Native plants by state › California
6,933 native plants recorded · records in 58 of 58 counties · USDA hardiness zones 6a to 10b
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Open the Native Plant FinderA few of California's best garden natives. Choose any of them to see where it grows and what it needs, or browse all 6,933, with filters.
Wildflowers
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Turkey Tangle Fogfruit
Phyla nodiflora
Forb · Part Shade, Sun · to 6 in · blooms May–November
Photo: Lord Koxinga · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Forb · Part Shade, Sun · to 3 ft · blooms April–September
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Broadleaf Cattail
Typha latifolia
Forb · Part Shade, Sun · to 10 ft · blooms April–June
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Upright Prairie Coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Forb · Sun · to 3 ft · blooms May–October
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Canada Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
Forb · Part Shade, Sun · to 6 ft · blooms September–November
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Scarlet Gilia
Ipomopsis aggregata
Forb · Part Shade · to 3 ft · blooms August–October
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Blackeyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Forb · Sun · to 3 ft · blooms June–October
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Stream Orchid
Epipactis gigantea
Forb · Shade, Part Shade · to 4.5 ft · blooms April–July
Photo: Don Loarie · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
Forb · Part Shade, Sun · to 2.5 ft · blooms May–July
Photo: Salicyna · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
Shrubs
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Creosote Bush
Larrea tridentata
Shrub or subshrub · Part Shade · to 10 ft · blooms March–September
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
Shrub or subshrub · Part Shade · to 8 ft · blooms April–October
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Mountain Snowberry
Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Shrub or subshrub · Part Shade · to 12 ft · blooms May–August
Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Mountain Pepperweed
Lepidium montanum
Shrub or subshrub, Forb · Part Shade · to 2 ft · blooms March–June
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Shrub or subshrub · Part Shade · to 12 ft · blooms May–December
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Turpentine Bush
Ericameria laricifolia
Shrub or subshrub, Dwarf or creeping shrub · Part Shade, Sun · to 6 ft · blooms August–November
Photo: Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
Trees
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Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Shrub or subshrub, Tree · Shade, Part Shade, Sun · to 30 ft · blooms April–July
Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Common Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Shrub or subshrub, Tree · Shade, Part Shade · to 12 ft · blooms June–September
Photo: smallcurio from Austin, TX · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Utah Serviceberry
Amelanchier utahensis
Shrub or subshrub, Tree · Part Shade · to 15 ft · blooms April–June
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Tree · Shade, Part Shade, Sun · to 100 ft · blooms March–June
Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Bigleaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
Tree · Shade, Part Shade, Sun · to 100 ft · blooms April–May
Photo: Thayne Tuason · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
Grasses and sedges
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Blue Wildrye
Elymus glaucus
Grass or grass-like (graminoid) · Part Shade · to 4 ft · blooms June–July
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
Grass or grass-like (graminoid) · Part Shade, Sun · to 4 ft · blooms April–May
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
Grass or grass-like (graminoid)
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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California Brome
Bromus carinatus
Grass or grass-like (graminoid) · Part Shade · to 6 ft · blooms March–July
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
Plant records as of 2026-09-26.
About this data
“Native” means the USDA lists the plant as native to the region, and it has been recorded in this state. Records come from USDA PLANTS county and state data.
Why some counties look empty. A county with few or no records usually hasn't been surveyed much — it doesn't mean few plants grow there. Try a neighboring county or the whole state.
Rare plants. County locations of rare and at-risk plants are withheld, and they are never featured here, to protect them.
Safety. Hazard data is incomplete. Check a plant's safety notes in the tool before planting where children or pets play.
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