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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Southern California. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abies concolor | Balsam fir Colorado fir Concolor fir Oyamel de California Silver fir White balsam White fir | |
| Abies magnifica | California red fir Red fir | |
| Abronia villosa | Desert sand verbena Desert sand-verbena Desert sandverbena | |
| Acacia greggii | Catclaw acacia Gregg acacia Long-flower catclaw Una de gato | |
| Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian ricegrass Indian Millet Sandgrass | |
| Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf maple Big-leaf maple | |
| Adenostoma fasciculatum | Chamise Common chamise Greasewood | |
| Adenostoma sparsifolium | Redshank Ribbon bush Ribbonwood | |
| Aesculus californica | California buckeye | |
| Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon serviceberry Western serviceberry Juneberry | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Antennaria alpina | Alpine everlasting Alpine pussytoes | |
| Aquilegia eximia | Van Houtte's columbine Serpentine columbine | |
| Aquilegia formosa | Western columbine Crimson columbine Scarlet columbine Red columbine | |
| Arctostaphylos edmundsii | Little Sur manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos hookeri | Hooker's manzanita Monterey manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos manzanita | Whiteleaf manzanita Big manzanita Manzanita | |
| Arbutus menziesii | Pacific madrone Oregon laurel Laurelwood | |
| Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Pinemat manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf manzanita Green-leaf manzanita | |
| Artemisia pycnocephala | Beach sagebrush Beach wormwood Sand hill sage | |
| Artemisia tridentata | Big sagebrush Great Basin sagebrush | |
| Atriplex canescens | Chamiso Four-wing saltbush Fourwing saltbush Wingscale | |
| Atriplex confertifolia | Shadscale Spiny saltbush Shadscale saltbush Hop sage | |
| Atriplex lentiformis | Big saltbush Coastal quail bush Quailbush Saltbush | |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert marigold Showy desert marigold Paper daisy Desert baileya | |
| Balsamorhiza sagittata | Arrowleaf balsamroot Arrow-leaf balsamroot | |
| Castilleja angustifolia | Northwestern Indian paintbrush | |
| Carpenteria californica | Bush anemone Tree anemone Tree-anemone | |
| Calocedrus decurrens | Incense cedar Incense-cedar | |
| Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta | Purple owl's clover Owl's clover Exserted indian paintbrush | |
| Castilleja linariifolia | Wyoming Indian paintbrush Wyoming indian-paintbrush | |
| Calycanthus occidentalis | Western sweetshrub California sweet shrub Spice bush Western spicebush | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Ceanothus cordulatus | Mountain whitethorn Snow bush Whitethorn ceanothus | |
| Ceanothus cuneatus | Buckbrush | |
| Ceanothus impressus | Santa Barbara ceanothus Santa Barbara buckbrush | |
| Ceanothus integerrimus | Deerbrush | |
| Ceanothus leucodermis | Chaparral whitethorn Jackbrush | |
| Cercocarpus ledifolius | Curl-leaf mountain mahogany Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany | |
| Ceanothus megacarpus | Big-pod buckbrush Big-pod ceanothus Bigpod ceanothus | |
| Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber | Birch-leaf mountain-mahogany Birchleaf mountain mahogany Hard tack | |
| Cercocarpus montanus var. minutiflorus | Smooth mountain mahogany San Diego mountain-mahogany | |
| Ceanothus velutinus | Snowbrush Snowbrush ceanothus Tobacco-brush Mountain balm Buckbush | |
| Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium | Fireweed Narrow-leaf fireweed Willow herb | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert willow Flowering willow Willow-leaved catalpa Trumpet flower | |
| Chrysolepis sempervirens | Bush chinquapin Sierra chinquapin Sierran chinkapin | |
| Cleome isomeris | Bladderpod spiderflower Bladderpod | |
| Clarkia unguiculata | Elegant clarkia Elegant fairyfan Mountain garland | |
| Coreopsis calliopsidea | Leaf-stem tickseed Leafstem tickseed Leafy stem coreopsis | |
| Comarostaphylis diversifolia | Summer holly | |
| Coreopsis douglasii | Douglas' tickseed | |
| Collomia grandiflora | Collomia Grand collomia Large-flower mountain-trumpet | |
| Collinsia heterophylla | Purple Chinese houses Harlequin blue-eyed Mary Chinese houses | |
| Collomia linearis | Collomia Narrow-leaf mountain-trumpet Tiny trumpet | |
| Cornus nuttallii | Pacific dogwood Pacific flowering dogwood Mountain dogwood | |
| Cornus sericea ssp. sericea | Redosier dogwood Red Osier Dogwood | |
| Cupressus forbesii | Tecate cypress | |
| Cupressus macrocarpa | Monterey cypress | |
| Danthonia californica | California oatgrass California wild oat grass | |
| Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda | Shrubby cinquefoil Golden-hardhack | |
| Danthonia unispicata | Few-flower wild oat grass Onespike danthonia Onespike oatgrass | |
| Delphinium californicum | California coast larkspur California larkspur | |
| Delphinium cardinale | Scarlet larkspur | |
| Delphinium glaucum | Sierra larkspur Tower larkspur | |
| Dendromecon rigida | Tree poppy Bush poppy | |
| Diplacus longiflorus | Southern bush monkeyflower | |
| Diplacus puniceus | Red bush monkeyflower Mission diplacus | |
| Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus | Slender wheatgrass | |
| Encelia californica | California brittlebush Coast sunflower | |
| Encelia farinosa | Brittlebush Goldhills Incienso | |
| Epilobium obcordatum | Rockfringe | |
| Epilobium rigidum | Siskiyou rock fringe Stiff willowherb | |
| Eriogonum fasciculatum | Eastern Mojave buckwheat Eastern mojave wild buckwheat California buckwheat | |
| Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa | Chamisa Rabbitbrush Rubber rabbitbrush | |
| Erodium texanum | Fillaree Pine needle Stork’s Bill Texas stork's bill Texas stork’s bill | |
| Eschscholzia caespitosa | Tufted poppy Tufted-poppy | |
| Eschscholzia californica | California poppy California gold poppy | |
| Fallugia paradoxa | Apache plume Ponil | |
| Festuca californica | California fescue | |
| Festuca occidentalis | Western fescue | |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens | Stretchberry Elbowbush Stretch-berry Downy forestiera Desert olive Elbow-bush | |
| Fremontodendron californicum | California flannelbush Northern flannelbush Northern fremontia California slippery elm | |
| Frangula californica ssp. californica | California buckthorn Coffeeberry | |
| Fremontodendron mexicanum | Mexican flannelbush Southern flannelbush Southern fremontia Mexican fremontia | |
| Fraxinus velutina | Arizona ash Desert ash Velvet ash | |
| Garrya elliptica | Wavyleaf silktassel Wavy-leaf silktassel Silk-tassel bush Coastal silktassel | |
| Gaultheria shallon | Salal | |
| Gilia achilleifolia | California gilia California gily-flower Showy gilia | |
| Gilia tricolor | Bird's-eye gilia Bird's-eyes | |
| Heteromeles arbutifolia | Toyon California Christmasberry Christmasberry California holly Hollywood | |
| Hesperoyucca whipplei | Chaparral yucca Foothill yucca Our Lord's candle | |
| Holodiscus discolor | Cream bush Hillside oceanspray Mountain spray Oceanspray | |
| Ipomopsis aggregata | Scarlet gilia Scarlet standing-cypress Skyrocket Skunkflower | |
| Iris missouriensis | Rocky Mountain iris Western blue flag | |
| Juglans californica | California black walnut Southern California walnut | |
| Juniperus californica | California juniper Desert white cedar | |
| Juniperus occidentalis | Western juniper | |
| Kallstroemia grandiflora | Arizona poppy Orange caltrop Desert poppy Summer poppy | |
| Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's grass | |
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