Native Plants of California
Native plants of California are adapted to the state's Mediterranean climate with dry summers and wet winters. Many are fire-resistant and support endangered pollinators.
Baby blue eyes
Nemophila menziesii
Bladderpod
Peritoma arborea
Blazing star
Mentzelia lindleyi
Blue dicks
Dipterostemon capitatus
Bush anemone
Carpenteria californica
Bush monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
California aster
Symphyotrichum chilense
California bay laurel
Umbellularia californica
California buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
California coffeeberry
Frangula californica
California fan palm
Washingtonia filifera
California flannelbush
Fremontodendron californicum
California fuchsia
Epilobium canum
California goldenrod
Solidago velutina ssp. californica
California hyacinth
Brodiaea coronaria
California lilac
Ceanothus spp.
California phacelia
Phacelia californica
California pipevine
Aristolochia californica
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
California sagebrush
Artemisia californica
California sycamore
Platanus racemosa
Chinese houses
Collinsia heterophylla
Cleveland sage
Salvia clevelandii
Coast redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
Common tidytips
Layia platyglossa
Creosote bush
Larrea tridentata
Douglas iris
Iris douglasiana
Elegant clarkia
Clarkia unguiculata
Foothill penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
Giant sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Globe gilia
Gilia capitata
Goldenstar
Bloomeria crocea
Gooseberries and currants
Ribes spp.
Gumplant
Grindelia camporum
Huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum
Island coral bells
Heuchera maxima
Ithuriel's spear
Triteleia spp.
Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis
Joshua tree
Yucca brevifolia
Lacy phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Lemonade berry
Rhus integrifolia
Mariposa lily
Calochortus spp.
Meadowfoam
Limnanthes douglasii
Miner's lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
Narrowleaf milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
Pacific bleeding heart
Dicentra formosa
Ponderosa pine
Pinus ponderosa
Sages
Salvia spp.
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis
Spicebush
Calycanthus occidentalis
Sugarbush
Rhus ovata
Summer lupine
Lupinus formosus
Valley oak
Quercus lobata
Western wild ginger
Asarum caudatum
Wind poppy
Papaver heterophyllum