lamb's earsStachys lanata and cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
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lamb's earsStachys lanata and cvs.Perennial
lamb's tongueStomatium agninumPerennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lanceleaf tickseedCoreopsis lanceolataPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
large bell reedCannomois grandisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large cape rushChondropetalum elephantinumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
large flower tickseedCoreopsis grandifloraPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
large flowered blue starAmsonia grandifloraPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large kleiniaSenecio aizoidesPerennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
lavender bellsPhysostegia leptophyllaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lavender cottonSantolina spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
lavender mistThalictrum rochebrunnianum (nomen unresolved)Perennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lavender showerThalictrum delavayi (Thalictrum dipterocarpum)Perennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
leafy fleabaneErigeron foliosusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
leather leaf fernRumohra adiantiformisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
leather rootHoita macrostachya (Psoralea macrostachya)Perennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Lemmon's wild gingerAsarum lemmonii (shade)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
lemon balmMelissa officinalisGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
leopard plantFarfugium japonicum cvs. (Ligularia tussilaginea cvs.)Perennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
leopard's baneDoronicum orientale (D. caucasium)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lesser Calamint, CatmintCalamintha nepetaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
lewisiaLewisia hybrids (CA natives and non-natives)Perennial, Succulent, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
libertiaLibertia spp. & cvs. (shade)Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
licorice mintAgastache rupestrisPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
licorice plantHelichrysum petiolarePerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
lilac verbenaGlandularia lilacina and cvs. (Verbena lilacina)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Lily of the NileAgapanthus orientalisPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
lily-of-the-NileAgapanthus africanusPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
lilyleaf ladybellsAdenophora liliifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lilyturfLiriope spp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Lime Spritz™ PPAFLomandra hybridPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lime Tuff dwarf mat rushLomandra longifolia 'Lomlon'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lion's tailLeonotis menthifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lion's tailLeonotis nepetifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
little betonyStachys minorPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Little Blue Fountain™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus 'Brilliant Blue' PP25966Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
little leaf pussy toesAntennaria microphyllaPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
little pickles ice plantOthonna capensisPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
little Tyler/blue starsAristea eckloniiPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
lobelia (chinensis)Lobelia chinensisPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lobster flowerPlectranthus neochilusGround cover, Perennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
log fernDryopteris celsaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
long leaf wax flowerEriostemon myoporoides (Philotheca myoporoides)Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Long-brachted SedgeCarex athrostachyaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Louisiana irisIris Louisiana hybridsPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LDH
low bull rushIsolepis cernua (Scirpus cernuus) (water plant)Perennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CVH
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
lyre-leaf sageSalvia lyrataPerennial- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
macho fernNephrolepis biserrata 'Macho fern'Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Madagascar periwinkleCatharanthus roseusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Madagascar senecioSenecio decaryiPerennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
maidenhair fernAdiantum spp. (shade) CA native and non-nativePerennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDM
- LDM
Majorcan germanderTeucrium cossoniiGround cover, Perennial- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Makinoi's holly fernPolystichum makinoiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
male fernDryopteris filix-masPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mallowAnisodontea hybrids and cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
mallow roseHibiscus moscheutos & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HDM
- LD?
Maltese crossLychnis chalcedonicaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
manfredaManfreda spp. & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
mangaveX Mangave ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Mango Popsicle Dwarf PokerKniphofia 'Mango Popsicle' PP22968Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
manikoSalvia koyamaePerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
many-colored lupineLupinus variicolorPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Maraca PortulacaPortulaca molokiniensis 'Maraca'Perennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
maraschino sageSalvia 'Maraschino'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
marbled wild gingerAsarum hartwegii (SHADE)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Margarita B.O.P foothill penstemonPenstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP'Perennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Marguerite daisyArgyranthemum frutescens & ssp. & cvs. (Chrysanthemum frutescens)(shade in desert)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Marsh BaccharisBaccharis glutinosa (douglasii)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
marsh marigoldCaltha palustrisPerennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Martha Washington pelargoniumPelargonium domesticumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Martian moondropsCotula hispidaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mask flowerAlonsoa meridionalisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mat rushLomandra confertifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Matilija poppyRomneya coulteri ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Maximilian sunflowerHelianthus maximilianiPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDM
- LD?
May lilyMaianthemum dilatatumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
May Night sageSalvia 'May Night'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
'Mayan' series Mexican petuniaRuellia simplex cvs.Perennial- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mazusMazus reptansGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
meadow dragon's headDracocephalum rupestrePerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
meadow rueThalictrum fendleri var. polycarpumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
meadow rue (coreanum)Thalictrum coreanumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
meadow rue (flavum)Thalictrum flavum spp. glaucumPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
meadow sageSalvia nemorosa and cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
meadow sageSalvia pratensis haematodesPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mealy cup sageSalvia farinacea and cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Mediterranean spurgeEuphorbia characias wulfeniiPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Medusa's headEuphorbia caput-medusaePerennial, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Mexicali PenstemonPenstemon x mexicali & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican bush sageSalvia leucantha ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Mexican cardinal flowerLobelia fulgensPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican cardinal sageSalvia fulgensPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican evening primroseOenothera speciosa (Oenothera berlandieri)Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican fuchsia sageSalvia iodanthaPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican giant hyssopAgastache mexicanaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Mexican gunneraGunnera killipianaPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SC?
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Mexican hatRatibida columniferaPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Mexican lilyBeschorneria yuccoidesPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican loosestrifeCuphea aequipetalaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
Mexican petuniaRuellia simplexPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican rushJuncus mexicanusPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican sea hollyEryngium alternatumPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican tarragonTagetes lucidaPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
milk/silk weedAsclepias ssp. & cvs. (CA native species)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
million bellsCalibrachoa & ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Ming FernAsparagus macowaniiPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
miniature daisyBellium minutumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Miniature LupineLupinus bicolorPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
mintMentha spp. (CA native and non-native spp.)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
mission manzanitaXylococcus bicolorPerennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
Missouri evening primroseOenothera macrocarpaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
mistflowerEupatorium spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
modestyWhipplea modesta (shade)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
mondo grassOphiopogon japonicus SHADE in desertPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
monk's hoodAconitum fischeriPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
monkey flowerMimulus spp. & cvs. (herbaceous)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
monkeyflower savoryClinopodium mimuloides (Satureja mimuloides)Perennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
monochaetumMonochaetum vulcanicumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
montbrietaCrocosmia hybrids (Tritonia)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
moonstonesPachyphytum spp.Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Moroccan moundEuphorbia resiniferaPerennial, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Morrow's sedgeCarex morrowii & ssp. & cvs. (Ice Dance etc) (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Moses-in-the-cradleTradescantia spathacea (Rhoeo spathacea)Perennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mosquito plantAgastache canaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
mother fernAsplenium bulbiferum (shade in the low desert)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LDM
- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
mother-of-thymeThymus praecoxGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mount Atlas daisyAnacyclus pyrethrum depressusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Mount Everest Big Blue ChalksticksSenecio ficoides 'Mount Everest' PP22188Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mountain alyssumAlyssum montanumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
mountain astelliaAstelia nervosa (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
mountain flaxPhormium colensoi cvs (P. cookianum)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
mountain lady's mantleAlchemilla alpinaPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
mountain marigoldTagetes lemmoniiPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
mountain mintPycnanthemum californicumPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mountain Mule EarsWyethia mollisPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
mountain pennyroyalMonardella odoratissimaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
mountain sageSalvia reglaPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mrs. Beard sageSalvia 'Mrs. Beard'Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Mulla MullaPtilotus exaltatus 'Joey'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
multiflowered snapdragonAntirrhinum multiflorumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Mystic Spires blue sageSalvia 'Mystic Spires'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mysty SageSalvia longispicata x farinacea 'Mysty'Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
narrow leaf chalksticksSenecio cylindricus (Senecio vitalis)(nomen unresolved)Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
narrow leaf mule earsWyethia angustifoliaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Narrow Leaved Fleabane, Desert Yellow FleabaneErigeron linearisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
narrow sedgeCarex brunnea (sold as Carex elegantissima)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Natal LilyClivia miniataPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
native fleabaneErigeron divergensPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
navelwortOmphalodes cappadocicaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
nemesiaNemesia caeruleaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nerium oleanderNierembergia caeruleaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
nettle-leaved mulleinVerbascum chaixii 'Album'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
New Zealand flaxPhormium tenaxPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
night phloxZaluzianskya ovataPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
North American hay scented fernDennstaedtia punctilobaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nuttall's Island BedstrawGalium nuttallii ssp. insularePerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nuttall's SnapdragonAntirrhinum nuttallianumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
obedient plantPhysostegia virginianaPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
old man of the mountainTetraneuris grandifloraPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
orange milkweedAsclepias tuberosaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
orange New Zealand sedgeCarex testaceaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
orange puffsKleinia amaniensis (Senecio amaniensis)Perennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
orange sneezeweedHymenoxys hoopesii (Helenium hoopesii)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Orange Vanilla Popsicle Dwarf PokerKniphofia 'Orange Vanilla Popsicle' PP24292Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Oregon fleabaneErigeron speciosusPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
oriental chain fernWoodwardia orientalisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
oriental ostrich fernMatteuccia orientalisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
oriental poppyPapaver orientalePerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
ornamental rhubarbRheum palmatum var. tanguticumPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
orthrosantusOrthrosanthus var. chimboracensis centroamericanus now O. monadelphusPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
ostrich fernMatteuccia struthiopterisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Otay Mountain lotusHosackia crassifolia var. otayensis (Lotus crassifolius var. otayensis)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
otter bushGomphostigma virgatumPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pachyveriaX Pachyveria spp.Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Pacific anemoneAnemone multifidaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Pacific Coast hybrid irisIris Pacific Coast hybridsPerennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
painted daisyTanacetum coccineum (Pyrethrum roseum)Perennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
pale hedge nettleStachys pycnanthaPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
pale rushJuncus pallidusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
palm grassCurculigo capitulataPerennial- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pangue enanoGunnera magellanicaPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Paparazzi® seriesPhlox cvs. (Paparazzi® series)Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Papaya Popsicle Dwarf PokerKniphofia 'Papaya Popsicle' PP22915Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
paper flowerPsilostrophe cooperiPerennial, Shrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDVL
paper flowerPsilostrophe tagetinaPerennial, Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Paprika YarrowAchillea millefolium 'Paprika'Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDL
Photo credits, 186 images from Wikimedia Commons
- lamb's ears: Алексей Ябс, CC0 (licence)
- lamb's tongue: Winfried Bruenken (Amrum), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- lanceleaf tickseed: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- large bell reed: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- large cape rush: Andrew massyn, Public domain
- large flower tickseed: docentjoyce, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- large flowered blue star: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- large kleinia: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lavender bells: Michael Wolf (Webseite), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lavender cotton: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lavender mist: Shadow Ayush, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lavender shower: Epibase, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leafy fleabane: Stickpen, Public domain
- leather leaf fern: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- leather root: Unknown author, Public domain
- Lemmon's wild ginger: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lemon balm: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- leopard plant: Miya, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leopard's bane: Włodzimierz Wysocki, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lesser Calamint, Catmint: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lewisia: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- libertia: Velela, Public domain
- licorice mint: photo by Charlie McDonald; uploaded by Xiaphias, Public domain
- licorice plant: Paul venter, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lilac verbena: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Lily of the Nile: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lily-of-the-Nile: Nick Helme, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lily-of-the-valley: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lilyleaf ladybells: The original uploader was Berwianr at German Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lilyturf: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lime Spritz™ PPAF: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lime Tuff dwarf mat rush: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- lion's tail: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lion's tail: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- little betony: Dandarmkd, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Little Blue Fountain™ Lily of the Nile: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- little leaf pussy toes: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- little pickles ice plant: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- little Tyler/blue stars: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- lobelia (chinensis): Lokionly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lobster flower: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- log fern: James Emery, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- long leaf wax flower: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain
- Long-brachted Sedge: Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich., Public domain
- Louisiana iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- low bull rush: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lyre-leaf sage: Kaldari, Public domain
- macho fern: Daderot, Public domain
- Madagascar periwinkle: imbeaul, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Madagascar senecio: Yucalyptus, CC0 (licence)
- maidenhair fern: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Majorcan germander: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Makinoi's holly fern: Ethnobotanical Enthusiast, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- male fern: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mallow: Stickpen, Public domain
- mallow rose: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Maltese cross: chipmunk_1 from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- manfreda: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mangave: cultivar413 from Fallbrook, California, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mango Popsicle Dwarf Poker: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- maniko: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- many-colored lupine: David L. Nelson, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Maraca Portulaca: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- maraschino sage: Fabricaster, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- marbled wild ginger: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Margarita B.O.P foothill penstemon: Stickpen, Public domain
- Marguerite daisy: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Marsh Baccharis: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- marsh marigold: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Martha Washington pelargonium: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Martian moondrops: Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mask flower: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mat rush: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Matilija poppy: Florian Siebeck, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Maximilian sunflower: Jim Pisarowicz, Public domain
- May lily: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- May Night sage: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- 'Mayan' series Mexican petunia: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mazus: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- meadow dragon's head: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- meadow rue: Stickpen, Public domain
- meadow rue (coreanum): KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- meadow rue (flavum): Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- meadow sage: Rob Hille, Public domain
- meadow sage: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mealy cup sage: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mediterranean spurge: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Medusa's head: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexicali Penstemon: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican bush sage: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican cardinal flower: Snowyyyhi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican cardinal sage: James Bamkin, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican evening primrose: ZooFari, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican fuchsia sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican giant hyssop: Chhe (talk), Public domain
- Mexican gunnera: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mexican hat: Stickpen, Public domain
- Mexican lily: © Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican loosestrife: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Mexican petunia: Lord Koxinga, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican rush: Stephen Laymon, Bureau of Land Management, Public domain
- Mexican sea holly: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican tarragon: manfred.sause@volloeko.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- milk/silk weed: Hardyplants at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- million bells: Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Ming Fern: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- miniature daisy: manfred.sause@volloeko.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Miniature Lupine: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mint: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mission manzanita: Brian M. Godfrey, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Missouri evening primrose: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain
- mistflower: Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- modesty: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mondo grass: Shabicht, CC0 (licence)
- monk's hood: Dmitry Kulakov, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- monkey flower: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- monkeyflower savory: Antti Bilund, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- monochaetum: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- montbrieta: Brocken Inaglory (Brocken Inaglory) at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- moonstones: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Moroccan mound: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Morrow's sedge: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Moses-in-the-cradle: Jim Conrad, Public domain
- mosquito plant: Patrick Standish from Aurora, Colorado, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- mother fern: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mother-of-thyme: Schreckgespenst, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mount Atlas daisy: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mount Everest Big Blue Chalksticks: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- mountain alyssum: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mountain astellia: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mountain flax: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mountain lady's mantle: S. Rae from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- mountain marigold: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mountain mint: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Mountain Mule Ears: Matt Brown, Public domain
- mountain pennyroyal: Orchid Black, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- mountain sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mrs. Beard sage: 小石川人晃, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mulla Mulla: Photograph by d3j4vu, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- multiflowered snapdragon: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Mystic Spires blue sage: LUFJARD, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Mysty Sage: Dayan Romero, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- narrow leaf chalksticks: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- narrow leaf mule ears: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Narrow Leaved Fleabane, Desert Yellow Fleabane: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- narrow sedge: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Natal Lily: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- native fleabane: Wallace Keck, Public domain
- navelwort: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- nemesia: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Nerium oleander: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- nettle-leaved mullein: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- New Zealand flax: Kahuroa, Public domain
- night phlox: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- North American hay scented fern: Jaknouse, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Nuttall's Island Bedstraw: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nuttall's Snapdragon: Stickpen, Public domain
- obedient plant: LinBow, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- old man of the mountain: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- orange milkweed: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- orange New Zealand sedge: UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- orange puffs: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- orange sneezeweed: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Orange Vanilla Popsicle Dwarf Poker: Varsenik Danielyan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Oregon fleabane: Kor!An (Андрей Корзун), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- oriental chain fern: Kor!An (Корзун Андрей), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- oriental ostrich fern: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- oriental poppy: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ornamental rhubarb: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- orthrosantus: Gnangarra, CC BY 3.0 au (licence)
- ostrich fern: Borealis55, CC0 (licence)
- Otay Mountain lotus: Justin Paulin, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- otter bush: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pachyveria: stephen boisvert from Chicago, United States, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Pacific anemone: JW Stockert, Public domain
- Pacific Coast hybrid iris: Tranceliner, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- painted daisy: Chester Lam, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- pale hedge nettle: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pale rush: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- palm grass: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pangue enano: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Paparazzi® series: ИринаЯ, CC0 (licence)
- Papaya Popsicle Dwarf Poker: Roula30, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- paper flower: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- paper flower: Antonyjauregui, CC0 (licence)
- Paprika Yarrow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
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Zones: NC North-Central Coastal, CV Central Valley, SC South Coastal, SI South Inland, HD High and Intermediate Desert, LD Low Desert. Ratings: VL very low water, L low, M moderate, H high, ? not rated for that zone, × not suited to that zone. Ratings are the University of California WUCOLS IV list.
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Sources
- WUCOLS IV plant list, University of California, snapshot of the live databaseRead August 23, 2026 on ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS
- Appendix C reference evapotranspiration table behind the six zonesRead August 23, 2026 on water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Water-Use-And-Efficiency/MWELO-Rulemaking/Final-MWELO-Text-and-Appendices_20250103.pdf