BOTANICAL NAME: Ferocactus viridescens
COMMON NAME: Coast Barrel cactus
FAMILY: Cactaceae
PLANT TYPE: Cacti, Shrub (stem succulent)
LIGHT: Sun
BLOOM: May - June
COLOR: yellow to orange flowers
HABITAT: Coastal Sage Scrub
COMMENTS: A medium to large cactus. Very spiny. Very drought tolerant. Included in the CNPS inventory of rare and endangered plants
BOTANICAL NAME: Plagiobothrys distantiflorus
COMMON NAME:
FAMILY: Boraginaceae
PLANT TYPE: Annual Shrub
LIGHT: Sun to light shade
BLOOM: Mar – May
COLOR: white
HABITAT: Coastal sage scrub
COMMENTS: Annual herb with a spreading or erect stem and white flowers with five petals.
BOTANICAL NAME: Eschscholzia californica
COMMON NAME: California Poppy
FAMILY: Papaveracaea
PLANT TYPE: Perennial
LIGHT: Sun
BLOOM: Feb – Sept
COLOR: yellow
HABITAT: Coastal Sage Scrub
COMMENTS: State flower and are great for naturalizing hillsides. Features long blue-green stems and bright satiny petaled flowers.
BOTANICAL NAME: Salvia apiana
COMMON NAME: White Sage or Bee sage
FAMILY: Lamiaceae
PLANT TYPE: Evergreen Shrub
LIGHT: Sun
BLOOM: Apr – July
COLOR: yellow, white, silvery leaf
HABITAT: Native on the coast. Chaparral
COMMENTS: Aromatic. Grows 3’ to 5’ tall and in the Spring gets a lavender tinged white flower. Bees make a delicate flavored honey from its flowers. Attractive at night as it reflects the moon or garden lighting. Some Indian tribes consider the white sage sacred. Drought tolerant.
BOTANICAL NAME: Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. fasciculatum
COMMON NAME:
FAMILY: Polygonaceae
PLANT TYPE: Shrubby Perrenials
LIGHT: Sun to light shade
BLOOM: March – Oct
COLOR: white
HABITAT: Native on the foothills. Chaparral
COMMENTS: Forms 1’ -3’ clumps offers an abundance of flowers which benefit wildlife. Drought tolerant. Good for erosion control. It is the state’s most wide spread buckwheat. In the Fall as the flower matures they change in appearance from white to rust or coppery seed heads.
BOTANICAL NAME: Helianthemum scoparium
COMMON NAME: Rush Rose or Sunrose
FAMILY: Cistaceae
PLANT TYPE: Evergreen Shrub
LIGHT: Sun to light shade
BLOOM: Mar-June
COLOR: yellow
HABITAT: Native on the coast. Chaparral
COMMENTS:. Five petal, red stem ovary above petal. Also called rock roses. Good drainage is essential. Does well in rock gardens and seashore gardens. They are abundant after a fire.
BOTANICAL NAME: Dudleya lanceolata
COMMON NAME: Lance-Leaf Dudleya
FAMILY: Crassulace
PLANT TYPE: Succulent Perennial
LIGHT: Sun to partial shade
BLOOM: May - July
COLOR: long green stalks filled with rich pink blooms
HABITAT: Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub
COMMENTS: These plants are commonly called “liveforever” and can grow to one foot. They can be totally neglected and still thrive. Very good for rock gardens, they prefer poor rocky, sandy soil. Drought tolerant. A good plant for hummingbirds.
