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California-Southern Recommended

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.

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Layia platyglossaCoastal Tidytips
Larrea tridentataCreosote Bush
Greasewood
Hediondilla
Governadora
Guamis
Leucothoe davisiaeSierra Laurel
Sierran Doghobble
Western Leucothoe
Leptosiphon grandiflorusLargeflower Linanthus
Large-flower Desert-trumpets
Mountain Phlox
Leymus triticoidesBeardless Wildrye
Beardless Lyme Grass
Creeping Wildrye
Linanthus dianthiflorusFringed Linanthus
Fringed Desert-trumpets
Ground Linanthus
Ground-pink
Lupinus arboreusYellow Bush Lupine
Bush Lupine
Tree Lupine
Lupinus densiflorus var. aureusWhitewhorl Lupine
Golden Lupine
Lupinus grayiSierra Lupine
Lupinus nanusOcean-blue Lupine
Sky Lupine
Lupinus polyphyllusBigleaf Lupine
Blue-pod Lupine
Meadow Lupine
Bog Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorusMojave Lupine
Sand Lupine
Lupinus succulentusHollowleaf Annual Lupine
Hollow-leaf Annual Lupine
Arroyo Lupine
Succulent Lupine
Lupinus vallicolaOpen Lupine
Malosma laurinaLaurel Sumac
Laurel-leaf Sumac
Mahonia nervosaCascade Barberry
Cascade Oregon-grape
Dwarf Oregon-grape
Mahonia neviniiNevin's Barberry
Mahonia repensCreeping Barberry
Creeping Oregon-grape
Melica imperfectaSmallflower Melic Grass
Coast Range Melic Grass
Smallflower Melic
Coast Range Melic
Oniongrass
Mentzelia laevicaulisSmoothstem Blazingstar
Giant Blazingstar
Evening Star
Stick Leaf
Mentzelia lindleyiLindley's Blazingstar
Evening Star
Mimulus bicolorYellow-and-white Monkeyflower
Mimulus guttatusYellow Monkeyflower
Golden Monkeyflower
Seep Monkeyflower
Common Monkeyflower
Seep Monkey-flower
Mimulus kelloggiiKellogg's Monkeyflower
Mimulus lewisiiPurple Monkeyflower
Great Purple Monkeyflower
Lewis Monkeyflower
Lewis's Monkeyflower
Mimulus primuloidesPrimrose Monkeyflower
Yellow Creeping Monkeyflower
Creeping Yellow Monkeyflower
Yellow Creeping Monkey-flower
Morella californicaPacific Wax Myrtle
California Wax Myrtle
Pacific Bayberry
California Bayberry
Nemophila maculataFivespot
Nemophila menziesiiBaby Blue Eyes
Menzies Baby Blue Eyes
Notholithocarpus densiflorusTan Oak
Tanoak
Tan-oak
Tanbark-oak
Nolina parryiParry's Beargrass
Bigelow Nolina
Parry's Bear-grass
Oenothera caespitosaTufted Evening Primrose
Gumbo Evening Primrose
Gumbo Lily
Fragrant Evening Primrose
Tufted Evening-primrose
Oenothera deltoidesBirdcage Evening-primrose
Fragrant Primrose
Desert Evening-primrose
Birdcage Primrose
Dune Evening Primrose
Devil's-lantern
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeriHooker's Evening-primrose
Giant Evening-primrose
Oenothera pallidaPale Evening-primrose
Parkinsonia floridaBlue Paloverde
Peritoma arboreaBladderpod Spiderflower
Bladderpod
Bladderbush
Burro-fat
Spiderflower
Peritoma arborea var. arboreaBladderpod Spiderflower
Bladderpod
Bladderbush
Burro-fat
Spiderflower
Peritoma arborea var. angustataNarrowfruit Bladderpod
Narrowfruit Bladderpod Spiderflower
Narrowfruit Bladderbush Spiderflower
Peritoma arborea var. globosaRoundfruit Bladderpod
Roundfruit Bladderpod Spiderflower
Roundfruit Bladderbush Spiderflower
Penstemon centranthifoliusScarlet Bugler
Penstemon clevelandiiCleveland's Penstemon
Cleveland's Beardtongue
Penstemon eatoniiFirecracker Penstemon
Firecracker Beardtongue
Eaton's Penstemon
Eaton's Beardtongue
Penstemon heterophyllusBunchleaf Penstemon
Bunchleaf Beardtongue
Foothill Penstemon
Foothill Beardtongue
Peritoma jonesiiJones Bee-plant
Jones Spiderflower
Peritoma luteaYellow Bee-plant
Yellow Spiderflower
Penstemon palmeriPalmer's Penstemon
Palmer's Beardtongue
Scented Penstemon
Scented Beardtongue
Peritoma serrulataRocky Mountain Bee-plant
Stinking-clover
Bee Spiderflower
Navajo Spinach
Pink Cleome
Toothed Spiderflower
Skunkweed
Penstemon spectabilisShowy Penstemon
Showy Beardtongue
Royal Penstemon
Royal Beardtongue
Phacelia campanulariaDesert Bells
Desert Canterbury Bells
Desert Bluebells
Bluebells
Philadelphus lewisiiLewis' Mock Orange
Mock Orange
California Mock Orange
Phacelia minorWild Canterbury Bells
California Bells
Phacelia parryiParry's Phacelia
Pholistoma racemosumRacemed Fiestaflower
Racemed Fiesta-flower
Phacelia tanacetifoliaLacy Phacelia
Lacy Scorpion-weed
Pinus coulteriCoulter Pine
Pinus jeffreyiJeffrey Pine
Pinus lambertianaSugar Pine
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine
Western Yellow Pine
Pino Blanco
Pinus radiataMonterey Pine
Platystemon californicusCreamcups
California Creamcups
Pleuraphis rigidaBig Galleta
Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosaHoney Mesquite
Prunus ilicifoliaHollyleaf Cherry
Prosopis velutinaVelvet Mesquite
Pseudotsuga macrocarpaBigcone Douglas-fir
Big-cone Douglas-fir
Big-cone Spruce
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir
Blue Douglas Fir
Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicataBluebunch Wheatgrass
Bluebunch-wheat Grass
Psilostrophe tagetinaWoolly Paperflower
Paperflower
Purshia mexicanaMexican Cliffrose
Chinacates
Chivatillo
Romerillo Cimarrã³N
Romero
Romero Cedro
Purshia tridentataAntelope Bitterbrush
Bitterbrush
Antelope Brush
Quercus agrifoliaCalifornia Live Oak
Coast Live Oak
Encino Verde
Quercus chrysolepisCanyon Live Oak
Quercus douglasiiBlue Oak
Quercus dumosaCoastal Sage Scrub Oak
Nuttall's Scrub Oak
Quercus engelmanniiEngelmann Oak
Engelmann's Oak
Quercus kelloggiiCalifornia Black Oak
Quercus lobataValley Oak
Quercus wislizeniInterior Live Oak
Rhododendron macrophyllumPacific Rhododendron
California Rhododendron
California Rosebay
Red Rhododendron
Rhododendron occidentaleWestern Azalea
Rhus ovataSugar Sumac
Sugarbush
Rhus trilobataSkunkbush
Skunkbush Sumac
Fragrant Sumac
Aromatic Sumac
Scented Sumac
Ill-scented Sumac
Basketbush
Squawbush
Ribes aureumGolden Currant
Romneya coulteriCoulter's Matilija Poppy
Matilija Poppy
Fried-egg Flower
Rudbeckia hirtaBlack-eyed Susan
Common Black-eyed Susan
Brown-eyed Susan
Blackeyed Susan
Salvia apianaWhite Sage
California White Sage
Salvia clevelandiiFragrant Sage
Blue Sage
Cleveland Sage
Salvia columbariaeCalifornia Sage
Chia Sage
Golden Chia
Desert Chia
Chia
Salvia leucophyllaSan Luis Purple Sage
Purple Sage
Salvia melliferaBlack Sage
California Black Sage
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensisCommon Elderberry
Black Elder
Mexican Elderberry
Common Elder
Elderberry
Tapiro
Sauco
Salvia sonomensisCreeping Sage
Senegalia greggiiGregg Acacia
Gregg's Acacia
Gregg Catclaw Acacia
Gregg's Catclaw Acacia
Gregg Catclaw
Gregg's Catclaw
Texas Catclaw Acacia
Texas Catclaw
Long-flowered Catclaw Acacia
Longflower Catclaw Acacia
Long-flowered Catclaw
Longflower Catclaw
Catclaw Acacia
Catclaw
Devil's Claw
Uña De Gato
Sequoia sempervirensCoast Redwood
California Redwood
Redwood
Shepherdia argenteaSilver Buffaloberry
Buffaloberry
Sisyrinchium bellumWestern Blue-eyed Grass
California Blue-eyed-grass
Silene californicaIndian Pink
Indian-pink
Sisyrinchium californicumGolden Blue-eyed Grass
Simmondsia chinensisJojoba
Goatnut
Quinine Plant
Coffeeberry
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