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This document provides a list of California native plant species suitable for western Los Angeles County with yellow or cream-colored flowers. It includes trees, shrubs, vines, and perennial groundcovers, organized by size. For each plant it provides the scientific and common names, typical size, flowering season, light and soil requirements, water needs, and notes. The list focuses on plants that offer wildlife habitat and are well-suited to the local climate.

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CA Native Plants for Western L.A. County – Plants with Yellow and Cream-colored Flowers I 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 1
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 2
Scientific Name Common Name Size Flower/ season Croton californicus var. tenius California Croton 1-5 ft Cream/Sp-F Deinandra clementina I 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 3
I 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 4
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’ I 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 5
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 I 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 6
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. 7
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 8
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 9
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 10

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  • 1. CA Native Plants for Western L.A. County – Plants with Yellow and Cream-colored Flowers I 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 1
  • 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 2
  • 3. Scientific Name Common Name Size Flower/ season Croton californicus var. tenius California Croton 1-5 ft Cream/Sp-F Deinandra clementina I 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 3
  • 4. I 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 4
  • 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’ I 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 5
  • 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 I 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 6
  • 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. 7
  • 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 8
  • 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 9
  • 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 10