Parry's arnicaArnica parryiPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
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Parry's arnicaArnica parryiPerennial, California native
Parry's horkeliaHorkelia parryiPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
partridge featherTanacetum densumPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Pasque flowerPulsatilla vulgaris (Anemone pulsatilla)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
peacock spikemossSelaginella uncinataPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
pearly everlastingAnaphalis margaritaceaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
penstemon (hybrids)Penstemon garden hybridsPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
penstemon (SW natives)Penstemon SW native spp. and cvs.Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
peonyPaeonia low chill hybridsPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
peonyPaeonia spp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
peppermint-scented geraniumPelargonium tomentosumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
perennial cornflowerCentaurea montanaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
perennial hollyhockAlcea rosea cvs.Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
perennial lobeliaLobelia richardiiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
periwinkleVinca majorGround cover, Perennial- NC×
- CVL
- SC×
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
periwinkleVinca minorGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Persian knapweedCentaurea dealbataPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Persian shieldStrobilanthes dyerianthusPerennial- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Philadelphia daisyErigeron philadelphicusPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
phloxPhlox spp. and cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Phyllis Fancy sageSalvia ''Phyllis Fancy''Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
PickleweedSalicornia virginiana (pacifica)Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pin cushionEuphorbia feroxPerennial, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pincushion flowerScabiosa spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
pincushion plantKnautia macedonicaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pineapple sageSalvia elegansPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
pinelliaPinellia ternataPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Pink BeggarticksBidens aequisquamaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
pink evening primroseOenothera roseaPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pink hyssopAgastache barberiPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Pink HyssopAgastache hybrida 'Arizona Sunset'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
pink meadowsweetFilipendula purpureaPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Pink Sand VerbenaAbronia umbellataPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LD?
pink Santa Barbara daisyErigeron x moerheimiiPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
pink Texas skullcapScutellaria suffrutescensPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
pink tickseedCoreopsis roseaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
pink/carnationDianthus spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
pink/yellow calla lilyZantedeschia spp. & hybrids SHADE IN DESERTPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Platinum Beauty(TM) lomandraLomandra longifolia 'Roma13' (part-shade)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
poker plantKniphofia spp. and cvs.Perennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
polypodyPolypodium (subtropical spp.)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
poor knight's lilyXeronema callistemonPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
poor man's rhododendronImpatiens sodenii (I. oliveri, I. uguenensis)Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
porcupine flowerCentratherum punctatumPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
prairie sageSalvia azureaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
prairie zinniaZinnia grandifloraGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
prickly poppyArgemone munitaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
pride of MadeiraEchium candicans (fastuosum)Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
pride of TeneriffeEchium pininanaPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
proteaProtea spp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Pt. Reyes wallflowerErysimum menziesiiPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Punctate RabbitbrushEricameria paniculataPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
purple big leaf sageSalvia macrophyllaPerennial, Shrub- NC×
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
purple meadow rueThalictrum aquilegiifoliumPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
purple mulleinVerbascum phoeniceumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
purple prairie cloverDalea gattingeri (Petalostemon purpureum)Perennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
purple sageSalvia dorriiPerennial, Shrub, California native- NC×
- CVM
- SC×
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
purple spurgeEuphorbia dulcisPerennial, Succulent- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
purple tower echiumEchium 'Purple Tower'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
purple velloziaBarbacenia purpureaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
purple wallflowerErysimum linifolium 'Variegatum'Perennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
pussy toesAntennaria roseaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
puyaPuya spp.Perennial- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
queen of the meadowFilipendula ulmariaPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
queen's tears etc.Billbergia spp. (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
rabbit's foot fernPhlebodium aureum (Polypodium aureum)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
ragged leaf bahiaBahia dissectaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
ragwortLigularia przewalskiiPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
red and green kangaroo pawAnigozanthos manglesiiPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red dragon fleece flowerPersicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon'Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red feathersEchium amoenumPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
red gingerAlpinia purpurataPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
red gingerHedychium greeniiPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
red ginger lilyHedychium coccinium (partial shade in South Inland)Perennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
red hot pokerKniphofia triangularisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
red hot pokerKniphofia uvaria hybrids and cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
red kangaroo pawAnigozanthos rufusPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Red Lady Lenten roseHelleborus x hybridus 'Red Lady'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red New Zealand sedgeUncinia uncinataPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
red rootWachendorfia thyrsifloraPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Redhot Popsicle Dwarf PokerKniphofia 'Redhot Popsicle' PP24036Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
redwood sorrelOxalis oregana (shade)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
redwood violetViola sempervirensPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
restio (similis)Restio similisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rhodocoma (arida)Rhodocoma aridaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rhodocoma (foliosa)Rhodocoma foliosaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rhodocoma (fruticosa)Rhodocoma fruticosaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Richmond begoniaBegonia ''Richmondensis''Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
rigid woodmintStachys ajugoidesPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
ring bellflowerSymphyandra spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
robust verbenaVerbena lasiostachysPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
rock cressAubrieta deltoideaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
rock cressAubrieta x cultorumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rock fernPellaea hastataPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rock jasmineAndrosace lanuginosaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
rock peaAcmispon rigidus (Lotus rigidus)Perennial, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
rock soapwortSaponaria ocymoidesGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
rock spireaPetrophytum caespitosumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
rock verbenaVerbena tenera (pulchella)Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
rogersia (aesculifolia)Rodgersia aesculifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
rogersia (pinnata)Rodgersia pinnataPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
rohdeaRohdea japonicaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
rooiwortelBulbine latifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
roscoeaRoscoea cautleyoidesPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
roscoeaRoscoea purpureaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rose campion/crown pinkLychnis coronariaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
roseleaf sageSalvia involucrataPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Rosemary mintPoliomintha longifloraPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
rosillaHelenium puberulumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Rough HedgenettleStachys rigidaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
royal bluebellWahlenbergia gloriosaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
royal purple autumn sageSalvia muelleriPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
royal/flowering fernOsmunda regalisPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Rozanne geraniumGeranium 'Gerwat'Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
ruby cinquefoilPotentilla atrosanguineaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
ruby cluster straw flowerHelichrysum amorginum ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
ruby red spikemossSelaginella erythropus 'Sanguinea'Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
rushJuncus aquatic spp. (native and non-native spp.)Perennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
Russell lupinesLupinus (Russell hybrids)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Russian sagePerovskia spp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
rusty foxgloveDigitalis ferrugineaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
rusty sedgeCarex subfuscaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
SacapelloteAcourtia microcephelaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sacred DaturaDatura wrightiiPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDL
saffron buckwheatEriogonum crocatumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
SageSalvia microphylla x greggii ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
sage (jamensis cvs.)Salvia x jamensis cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
sage (superba)Salvia x superba hybrids, ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Salt Heliotrope, Seaside HeliotropeHeliotropium curassavicumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Salvia 'Amante'Salvia guanrantica 'Amante'Perennial- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Salvia x ‘Amistad’ - friendship sageSalvia 'Amistad'Perennial- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
San Diego SagewortArtemisia palmeriPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
San Diego sedgeCarex spissaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
San Miguel Island buckwheatEriogonum grande var. rubescensPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
San Miguel Island MilkvetchAstragalus miguelensisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
San Miguel savoryClinopodium chandleri (Satureja chandleri)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
sand burAmbrosia chamissonisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
sand dune sedgeCarex pansaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sand verbenaAbronia maritimaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
sandwortArenaria montanaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
savorySatureja mexicanaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
saxifrageSaxifraga spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
scarlet bee balmMonarda didymaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
scarlet hedge nettleStachys coccineaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
scarlet milkweedAsclepias curassavicaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
scarlet monardellaMonardella macranthaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
scarlet sageSalvia gesneraefloraPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
scented geraniumPelargonium crispumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
scorpion flowerPhacelia californicaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Scotch mossSagina subulata 'Aurea'Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
sea hollyEryngium maritimumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
sea hollyEryngium variifoliumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sea lavenderLimonium vulgarePerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
sea pinkArmeria alliacea (SHADE IN SOUTH INLAND)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sea pinkArmeria maritimaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
sea pinkArmeria pseudarmeriaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sea roseOrphium frutescensPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Seibold's wood fernDryopteris sieboldiiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
self healPrunella spp. (CA native and non-native species)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
semiaquilegiaSemiaquilegia ecalcarataPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sensitive fernOnoclea sensibilisPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Serpentine SunflowerHelianthus bolanderiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Serpents Blue Chalk FingersSenecio vitalis 'Serpents'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sessile flower false golden asterHeterotheca sessilifloraPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Shara(TM) mat rushLomandra fluviatilis 'ABU7'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Shasta daisyLeucanthemum X superbum (Chrysanthemum maximum)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
shell bushOrthosiphon labiatusPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shell gingerAlpinia zerumbetPerennial, Shrub- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
shiny bristle fernArachniodes davalliaeformis (nomen unresolved TPL)Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shiny leaf angelicaAngelica pachycarpaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
shooting starsDodecatheon spp. (non-native)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
shore asteliaAstelia banksii (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
shrubby dogweedThymophylla acerosa (Dyssodia acerosa)Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophyllaPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Siberian irisIris sibiricaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Siberian pink cupsBaldellia ranunculoides repensPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Siberian wallflowerErysimum hieraciifoliumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sidewinder California fuchsiaEpilobium canum 'Sidewinder'Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra Salmon California fuchsiaEpilobium canum 'Sierra Salmon'Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra sundropCalylophus hartwegii & ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
silver button plantCotula linearilobaPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
silver cinquefoilPotentilla argenteaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 182 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Parry's arnica: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Parry's horkelia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- partridge feather: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pasque flower: Per A.J. Andersson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- peacock spikemoss: Daderot, Public domain
- pearly everlasting: Pendragon39, Public domain
- penstemon (hybrids): Matt Berger https://www.inaturalist.org/people/sheriff_woody_pct, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- penstemon (SW natives): Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- peony: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- peony: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- peppermint-scented geranium: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- perennial cornflower: User:Stemonitis, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- perennial hollyhock: Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- perennial lobelia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- periwinkle: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- periwinkle: AnRo0002, CC0 (licence)
- Persian knapweed: User:Carstor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Persian shield: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Philadelphia daisy: D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- phlox: Atilin, Public domain
- Phyllis Fancy sage: Rob Hille, Public domain
- Pickleweed: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- pin cushion: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pincushion flower: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pincushion plant: Photo by and (c)2008 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). Co-attribution must be given to..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pineapple sage: Eric Hunt, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- pinellia: The original uploader was Polyhedron at Chinese Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pink Beggarticks: Stickpen, CC0 (licence)
- pink evening primrose: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pink hyssop: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Pink Hyssop: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- pink meadowsweet: Լիլիթ85, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Pink Sand Verbena: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- pink Santa Barbara daisy: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pink Texas skullcap: Stickpen, CC0 (licence)
- pink tickseed: F. D. Richards from Clinton, MI, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- pink/carnation: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pink/yellow calla lily: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Platinum Beauty(TM) lomandra: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- poker plant: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- polypody: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- poor knight's lily: Mike Dickison, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- poor man's rhododendron: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- porcupine flower: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- prairie sage: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- prairie zinnia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- prickly poppy: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pride of Madeira: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pride of Teneriffe: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (licence)
- protea: Chinasaur at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pt. Reyes wallflower: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- Punctate Rabbitbrush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- purple big leaf sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- purple meadow rue: Tigerente, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- purple mullein: Jeffdelonge at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- purple prairie clover: Mason Brock (Masebrock), CC0 (licence)
- purple sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- purple spurge: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- purple tower echium: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, Public domain
- purple vellozia: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- purple wallflower: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pussy toes: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- puya: penarc, Public domain
- queen of the meadow: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- queen's tears etc.: Original uploader was Moriori at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- rabbit's foot fern: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- ragged leaf bahia: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ragwort: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- red and green kangaroo paw: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au (licence)
- red dragon fleece flower: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- red feathers: خودم(Ram!n TALK), Public domain
- red ginger: WoreczkoJan, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- red ginger: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- red ginger lily: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- red hot poker: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- red hot poker: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- red kangaroo paw: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Red Lady Lenten rose: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- red New Zealand sedge: Rudolph89, CC0 (licence)
- red root: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Redhot Popsicle Dwarf Poker: Mark Ahsmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- redwood sorrel: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- redwood violet: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- restio (similis): Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- rhodocoma (arida): George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- rhodocoma (foliosa): Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- rhodocoma (fruticosa): Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Richmond begonia: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- rigid woodmint: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- ring bellflower: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- robust verbena: Stickpen, Public domain
- rock cress: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rock cress: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rock fern: Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- rock jasmine: David Short, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- rock pea: Unknown author, Public domain
- rock soapwort: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rock spirea: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rock verbena: Rillke, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rogersia (aesculifolia): A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- rogersia (pinnata): James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rohdea: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- rooiwortel: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- roscoea: Roscoea_purpurea_20070810-1338-183.jpg: Keith Edkins derivative work: Peter c..., CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- roscoea: Whf_purple_04_adjusted.jpg: *Whf_purple_04.jpg: Woudloper derivative work: Pe..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rose campion/crown pink: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- roseleaf sage: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Rosemary mint: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- rosilla: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- Rough Hedgenettle: Keir Morse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- royal bluebell: NathanHurst at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- royal purple autumn sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- royal/flowering fern: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Rozanne geranium: ShadowBee, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ruby cinquefoil: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ruby cluster straw flower: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- ruby red spikemoss: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- rush: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Russell lupines: Jean-Claude Echardour [CC BY-SA], via Tela Botanica, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Russian sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rusty foxglove: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- rusty sedge: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Sacapellote: Clarence A. Rechenthin @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain
- Sacred Datura: Dlarsen, Public domain
- saffron buckwheat: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Sage: First Light (talk), CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- sage (jamensis cvs.): Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sage (superba): Stickpen, Public domain
- Salt Heliotrope, Seaside Heliotrope: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Salvia 'Amante': Liu Idárraga Orozco, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Salvia x ‘Amistad’ - friendship sage: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- San Diego Sagewort: Stickpen, Public domain
- San Diego sedge: Stickpen, Public domain
- San Miguel Island buckwheat: Stickpen, Public domain
- San Miguel Island Milkvetch: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- San Miguel savory: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0 (licence)
- sand bur: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sand dune sedge: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- sand verbena: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- sandwort: Mtiffany71, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- savory: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- saxifrage: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- scarlet bee balm: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- scarlet hedge nettle: Oscargsol, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- scarlet milkweed: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- scarlet monardella: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- scarlet sage: ElleAnónime, CC0 (licence)
- scented geranium: Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- scorpion flower: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Scotch moss: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea holly: Radomil (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sea holly: Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sea lavender: peterichman, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- sea pink: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sea pink: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea pink: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea rose: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Seibold's wood fern: --FinitoR originally uploaded as Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- self heal: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- semiaquilegia: keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sensitive fern: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Serpentine Sunflower: Linda Hagen, CC0 (licence)
- Serpents Blue Chalk Fingers: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sessile flower false golden aster: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Shara(TM) mat rush: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Shasta daisy: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shell bush: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- shell ginger: Semnoz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shiny bristle fern: Geekgecko, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- shiny leaf angelica: devra from los osos, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- shooting stars: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shore astelia: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shrubby dogweed: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Siberian bugloss: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Siberian iris: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Siberian pink cups: Wolffia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Siberian wallflower: Fornax, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sidewinder California fuchsia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sierra Salmon California fuchsia: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0 (licence)
- Sierra sundrop: Martin Thurnherr, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- silver button plant: Dinkum, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silver cinquefoil: Teun Spaans, CC BY 2.5 (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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