California

One of the more striking and interesting native wildflowers of the West, this tall, unusual looking plant has no ray flowers, but produces a large,...

A mounding, tufted, native fine-leaved fescue for wild lawns, septic drain fields, parks, pet enclosures, and more. Western fescue is a widespread ...

The most humble, resilient and cheerful meadow wildflower. Like self heal and cinquefoil, yarrow is a defining meadow plant. Thriving in disturbed ...

A great bee plant for wet and poorly drained soils. Native to Oregon and northern California, white meadowfoam is sometimes commercially cultivated...

This plant is one of the overlooked gems of the West. It’s a fiber plant (like its domesticated cousin) – useful for fabric, nets, cordage, baskets...

A hardy, tough, showy plant for poorly drained sites. Although this is the most common native iris in western North America, it’s mostly a species ...

Another splendidly long-lived western wildflower with an edible bulb. Also known as white brodiaea, and fool’s onion, this is a plant that can grow...

Easy to Grow! Somewhat uncommon in nature. That’s probably the first thing that comes to mind when we think of this little plant with its sublime i...

A soft-textured, native ‘turf-type’ yarrow selection suitable almost nationwide for flowering wild lawns. Although very much a wild plant, and name...

An extraordinary long-blooming honey plant, regularly producing nectar of more than 20% sugar concentrations (sometimes concentrations of more than...

Also known as seep-spring monkey flower (and formerly classified as Mimulus guttatus), there is extensive research on this plant, in part because o...