Wagner's sageSalvia wagnerianaPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
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Wagner's sageSalvia wagnerianaPerennial, Shrub
wake robinTrillium chloropetalumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
walking irisNeomarica caeruleaPerennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Wallace's nightshadeSolanum wallaceiPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
wallflowerErysimum cheiri (Cheiranthus cheiri)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wallflowerErysimum concinnumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
wallflowerErysimum helveticumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wallflowerErysimum linifoliumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wallflowerErysimum pulchellumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wallichianum lilyLilium wallichianumBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
wand buckwheatEriogonum elongatumCalifornia native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
wand sageSalvia vaseyiShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
wandering JewTradescantia fluminensis (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
waratahTelopea speciosissimaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Warley rose stone cressAethionema armenum 'Warley Rose'Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Warren's red possumhawIlex decidua 'Warren's Red'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Warriner Lytle buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum 'Warriner Lytle'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
warty stem ceanothusCeanothus verrucosusShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Washoe pinePinus ponderosa var. washoensis (Pinus washoensis)Tree, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Wate's golden pinePinus virginiana 'Wate's Golden'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
water birchBetula occidentalisTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
water bluebellRuellia squarrosaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LDL
water orchidCypella aquatilisBulb- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Water SedgeCarex aquatilisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
water vineCissus hypoglaucaVine- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
watsoniaWatsonia spp.Bulb- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Waverly sageSalvia 'Waverly'Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wavy cloak fernCheilanthes sinuataPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wavy leaf mountain lilacCeanothus foliosus &ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
wavy-leafed mulleinVerbascum undulatumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wax begoniaBegonia semperflorensPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
wax currantRibes cereumShrub, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
wax flowerCrowea exalataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wax plantHoya carnosaVine- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
wayfaring treeViburnum lantanaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Wayne Roderick daisyErigeron 'Wayne Roderick'Perennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Wayside manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Weber's AgaveAgave weberi- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
wedge leaf horkeliaHorkelia cuneataPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
weeping acaciaAcacia pendulaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDL
weeping bottle brushCallistemon viminalis & ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
weeping buddlejaRostrinucula dependensShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
weeping butterfly bushBuddleja lindleyanaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
weeping cabbage palmLivistona decipiensTree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
weeping Chinese banyanFicus benjaminaShrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LDM
weeping willowSalix babylonicaTree- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD?
weigelaWeigela floridaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
weigeliaWeigela cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Wendy's wish sageSalvia 'Wendy's Wish'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Wenlock beauty wallflowerErysimum 'Wenlock Beauty'Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
West Coast Canada goldenrodSolidago elongata (Solidago canadensis spp. elongata)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
west Texas cobalt sageSalvia reptansPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western asterSymphyotrichum ascendens (Aster ascendens)Perennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
western Australia coral peaHardenbergia comptonianaShrub, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Western Black WillowSalix lasiandra (lucida ssp. lasiandra)Tree, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD×
Western Blue FlagIris missouriensisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western burning bushEuonymus occidentalisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western catalpaCatalpa speciosaTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Western ChokecherryPrunus virginiana var. demissaTree, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western cottonwoodPopulus fremontiiTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LDH
western crabappleMalus fuscaTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western dichondraDichondra occidentalisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western dog violetViola aduncaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western dogwoodCornus sericea occidentalisShrub, California native- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
western goldenrodEuthamia occidentalisPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
western hackberryCeltis reticulataTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
western hop treePtelea crenulataShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
western marsh rosemaryLimonium californicumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Western ragweedAmbrosia psilostachyaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
western red cedarThuja plicataTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
western redbudCercis occidentalisTree, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
western sand cherryPrunus besseyiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
western sea purslaneSesuvium verrucosumGround cover, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
western service berryAmelanchier alnifoliaShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
western snake rootAgeratina occidentalisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
western spice bushCalycanthus occidentalisShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
western spiderwortTradescantia occidentalisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
western sword fernPolystichum munitumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
western virgin's bowerClematis ligusticifoliaVine, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Whales Tongue AgaveAgave ovatifoliaSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Whales Tongue AgaveAgave ovatifolia 'Frosty Blue'Succulent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Wheeler Canyon ceanothusCeanothus 'Wheeler Canyon'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
white alderAlnus rhombifoliaTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD×
white ashFraxinus americanaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
white asphodelAsphodelus aestivusPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white banjinePimelea ciliata 'Snow Clouds'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
white bark cottonwoodPopulus monticolaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white barked Himalayan birchBetula utilis var. jacquemontiiTree- NCH
- CVH
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
white breath of heavenColeonema albumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
white brodiaeaTriteleia hyacinthinaBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
white brushAloysia gratissimaShrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white bursageAmbrosia dumosaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HDL
- LDL
White Cloud manzanitaArctostaphylos viridissima 'White Cloud'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
white cloverTrifolium repensGround cover- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
White Drift® roseRosa 'Meizorland'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white evening primroseOenothera pallidaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white feather honey myrtleMelaleuca decoraTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white Florida anise-treeIllicium floridanum 'Alba'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white floss silk treeCeiba insignis (Chorisia insignis)Tree- NCM
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
white flowering currantRibes indecorumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white ginger lilyHedychium coronariumPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
white harebellWahlenbergia congestaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white hedgenettleStachys albensPerennial, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
white ironbarkEucalyptus leucoxylonTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
White Knock Out roseRosa 'Radwhite' White Knock Out®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white mulberryMorus albaTree- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
white parahebeParahebe linifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
white rabbit's foot fernHumata tyermaniiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white rain lilyZephyranthes candidaBulb, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
white richmondensis begoniaBegonia acutifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white sageSalvia apianaShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
White sagebrushArtemisia ludovicianaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
white sapoteCasimiroa edulisTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
White Striped Century PlantAgave americana var. medio-picta 'Alba'Succulent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
white striped dwarf bambooSasaella masamuneana albostriataGround cover, Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
White Wedding HydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'LeeP1' White Wedding®Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white weigelaWeigela coraeensisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
whitebark ceanothusCeanothus leucodermisShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
whitebark magnoliaMagnolia hypoleucaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
whiteleaf manzanitaArctostaphylos viscidaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
whitethorn acaciaAcacia constrictaShrub, Tree- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
whorled clarySalvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
whorlflowerMorina longifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Wide Leaf Giant HesperaloeHesperaloe funifera ssp. chiangiiSucculent- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wild coffeeDiospyros whyteanaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wild cottonIpomoea albiveniaVine- NC?
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wild gingerAsarum caudatumGround cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
wild mock orangePhiladelphus lewisii (P. californicus)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wild privetLigustrum vulgareShrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
willowSalix spp. (shrubs)Shrub- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD?
Willow AcaciaAcacia salicinaTree- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
willow leaf hydrangeaHydrangea angustipetalaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
willow oakQuercus phellosTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
willow pittosporumPittosporum angustifolium (Pittosporum phillyraeoides)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
willow wattleAcacia iteaphyllaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
willowleaf cotoneasterCotoneaster salicifoliusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
willowleaf cotoneasterCotoneaster salicifolius 'Emerald Carpet'Ground cover- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
willowleaf cotoneasterCotoneaster salicifolius 'Repens'Ground cover- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Wilson hollyIlex x altaclarensis 'Wilsonii'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Wilson melaleucaMelaleuca wilsoniiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
windmill palmTrachycarpus fortuneiTree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
wine cupsCallirhoe involucrataPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Winecraft Black smokebushCotinus coggygria 'NCCO1' Winecraft Black®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winged stem grape ivyCissus gongylodesVine- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winged westringiaWestringia longifoliaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
Winged-fruit Emu BushEremophila pterocarpaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wingthorn roseRosa sericea fo. pteracanthaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winter blooming bergeniaBergenia crassifoliaPerennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
winter creeperEuonymus fortunei radicansVine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
winter daphneDaphne odora and cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Winter Glow manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Winterglow'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
winter hazelCorylopsis paucifloraShrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winter hazelCorylopsis spicataTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
winter jasmineJasminum nudiflorumShrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Winter Sun(TM) Eleganza® roseRosa 'KORbatam'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winter sweet peaSwainsona galegifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
winter's barkDrimys winteriTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winterfatKrascheninnikovia lanataShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD?
wintersweetChimonanthus praecoxShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wishbone bushMirabilis laevis var. crassifolia (Mirabilis californica)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
wisteriaWisteria spp. & cvs.Vine- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
witherod viburnumViburnum cassinoidesShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wolfberryLycium fremontiiShrub, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Wollemi pineWollemia nobilisTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
wong-lanMagnolia doltsopa (Michelia doltsopa)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
wonga wonga vinePandorea pandoranaVine- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
wood fernDryopteris erythrosoraPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Wood Rose, Baldhip RoseRosa gymnocarpaShrub, California native- NCM
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
wood sage/germanderTeucrium scorodoniaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wood spurgeEuphorbia amygdaloidesPerennial, Succulent- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Wood's compact manzanitaArctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Wood's Compact'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
woodland phaceliaPhacelia bolanderiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
woolly blue curlsTrichostema lanatumPerennial, Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Woolly BrickellbushBrickellia incanaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
woolly bushAdenanthos drummondiiShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
woolly butia palmButia eriospathaTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
woolly butterfly bushBuddleja marrubiifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDL
woolly foxgloveDigitalis lanataPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
woolly leaf ceanothusCeanothus tomentosus var. olivaceusShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Woolly LotusAcmispon heermanniiPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
woolly senecioSenecio haworthii (nomen. unresolved)Perennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
woolly sennaSenna multiglandulosa (Cassia tomentosa)Shrub- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
woolly stemodiaStemodia tomentosaGround cover- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
woolly sunflowerEriophyllum lanatum & cvsPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
woolly yarrowAchillea tomentosaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
woolly yerba santaEriodictyon tomentosumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD?
woolly-leaf sunflowerViguiera lanataShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
woollybushAdenanthos meisneriShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Wooly Fruit Bur RagweedAmbrosia eriocentraShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Wright BuckwheatEriogonum wrightiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
wrinkled agastacheAgastache rugosaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
Photo credits, 191 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Wagner's sage: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- wake robin: Ramin Nakisa, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- walking iris: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wallace's nightshade: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wallflower: Colsu, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wallflower: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wallflower: পাপৰি বৰা, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wallflower: Raffi Kojian, Gardenology.org, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wallflower: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wallichianum lily: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wand buckwheat: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- wand sage: Ulimw, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wandering Jew: Enrique Dans from Madrid, Spain, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- waratah: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Warley rose stone cress: Anna reg, CC BY-SA 3.0 at (licence)
- Warren's red possumhaw: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Warriner Lytle buckwheat: NPS, Public domain
- warty stem ceanothus: Stickpen, Public domain
- Washoe pine: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Wate's golden pine: Joshua Davis (jdavis.info) on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- water birch: Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Public domain
- water bluebell: William Avery, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- water orchid: Cellosuite, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Water Sedge: Teresa Prendusi, USFS botanist per, Public domain
- water vine: Zaareo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- watsonia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Waverly sage: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wavy cloak fern: Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- wavy leaf mountain lilac: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wavy-leafed mullein: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wax begonia: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wax currant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wax flower: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- wax plant: Yvan leduc, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wayfaring tree: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Wayne Roderick daisy: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wayside manzanita: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, Public domain
- Weber's Agave: marumg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wedge leaf horkelia: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- weeping acacia: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- weeping bottle brush: Pëter 1968 User:Peter Greenwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- weeping buddleja: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- weeping butterfly bush: Ptelea, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- weeping cabbage palm: Mark Marathon, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- weeping Chinese banyan: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- weeping willow: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- weigela: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- weigelia: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wendy's wish sage: 小石川人晃, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Wenlock beauty wallflower: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- West Coast Canada goldenrod: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- west Texas cobalt sage: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- western aster: Robb Hannawacker, CC0 (licence)
- western Australia coral pea: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Western Black Willow: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Western Blue Flag: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western burning bush: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- western catalpa: Mark Wagner, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Western Chokecherry: Maxime Laterreur, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- western cottonwood: Amy Gaiennie, NPS, Public domain
- western crabapple: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- western dichondra: Hardyplants at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- western dog violet: Thegreenj, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western dogwood: Sulfur at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western goldenrod: Unknown author, Public domain
- western hackberry: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western hop tree: Anthony Baniaga, CC0 (licence)
- western marsh rosemary: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- Western ragweed: Krzysztof Ziarnek Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- western red cedar: abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western redbud: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western sand cherry: Super cyclist at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- western sea purslane: Stephen Laymon, Bureau of Land Management, Public domain
- western service berry: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western snake root: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western spice bush: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western spiderwort: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western sword fern: Jami Dwyer, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- western virgin's bower: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Whales Tongue Agave: Bere Mata, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Whales Tongue Agave: Raúl Ernestoo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Wheeler Canyon ceanothus: Syced, CC0 (licence)
- white alder: US NPS Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Public domain
- white ash: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- white asphodel: Luis nunes alberto, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white banjine: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white bark cottonwood: Gerda Arendt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white barked Himalayan birch: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white breath of heaven: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white brodiaea: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white brush: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- white bursage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- White Cloud manzanita: Daderot, Public domain
- white clover: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- White Drift® rose: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white evening primrose: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- white feather honey myrtle: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white Florida anise-tree: Mac H. Alford, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white floss silk tree: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white flowering currant: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- white ginger lily: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- white harebell: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- white hedgenettle: Unknown author, Public domain
- white ironbark: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- White Knock Out rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white mulberry: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white parahebe: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white rabbit's foot fern: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- white rain lily: Muhamad Izzul Fiqih, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white richmondensis begonia: Cliff from I now live in Arlington, VA (Outside Washington DC), USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- white sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- White sagebrush: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- white sapote: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- White Striped Century Plant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white striped dwarf bamboo: Daderot, Public domain
- White Wedding Hydrangea: Carol VanHook, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- white weigela: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- whitebark ceanothus: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- whitebark magnolia: Chhe (talk), Public domain
- whiteleaf manzanita: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- whitethorn acacia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- whorled clary: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- whorlflower: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wide Leaf Giant Hesperaloe: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wild coffee: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- wild cotton: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- wild ginger: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- wild mock orange: born1945, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- wild privet: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- willow: Bruce Marlin, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Willow Acacia: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- willow leaf hydrangea: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- willow oak: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- willow pittosporum: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- willow wattle: Dinkum, CC0 (licence)
- willowleaf cotoneaster: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- willowleaf cotoneaster: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- willowleaf cotoneaster: Françoise Carle, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr (licence)
- Wilson holly: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Wilson melaleuca: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- windmill palm: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wine cups: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Winecraft Black smokebush: LIght Dim, CC0 (licence)
- winged stem grape ivy: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- winged westringia: Qumarchi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Winged-fruit Emu Bush: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wingthorn rose: Ulf Eliasson epibase, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- winter blooming bergenia: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- winter creeper: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- winter daphne: Miya, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Winter Glow manzanita: NPS, Public domain
- winter hazel: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- winter hazel: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- winter jasmine: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Winter Sun(TM) Eleganza® rose: JDP90 (Joydeep), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- winter sweet pea: Moonlight0551 from Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- winter's bark: Eric Hunt, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- winterfat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wintersweet: Luigi Chiesa, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wishbone bush: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- wisteria: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- witherod viburnum: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wolfberry: Mike, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Wollemi pine: AndyScott, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wong-lan: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- wonga wonga vine: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wood fern: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wood Rose, Baldhip Rose: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- wood sage/germander: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wood spurge: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Wood's compact manzanita: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- woodland phacelia: Stickpen, Public domain
- woolly blue curls: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Woolly Brickellbush: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- woolly bush: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- woolly butia palm: Erik Terdal from Tulsa, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- woolly butterfly bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- woolly foxglove: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- woolly leaf ceanothus: Stickpen, Public domain
- Woolly Lotus: Stickpen, Public domain
- woolly senecio: Winfried Bruenken (Amrum), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- woolly senna: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- woolly stemodia: Berton, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- woolly sunflower: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- woolly yarrow: Ghislain118 https://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- woolly yerba santa: wonton_soup, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- woolly-leaf sunflower: Gaiacoyote, CC0 (licence)
- woollybush: Hesperian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wooly Fruit Bur Ragweed: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wright Buckwheat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wrinkled agastache: Stanislav Doronenko, 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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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