California Native Plants & Grasses Medium Dry Conditions
Taxonomic Name Common Name Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium 'Heidi' Pink Common Yarrow Selection
Achillea millefolium 'Hoffnung' Yellow Common Yarrow Selection
Achillea millefolium 'Lilac Beauty' Lilac Common Yarrow Selection Achillea millefolium 'Paprika' Red Common Yarrow Selection Achillea millefolium 'Pink Island Form' Pink Common Yarrow Selection
Achillea millefolium 'Lavender Beauty’ Lavender Common Yarrow Selection
Aescelus californica California Buckeye Aquilegia formosa Scarlet Columbine Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Howard Manzanita Selection McMinn’ Arctostaphylos ‘Emerald Carpet’ Manzanita Hybrid Arctostaphylos edmundsii Little Sur Manzanita Arctostaphylos edmunsii ‘Carmel Sur’ Little Sur Manzanita Selection
Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Monterey Carpet' Manzanita Selection Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside' Manzanita Selection Arctostaphylos nummularium 'Small Manzanita Selection Change' Arctostaphylos 'Pacific Mist' Manzanita Hybrid Arctostaphylos 'Point Reyes' Manzanita Hybrid Arctostaphylos purissima 'Vandenberg' Manzanita Selection Artemesia californica California Sagebrush Artemisia californica 'Canyon Grey' California Sagebrush Selection Artemisia ludoviciana Silver Mugwort Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver King' Silver Mugwort Selection Atriplex lentiformis breweri Quail Brush Baccharis ‘Centennial’ NCN Baccharis emoryi Emory’s Broom Baccharis pilularis Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point' Coyote Brush Selection Brickellia californica Brickellbush Calliandra californica Red Fairy Duster Calliandra eriophylla Pink Fairy Duster Ceanothus ‘Blue Jeans’ Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus ‘Julia Phelps’ Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus ‘Louis Edmunds’ Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus ‘Owlswood Blue’ Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’ Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus 'Concha' Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus 'Dark Star' Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus 'Frosty Blue' Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus gloriosus ‘Anchor Bay’ Wild Lilac Selection Ceanothus gloriosus ‘Blue Jeans’ Wild Lilac Selection Ceanothus gloriosus exaltatus ‘Emily Wild Lilac Selection Brown’ Ceanothus gloriosus 'Heart's Desire' Wild Lilac Selection Ceanothus gloriosus 'Point Reyes' Wild Lilac Selection Ceanothus griseus ‘Kurt Zadnik’ Wild Lilac Selection Ceanothus griseus horizontalis ‘Yankee Wild Lilac Selection Point’ Ceanothus griseus 'Louis Edmunds' Wild Lilac Selection Ceanothus griseus 'Santa Ana' Wild Lilac Selection Ceanothus hearstiorum San Simeon Ceanothus Ceanothus 'Joan Mirov' Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter' Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus leucodermis Chaparral Whitethorn Ceanothus maritimus Maritime Ceanothus Ceanothus megacarpus Big Pod Ceanothus Ceanothus rigidus ‘Snowball’ Wild Lilac Selection Ceanothus ‘Sierra Blue’ Wild Lilac Hybrid Ceanothus spinosus Greenbark Ceanothus Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Blue Blossom Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ‘Skylark’ Wild Lilac Selection Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Louis Edmunds' Wild Lilac Selection Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Snow Flurry' Wild Lilac Selection Cercidium floridum Blue Palo Verde Cercis occidentalis Western Redbud Cercocarpus betuloides Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus minutiflorus San Diego Mountain Mahogany Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow Chilopsis linearis ‘Burgundy’ Desert Willow Selection Encelia californica Coast Sunflower Encelia farinosa Brittlebush Epilobium (see Zauschneria) California Fuchsia Eriogonum cinereum Ashyleaf Buckwheat Eriogonum crocatum Conejo Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum ‘Bruce Dickinson’ California Buckwheat Selection Eriogonum fasciculatum ‘Dana Point’ California Buckwheat Selection Eriogonum giganteum St. Catherine’s Lace Eriogonum grande rubescens Red Buckwheat Eriogonum parvifolium Coast Buckwheat Galvezia juncea Baja Bush Snapdragon Galvezia speciosa Island Bush Snapdragon Galvezia speciosa 'Firecracker' Island Bush Snapdragon Selection Heuchera ‘Canyon Pink’ Alum Root Hybrid Heuchera 'Blushing Bells' Alum Root Hybrid Heuchera 'Canyon Delight' Alum Root Hybrid Heuchera 'Lillian's Pink' Alum Root Hybrid Heuchera ‘Wendy’ Alum Root Hybrid Heuchera maxima Alum Root Heuchera maxima hybrids Alum Root Selection Heuchera 'Opal' Alum Root Hybrid Heuchera 'Old La Rochette' Alum Root Hybrid Heuchera 'Rosada' Alum Root Hybrid Heuchera 'Santa Ana Cardinal' Alum Root Hybrid Iris ‘Canyon Snow’ Iris Hybrid Iris douglasiana Douglas Iris Iris Pacific Coast Hybrids Iris Hybrid Iva hayensiana Poverty Weed Lavatera assurgentiflora Island Tree Mallow Lavatera 'Blackheart' Mallow Hybrid Lavatera 'Purissima' Mallow Hybrid Lepechinia fragrans Pitcher Sage Lepechinia fragrans ‘El Tigre’ Pitcher Sage Selection Lessingia ‘Silver Carpet’ NCN Lonicera involucrata Twinberry Lupinus albifrons Silver Bush Lupine Mahonia aquifolium Oregon Grape Mahonia nevinii Nevin’s Barberry Mahonia repens Creeping Barberry Malacothamnus fasciculatus Mesa Bushmallow Malacothamnus fasciculatus ‘Casitas’ Mesa Bushmallow Selection Mimulus aurantiacus Bush Monkeyflower Mimulus bifidus Sticky Monkeyflower Mimulus longiflorus Bush Monkeyflower Mimulus puniceus Red Monkeyflower Monardella crispa Crisp Monardella Monardella macrantha 'Marian Sampson' Coyote Mint Monardella odoratissima Coyote Mint Monardella 'Russian River' Bee Balm Hybrid Penstemon centranthifolius Scarlet Bugler Penstemon eatonii Firecracker Penstemon Penstemon spectabilis Showy Penstemon Prunus ilicifolia Holly-leaf Cherry Prunus lyonii Catalina Cherry Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak Quercus berberdifolia Scrub Oak Quercus chrysolepis Canyon Live Oak Quercus dumosa Scrub Oak Quercus engelmannii Engelman’s Oak Rhamnus californica Coffeeberry Rhamnus californica ‘Eve’s Case’ Coffeeberry Selection Rhamnus californica ‘Mound San Bruno’ Coffeeberry Selection Rhamnus crocea Redberry Rhamnus crocea ilicifolia Holly-leaf Redberry Rhus integrifolia Lemonadeberry Rhus ovata Sugarbush Ribes sanguineum 'Claremont' Red-flowering Currant Selection Ribes sanguineum glutinosum Pink-flowering Currant Ribes virburnifolium Evergreen Currant Rosa californica California Wild Rose Rubus ursinus Pacific Blackberry Salvia apiana White Sage Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’ NCN Salvia clevelandii Cleveland Sage Salvia clevelandii 'Allen Chickering' Cleveland Sage Selection Salvia clevelandii 'Betsy Clebsch' Cleveland Sage Selection Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gillman’ Cleveland Sage Selection Salvia clevelandii 'Aromas' Cleveland Sage Selection Salvia leucophylla Purple Sage Salvia leucophylla ‘Point Sal’ Purple Sage Selection Salvia mellifera Black Sage Salvia mellifera 'Terra Seca' Black Sage Selection Salvia munzii San Miguel Mountain Sage
Salvia munzii 'Emerald Cascade' San Miguel Mountain Sage Selection
Salvia sonomensis ‘Dara’s Choice’ Creeping Sage Selection Salvia sonomensis ‘Ms. Beard’ Creeping Sage Selection Salvia spathacea Hummingbird Sage Salvia ‘Vicki Romo’ NCN Sambucus mexicana Mexican Elderberry Silene laciniata Indian Pink Sisyrinchium bellum Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium californicum Yellow-eyed Grass Solanum xantii Purple Nightshade Sphaeralcea ambigua Apricot Mallow Thalictrum polycarpum Meadow Rue Verbena lilacina Lilac Verbena Viguiera lacianata San Diego Sunflower Vitis californica Wild Grape Zauschneria californica California Fuchsia Zauschneria californica latifolia ‘Solidarity California Fuchsia Selection Pink’ Zauschneria cana Hoary Fuchsia Zauschneria septentrionalis Humboldt County Fuchsia
California Native Grasses, Reeds, Rushes & Sedges
Taxonomic Name Common Name Bouteloua gracilis Blue Gramma Carex pansa California Meadow Sedge Carex praegracilis Clustered Field Sedge Carex spissa San Diego Sedge Deschampsia caespitosa Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia caespitosa ‘Goldenhaenge’ Tufted Hairgrass Selection Deschampsia caespitosa ‘Susan’s Choice’ Tufted Hairgrass Selection Deschampsia elongata Slender Hairgrass Festuca californica California Fescue Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince' Canyon Prince Giant Wild Rye Leymus condensatus Giant Wild Rye Leymus triticoides Creeping Wild Rye Leymus triticoides 'Grey Dawn' Beardless Wild Rye Selection Melica californica California Melic Melica imperfecta Coast Range Melic Muhlenbergia asperifolia Alkali Muhly Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass Nassella lepida Foothill Needle Grass Nassella pulchra Purple Needle Grass Sporobolus airoides Alkali Dropseed