush |
Artemisia californica |
5'x4' |
sun/dry |
Cut back regularly to keep compact |
| Coyote Brush |
Baccharis pilularis |
8'x6' |
sun/dry |
Evergreen |
| California Bush Sunflower |
Encelia californica |
4'x4' |
sun/dry |
Cut down to base if too leggy |
| Palmer's Goldenbush |
Ericameria palmeri pachilepis |
3x4' |
sun/dry |
Late summer bloomer |
| Sawtooth Goldenbush |
Hazardia squarrosa |
4' |
sun/dry |
Late summer bloomer |
| Coast Goldenbush |
Isocoma menziesii |
4' |
sun/dry |
Late summer bloomer |
| Bladder Pod |
Isomeris arborea |
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sun/dry |
Fire retardant, blooms most of the year |
| Honeysuckle |
Lonicera subspicata |
-6' |
sun/moist to shade/dry |
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| Laurel Sumac |
Malosma laurina |
10'x10' |
sun/dry |
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| Lemonadeberry |
Rhus integrifolia |
-15'xl0' |
sun/dry |
Evergreen shrub |
| Sugar Bush |
Rhus ovata |
10'x10' |
sun/dry |
Evergreen shrub |
| California Gooseberry |
Ribes californicum |
4' |
shade/moist |
Winter bloomer |
| California Wild Rose |
Rosa californica |
4'x4'+ |
sun-part shade/moist |
Pink flowers |
| Purple Sage |
Salvia leucophylla |
5'x5' |
sun/dry |
Aromatic foliage |
| Black Sage |
Salvia mellifera |
4' |
sun/dry |
Aromatic foliage |
| Snowberry |
Symphoricarpus mollis |
4' |
shade/dry |
Nice white berries |
| PERENNIALS |
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| Perezia |
Acourtia microcephala |
3' |
sun/dry |
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| Milkweed |
Asclepias fascicularis |
3'xl' |
sun/dry |
Food plant of Monarch Butterfly |
| Ocean Locoweed |
Astragalus trichopodus lonchus |
1' |
sun/dry |
Food plant of PV blue butterfly |
| Beach Primrose |
Camissonia cheiranthifolia |
3-4" |
sun/dry |
Sandy soil |
| Indian Paintbrush |
Castilleja affinis |
1.5' |
sun/dry |
Needs to grow among CSS shrubs |
| Parry's Larkspur |
Delphinium parryi |
1.5î |
sun/dry |
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| Lance-Leaved Liveforever |
Dudleya lanceolata |
6' |
shade/dry |
On rock outcrops |
| Bright-Green Dudleya |
Dudleya virens |
6" |
sun/dry |
For coastal bluffs |
| Fleabane |
Erigeron foliosus |
1' |
shade/dry |
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| Ashy-Leaved Buckwheat |
Eriogonum cinereum |
3' |
sun/dry |
Great butterfly nectar plant |
| California Buckwheat |
Eriogonum fasciculatum |
2'x4' |
sun/dry |
Great butterfly nectar plant |
| Seacliff Buckwheat |
Eriogonum parvifolium |
3'x3' |
sun/dry |
Plant of El Segundo Blue Butterfly |
| Golden Yarrow |
Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
2' |
sun/dry |
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| California Fuchsia |
Epilobium canum |
2'x4' |
sun-part shade/ dry, sun/moist |
Great hummingbird plant; late bloomer |
| Two-tone Everlasting |
Gnaphalium bicolor |
-3' |
sun/dry |
Scented foliage |
| California Everlasting |
Gnaphalium californicum |
2' |
sun-part shade/dry |
Scented foliage |
| Felt-leaf Everlasting |
Gnaphalium canescens |
2' |
sun-shade/dry |
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| Gum Plant |
Grindelia robusta |
4' |
sun/dry |
Long bloom, yellow fIowers |
| Matchweed |
Gutierrezia californica |
2' |
sun/dry |
Late bloomer |
| Wild Heliotrope |
Heliotropium currasavicum |
8" |
sun/dry-moist |
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| Horkelia |
Horkelia cuneata |
2' |
sun/dry |
Interesting leaves, small white flowers |
| California Aster |
Lessingia filaginifolia |
3' |
sun/dry |
Grey foliage, lavender flowers |
| Deer Weed |
Lotus scoparius |
3'x2' |
sun/dry |
Great butterfly nectar plant |
| Bush Lupine |
Lupinus longifolius |
5' |
sun/dry |
Early bloomer |
| Cliff Aster |
Malacothrix saxatilis |
3' |
sun/dry |
dormant in summer |
| Bush Monkey Flower |
Mimulus longiflorus |
3'x2' |
sun-shade/dry |
Hummingbird plant |
| Four-o'-Clock |
Mirabilis californica |
2' |
sun/dry |
Dormant in summer without supplemental water |
| Prickly Pear Cactus |
Opuntia littoralis |
5' |
sun/dry |
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| Coast Cholla |
Opuntia prolifera |
4' |
sun/dry |
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| California Buttercup |
Ranunculus californicus |
2' |
sun/vernally moist |
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| Wild Rhubarb |
Rumex hymenosepalus |
3' |
sun/dry |
Sandy soil |
| Hedge Nettle |
Stachys ajugoides rigida |
2' |
shade/dry |
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CLIMBING PLANTS
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| Wild Morning-Glory |
Calystegia macrostegia |
12'x2' |
shade/dry |
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| Virgin's Bower |
Clematis ligusticifolia |
20' |
sun/moist to part-shade/dry |
Feathery seeds, small white flowers |
| Climbing Penstemon |
Keckiella cordifolia |
-12'/4' |
sun-part shade/dry-moist |
Great hummingbird plant |
| Canyon Pea |
Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus |
2' |
part shade/dry |
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| ANNUALS |
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| Common Fiddleneck |
Amsinckia intermedia |
2'-3' |
sun/dry |
Small yellow flowers |
| Purple Snapdragon |
Antirrhinum nuttallianum |
1'-2' |
sun-shade/dry |
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| Southern Sun Cups |
Camissonia bistorta |
3" |
sun/dry |
Sandy soil |
| Owl's Clover |
Castilleja exserta |
1' |
sun/dry |
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| Purple Clarkia |
Clarkia purpurea |
2' |
sun/dry |
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| Chinese Houses |
Collinsia heterophylla |
1' |
sun/moist to part shade/dry |
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| Popcorn Flower |
Cryptantha clevelandii |
3-4" |
sun/dry |
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| California Poppy |
Eschscholzia californica |
1/2' |
sun/dry |
Yellow flowered form |
| Tarplant |
Hemizonia fasciculata |
2-3' |
sun/dry |
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| Miniature Lupine |
Lupinus bicolor |
-4" |
sun/dry |
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| Succulent/Arroyo Lupine |
Lupinus succulentus |
2' |
sun/dry |
One of the easiest lupines to grow |
| Owl's Clover |
Castilleja exserta |
1' |
sun/dry |
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| Caterpillar Phacelia |
Phacelia cicutaria |
2' |
sun/dry |
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| Fiesta Flower |
Pholistoma auritum |
-4' |
sun/dry |
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| Chia |
Salvia columbariae |
1.5' |
sun/dry |
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| BULBOUS PLANTS |
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| Golden Stars |
Bloomeria crocea |
2' |
sun/dry |
Umbel-like, yellow flower heads |
| Brodiaea |
Brodiaea joloensis |
6" |
sun/dry |
Very short species with blue flowers |
| Catalina Mariposa Lily |
Calochortus catalinae |
2' |
sun/dry |
White to pink, large flowers |
| Blue Dicks/Wild Hyacinth |
Dichelostemma capitatum |
2 |
sun/dry |
Bluish flowerheads |
| GRASSES |
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| Giant Rye Grass |
Leymus condensatus |
4-5' |
sun/moist to shade/dry |
Tall, vigorously growing grass |
| Melic Grass |
Melica imperfecta |
2' |
sun-part shade/dry |
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| Needle Grass |
Nassella cernua |
2' |
sun/dry |
Can spread easily |
| Needle Grass |
Nassella lepida |
2' |
part shade/dry |
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| Purple Needle Grass |
Nassella pulchra |
2' |
sun/dry |
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| FERNS |
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| Maidenhair Fern |
Adiantum jordanii |
1' |
shade/dry-moist |
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| Coffee Fern |
Pellaea andromedifolia |
1' |
shade/dry |
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| Goldback Fern |
Pentagramma triangularis |
5' |
shade/dry |
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| California Polypody |
Polypodium californicum |
8" |
shade/dry |
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