Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Memorial and Habitat Garden – Plant List

Name Origin Bloom Habitat Achillea millefolium California native summer/early fall Spiders, butterflies “Island Pink” (Common Yarrow) Achillea millefolium ‘Rio California native summer/early fall Spiders, butterflies Nido Hills’ (Common Yarrow) Achillea millefolium ? summer/early fall Spiders, butterflies “Rosy Red” (Common Yarrow) Aquilegia Formosa Marin, Mendocino, yellow-orange (Western Columbine) Sonoma County blossoms spring/early native summer

Artemisia douglasiana Marin, Mendocino, insignificant flowers pollinators (California Mugwort) Napa, Sonoma but fragrant foliage County native Asclepias fascicularis Marin, Mendocino, pale mauve star-like Butterflies, insects, (Narrow-leaved Sonoma County flowers boom birds pollinate. milkweed) native summer Laraval food of Monarch Butterflies Asclepias speciosa Marin, Mendocino, pinkish-purple star- Butterflies , insects, (Showy Butterfly Weed) Sonoma County like flowers bloom birds pollinate. Larval native summer food of Monarch Butterflies Aster chilensis ‘Point St Marin, Mendocino, white lavender Spiders, butterflies, George’ (California Napa, Sonoma flowers summer-fall insects, birds Aster) County native Ceanothus griseus var California native flower in spring Pollinators. Larval horizontalis ‘Yankee food of Pale Tiger Point’ Swallowtail, Brown Elfin, Ca Haristreak, Spring Azure (Echo Blue) and Tortoiseshell Butterflies Cirsium occidentale California native maroon-red flowers Butterflies, insects, (Cobwebby thistle) birds, hummingbirds Larval food for Painted Lady Butterflies. Dudleya vivens ssp. California, Arizona, yellow flowers in pollinators hassei Cultivar: coastal Oregon, Baja spring ‘Frankreinelt’ (Succulent) California native Erigeron glaucus ‘Wayne California, Oregon lavender flower Spiders, butterflies Roderick’ (Seaside coast native heads in spring, pollinate Daisy) summer Eriogonum grande var. San Miguel, Santa rosy red flowers in Spiders, butterflies, rubescens (Red Rosa & Santa Cruz summer insects, birds Buckwheat) islands, S. California native

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Name Origin Bloom Habitat Eriogonum latifolium California native rose-red flowers in Larval food for var. rubescens (Rosy summer Gorgon Copper, Buckwheat) Acmon Blue, Tilden’s Blue, Bay Region Blue, Mormon Metalmark Butterflies Eriophyllum W North America golden yellow flowers staechadifolium (Lizard’s native in late spring Tail) Erysimum menziesiiss Marin, Mendocino, blooms March-July butterflies concinnum (Bluff Wild Napa, Sonoma Flower, Wallflower) County native Fragaria californica California native birds (California Wood Strawberry) Grindelia hirsutula (Gum California native bright yellow daisies hummingbirds Plant) over long period Grindelia stricta (Gum West N America daisy-like flowers Spiders, insects Plant) native summer to early fall hummingbirds Heuchera maxima x. California native pink blooms in spring hummingbirds Heuchera sanguinea ‘Old La Rochette’ (Coral Bells) Iris douglasiana and Marin, Mendocino, white w/yellow hummingbirds Pacific Coast Hybrids Napa, Sonoma markings, County native spring/early summer Keckiella cordifolia S California native red flowers: late Birds, hummingbirds “Heart leaved spring-early summer pollinate Penstemon” Lewisia cotyledon (Cliff N California-S Oregon white or pink flowers pollinators Maids) native spring-early summer Linum lesisii (Western W North America five-petaled flowers pollinators Blue Flax) over a long period Madia elegans (Elegant California native bright yellow daisies Butterflies, birds, Tarweed) summer bees, insects Mimulus aurantiacus S Oregon, California, orange flowers over Spiders, butterflies, (Sticky Monkey Flower) Baja, California native spring-summer insects, birds, hummingbirds pollinate. Larval food of Chalcedon Checkerspot and Common Buckeye Butterflies Mimulus auranticus California hybridized blooms March-August Spiders, butterflies, hybrid, peach (Sticky insects, birds, Monkey Flower) hummingbirds pollinate. Larval Food of Chalcedon Checkerspot and Common Buckeye Butterflies

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Name Origin Bloom Habitat Monardella villosa California native purple, pink or white Butterflies (Pipevine “Russian River” (Coyote flowers in late spring Swallowtail), insects, Mint) and summer birds Penstemon Coast Ranges of narrow bright red Birds, hummingbirds centrathanthifolius California native flowers in spring or pollinate (Scarlet Bugler) early summer Penstemon spectabilis S California native rose-colored-purplish birds, hummingbirds (Royal Beard tongue) flowers in spring, early summer Phacelia bolanderi California powder blue-purple hummingbirds, bees, (Woodland Phacelia) slopes/canyons native flowers late spring butterflies, birds into summer Phacelia californica Marin, Mendocino, blue flowers in spring butterflies, insects (California Phacelia) Napa, Sonoma County native Plantago maritina Marin, Mendocino, lavender-tinged white Larval food for (Coastal Plaintain) Napa, Sonoma flowers in spring Buckeye Butterfly. County native Other pollinators Salvia apiana (White S California, Baja lavender-tinged white spiders, butterflies, Sage, Bee Sage) California native flowers in spring birds, hummingbirds Salvia brandegeei Santa Rosa Island pale lavender flowers spiders, butterflies, (Brandegee Sage, Baja and Coastal Baja early spring birds, hummingbirds Sage, Santa Rosa Island California native Sage) Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ non-native, Texas 2-toned red and spiders, butterflies, white flowers birds, hummingbirds Salvia leucophylla x both parents native lavender-blue flowers spiders, butterflies, clevelandii‘ ‘Bee’s Bliss’ to S California in spring-summer birds, hummingbirds Salvia leucophylla Coat Ranges of S pinkish-purple flowers spiders, butterflies, (Purple Sage) California native in spring birds, hummingbirds Salvia spathacea ‘Avis Low elevations of magenta/rosy red spiders, butterflies, Keedy’ (Hummingbird Coast Ranges in flowers in spring birds, hummingbirds Sage, Pitcher Sage) California native Salvia waverly white blossoms mid spiders, butterflies, spring birds, hummingbirds Sidalcea malviflora Oregon, California pink/purplish pink spiders, insects, feeds (Checkerbloom) and Baja California flowers in early larvae of West Coast native spring Lady, Painted Lady, Checkered Skippe Solidago spathulata Monterey, California small bright flowers insects (West Coast Goldenrod) native mid- or late summer into fall Solidago californica Marin, Mendocino, golden yellow flowers butterflies (Goldenrod) Napa, Sonoma late summer-fall County native Verbena lilacina “de la Baja, California native lilac-colored flowers spiders, butterflies Mina’ (Cedros Island from spring to fall Verbena)

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SHRUBS Name Origin Bloom Habitat Aesculus californica dry slopes/canyons cream-colored flower hummingbird, (California Buckeye) below 4,000’ in Coast plumes appear in butterflies, native Ranges & Sierra spring bees Nevada foothills native Arctostaphylos California native light pink flowers pollinators densiflora ‘Howard McMinn’ (Manzanita) Arctostaphylos California native white urn-shaped pollinators manzanita cultivar ‘Dr flowers in Jan, Hurd’ (Manzanita) followed by red berries Atriplex lentiformis California native flowers/fruit butterflies, insects, subsp breweri insignificant birds. Larval food for (Quail Bush) Pygmy Blue Butterfly Baccharis pilularis N California coast pollinators (Coyote Bush) native Calycanthus occidentalis native along streams, brownish-red flowers pollinators (Spice Bush) most slopes in in late spring or California’s Coast summer Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills Carpenteria californica S Sierra Nevada yellow-centered white pollinators (Bush Anemone) foothills in California flowers Central Valley native Dendromecon harfordii Santa Cruz & Santa free flowering spring pollinators (Island Bush Poppy) Rosa Islands, S – early summer, California w/scattered bloom throughout the year Epilobium or California native orange-red tubular hummingbirds Zauschneria species flowers summer-fall ‘Catalina’ (California Fuchsia) Epilobium or N America native and orange-red tubular hummingbirds Zuaschneria species Eurasia flowers summer-fall ‘Schieffelin’s Choice’ (California Fuchsia) Eriogonum aborescens Santa Cruz, Santa clusters of pink-rose spiders, butterflies, (Santa Cruz Island Rosa & Anacapa flowers late spring insects, birds Buckwheat) Islands, S California through summer native Eriogonum fasciculatum foothills of California late spring-early fall spiders, butterflies, California Buckwheat (Santa Clara-San insects, birds Diego/desert mountain slopes of S California native Eriogonum giganteum Santa Catalina/San long period of bloom spiders, butterflies, “St Catherine’s Lace’ Clemente islands, S. insects, birds (Buckwheat) California native

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Name Origin Bloom Habitat Fremontodendrom California and parts yellow blossoms in butterflies californica ‘Fremontia’ of Central Arizona spring Pacific Sunset native (Flannel Bush) Heteromeles arbutifolia California Coast small white flowers in hummingbirds. Larval (Toyon, Christmas Ranges, Sierra summer, red berries food for Echo Blue Berry) Nevada foothill native in fall-winter Butterfly Holodiscus discolor Coast ranges, Sierra creamy flowers late butterflies, insects, (Cream Bush, Ocean Nevada, North to spring, early summer birds. Larval food for Spray) British Columbia, east Echo Blue Butterfly to Rocky Mountains native Lepechina fragrans “El Santa Cruz Island fragrant blooms in birds, hummingbirds Tigre” (Fragrant Pitcher native spring/summer Sage) Lepechina calycina California Coast late spring pollinators (Pitcher Sage) Range native Lonicera involucrate Marin, Mendocino, blooms March-June spiders, butterflies, (Twinberry) Napa, Sonoma insects, birds County native Malacothamnus abbotii California native pale pink flowers in butterflies, insects summer Malacothamnus California native pale pink flowers in butterflies, insects fremontii summer Physocarpus capitatus W N America white/pinkish flowers pollinators (Western Ninebark) mountains native in spring/early summer Rhamnus californica California, SW Clusters of small Small mammals and (California Coffee Berry) Oregon and Arizona flowers, berries birds pollinate. Larval native food for Echo Blue Butterflies. Rhus integrifolia Coastal S. California, midwinter to spring spiders, butterflies, (Lemonade Berry) Channel Islands, Baja (sometimes from insects, birds California native early winter into summer) Rhus ovata slopes away from white/pinkish flowers birds (Sugar Bush) coast in S California, followed by reddish, Baja California, hairy fruit coasted Arizona dry slopes with sugary secretion native Ribes malvaceum California’s Cost pink flowers through spiders, insects, birds (Chaparral Current) Ranges native fall, winter, red fruit Ribes menziesii Catalina Island, Baja light pink-purplish spiders, insects, birds (Gooseberry) California native flowers from midwinter-spring Ribes sanguineum (Pink California-British clusters of small pink spiders, insects, birds flowering currant) Columbia Coast flowers to red flowers Ranges native in spring Ribes viburnifolium Catalina native maroon flowers spiders, insects, birds (Catalina Perfume)

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Name Origin Bloom Habitat Romneya coulteri S California native white blooms pollinators (Matilija Poppy) w/yellow centers spring-summer Spiraea douglasii California native pink flowers in Larval food of Spring (Western Spirea) summer Azure (Echo Blue) butterfly. pollinators Symphoricarpos albus California-Alaska, pink flowers followed birds, hummingbirds. (Snowberry, Coralberry) east Montana native by white fruit from Larval food for late summer to Checkerspot winter Butterfly.

FERN Name Origin Bloom Habitat Polystichum munitum Moist, coniferous (Western Sword Fern) woods of coastal N America

GRASSES Name Origin Bloom Habitat Festuca californica Coast Ranges from N airy flowers in late Laraval food of CA (California fescue grass) California-Oregon spring-early summer Ringlet butterfly and native variety of skippers Leymus condensatus S California/Channel ‘Canyon Prince’ (Giant Islands native Rye Grass) Muhlenbergia ‘emersleyi’ Arizona, New Mexico, red flower spikes pollinators (Bull Grass) Texas native from summer-fall Muhlenbergia rigens California-Texas, S Yellow/purplish Larvall food of Ca (Deer Grass) Mexico native flower spikes in Ringlet butterfly and autumn a variety of skippers Nasella pulchra (Purple California native late winter, early butterflies, insects Needle Grass) spring Sisyrinchium bellum California and Oregon purple to bluish Larval food of CA (Blue-eyed grass) coast native purple in spring Ringlet Butterfly and a variety of skippers

ROSES Name Origin Bloom Habitat Rosa Californica California native pink blossoms in pollinators summer Rosa Damask European native spring - fall pollinators Rosa gymnocarpa Marin, Mendocino, pink flowers May-July pollinators (Woodrose) Sonoma County native

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TREES Name Origin Bloom Habitat Prunus ilicifolia California chaparral/ creamy white flowers birds and other (Hollyleaf Cherry) woodlands below with red fruit pollinators 5000’ Napa County to NW Baja California Sambucus Mexicana California native blooms in summer birds and other (Western Elderberry) and berries in fall. pollinators

VINES Name Origin Bloom Habitat Aristolochia californica N California Coast cream-colored Larval food of (Dutchman’s Pipe) Ranges/ Sierra blooms w/red-purple Pipevine Swallowtail Nevada foothills veins in winter or Butterfly native early spring

Created 2/5/2011, Revised 2/12/2011

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