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California Pollinator Plant List
Recommended native plants that are highly attractive to pollinators such as native bees, honey bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. Visit Pollinator Conservation Resources – California Region for additional information. This information provided by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke Sunchoke | |
| Heterotheca villosa var. villosa | Hairy False Goldenaster Golden-aster | |
| Hibiscus aculeatus | Comfortroot Big Thicket Hibiscus Pineland Hibiscus | |
| Hibiscus coulteri | Desert Rosemallow Desert Rose-mallow Coulter Hibiscus | |
| Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow Tulipan Del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
| Hyptis alata | Clustered Bushmint | |
| Hymenoxys hoopesii | Owl's-claws Orange Sneezeweed | |
| Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea Coastal Indigo Texas Indigo Western Indigo | |
| Ionactis linariifolius | Flaxleaf Whitetop Aster Stiff Aster Flaxleaf Aster | |
| Ipomopsis longiflora | Flaxflowered Ipomopsis Pale Trumpets Paleflower Gilia White-flower Skyrocket White-flowered Gilia | |
| Kallstroemia parviflora | Warty Caltrop Small-flowered Carpetweed | |
| Lenophyllum texanum | Coastal Stonecrop | |
| Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass Virginia Pepperweed Peppergrass Poor Man's Pepper | |
| Liatris acidota | Sharp Blazing Star Sharp Gayfeather Sharp Liatris | |
| Limonium carolinianum | Carolina Sealavender Sea Lavender | |
| Liatris elegantula | Shaggy Blazing Star Greene's Elegant Gayfeather Greene's Elegant Blazing Star Elegant Shaggy Gayfeather Elegant Shaggy Blazing Star | |
| Linum neomexicanum | New Mexico Yellow Flax | |
| Liatris pilosa | Shaggy Blazing Star Shaggy Gayfeather Shaggy Liatris Grass-leaf Blazingstar | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star Dotted Gayfeather Dotted Liatris Purples | |
| Liatris punctata var. mexicana | Mexican Blazing Star Mexican Gayfeather Mexican Liatris Purples | |
| Liatris punctata var. mucronata | Texas Gayfeather Texas Blazing Star Texas Liatris Cusp Liatris Cusp Blazing Star Cusp Gayfeather Narrow-leaf Blazing Star Narrow-leaf Gayfeather Purples | |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Prairie Gayfeather Prairie Liatris Kansas Blazing Star Kansas Gayfeather Kansas Liatris Cat-tail Blazing Star Cat-tail Gayfeather Cat-tail Liatris Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
| Lobelia glandulosa | Glade Lobelia | |
| Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife | |
| Lythrum lineare | Wand Lythrum Saltmarsh Loosestrife | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Najas gracillima | Slender Waternymph | |
| Nicolletia edwardsii | Edwards' Hole-in-the-sand Plant | |
| Nicotiana obtusifolia | Desert Tobacco Little Tobacco Tabaquillo Punche | |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower | |
| Oenothera drummondii | Beach Evening-primrose Beach Evening Primrose | |
| Oligoneuron rigidum | Stiff Goldenrod Hard-leaf Goldenrod | |
| Oxalis drummondii | Drummond's Wood-sorrel Large-leaf Wood-sorrel Drummond's Woodsorrel | |
| Parnassia caroliniana | Carolina Grass-of-parnassus | |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
| Palafoxia riograndensis | Rio Grande Palafox | |
| Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia | |
| Passiflora suberosa | Corkstem Passionflower | |
| Palafoxia texana | Texas Palafox | |
| Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort Broom Nailwort Yellow Nailwort Park's Nailwort | |
| Perityle aglossa | Bluff Rockdaisy Rayless Rockdaisy | |
| Pectis angustifolia | Limoncillo Lemonscent Crownseed Pectis Lemon-scented Pectis Lemonscent Pectis Lemonweed Chinchweed Fetid Marigold | |
| Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Desert Penstemon Desert Beardtongue Rosy Desert Penstemon Rosy Desert Beardtongue Canyon Penstemon Canyon Beardtongue Mohave Penstemon Mohave Beardtongue | |
| Phytolacca americana | American Pokeweed Great Pokeweed Pokeweed Pokeberry Red Ink Plant Pigeonberry | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
| Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia | Narrowleaf Silkgrass Grass-leaved Golden-aster | |
| Pilea pumila | Canadian Clearweed Clearweed | |
| Pinguicula pumila | Small Butterwort Bog Violet Dwarf Butterwort | |
| Pluchea odorata var. odorata | Sweetscent Marsh Fleabane Southern Marsh Fleabane | |
| Plumbago scandens | Doctorbush Summer Snow Plumbago Mexican Plumbago | |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush | |
| Polygala incarnata | Procession Flower Pink Milkwort | |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed | |
| Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme | |
| Polygala verticillata | Whorled Milkwort | |
| Psathyrotopsis scaposa | Naked Turtleback Naked Brittlestem | |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
| Rotala ramosior | Lowland Rotala | |
| Ruellia drummondiana | Drummond's Ruellia Drummond's Wild Petunia | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima | Black-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Pinewoods Coneflower | |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower Greenhead Coneflower Cutleaf Coneflower Wild Goldenglow Sochan | |
| Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower Sweet Black-eyed Susan | |
| Rudbeckia texana | Texas Coneflower | |
| Rudbeckia triloba | Browneyed Susan Brown-eyed-susan Thin-leaved Coneflower Three-lobed Rudbeckia | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
| Sabatia brevifolia | Shortleaf Rose Gentian Shortleaf Rose-gentian Narrowleaf Sabatia White Marsh-pink White Sabatia | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
| Sagittaria lancifolia | Lanceleaf Arrowhead Duck-potato Bulltongue Arrowhead Bull-tongue Arrowhead | |
| Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead Arrowhead Duckroot Duck-potato Wapato | |
| Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media | Bulltongue Arrowhead Scythe-fruit Arrowhead | |
| Sairocarpus multiflorus | Sierra Snapdragon Multi-flowered Snapdragon | |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | |
| Sedum nanifolium | Dwarf Stonecrop | |
| Sedum wrightii | Wright's Stonecrop | |
| Simsia calva | Awnless Bush Sunflower Bush Sunflower | |
| Silene regia | Royal Catchfly | |
| Sisyrinchium sagittiferum | Spearbract Blue-eyed Grass Blue-eyed Grass | |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
| Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Giant Goldenrod | |
| Solidago rugosa | Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod Rough-leaved Goldenrod Roughleaf Goldenrod Rough-stemmed Goldenrod Roughstem Goldenrod | |
| Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod | |
| Solanum umbelliferum | Bluewitch Nightshade Bluewitch Barba De Chivo | |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua | Desert Globemallow Apricot Globe-mallow Desert Mallow Globe Mallow Apricot Mallow | |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Narrowleaf Globemallow Copper Globemallow Copper Mallow | |
| Spiranthes cernua | Nodding Ladies'-tresses Ladies'-tresses Nodding Lady's Tresses | |
| Stachys coccinea | Scarlet Betony Texas Betony Scarlet Hedgenettle Scarlet Hedge-nettle | |
| Stemodia lanata | Woolly Stemodia Gray-woolly Twintip | |
| Stenosiphon linifolius | False Gaura | |
| Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Broad-leaved Aster Common Blue Wood Aster Heartleaf Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum divaricatum | Southern Annual Saltmarsh Aster Lawn American-aster White Wood Aster Saltmarsh Aster Slender Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum drummondii var. texanum | Drummond's Aster Texas Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster White Aster White Prairie Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
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