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Native plants in Chino Hills

59 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

24 of them need no watering beyond Chino Hills’s own rainfall

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Trees4

Canopy and structure

White Fir

Abies concolor

Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering needed Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'

No watering needed

Shrubs20

Backbone planting

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum

Photo: Jeff D Hansen · CC BY 4.0

White Sage

Salvia apiana

No watering needed Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Pozo Blue Sage

Salvia x leucophylla 'Pozo Blue'

No watering needed

Cleveland Sage

Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gilman'

No watering needed

Autumn Amber Prostrate Three-leaf Sumac

Rhus trilobata 'Autumn Amber'

No watering needed

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering needed Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0

Ocean Spray

Holodiscus discolor

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Blue Springs Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs'

Matilija Poppy

Romneya coulteri

No watering needed Photo: barranquer · CC BY 4.0

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Photo: Dan Horowitz · CC0 1.0

White Sand Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Photo: Susan Berry · CC0 1.0

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Photo: Owen McElroy · CC0 1.0

False Indigo Bush

Amorpha fruticosa

Photo: Dmitry Trutsko · CC BY 4.0

Pigeon Point Dwarf Coyote Bush

Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point'

Chester Blackberry

Rubus ursinus 'Chester'

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering needed Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

No watering needed Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'

No watering needed

Grasses4

Movement and texture

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

No watering needed Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

No watering needed Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Photo: Patrice Dupont · CC BY 4.0

Perennials33

Seasonal colour

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

No watering needed Photo: klicklo · CC BY 4.0

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Photo: jen · CC0 1.0

Blue Springs Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs'

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Photo: Dan Horowitz · CC0 1.0

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

No watering needed Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

Bigleaf Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus

Photo: Teemu Väisänen · CC BY 4.0

Narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Photo: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0

California figwort

Scrophularia californica

Photo: Casey H. Richart · CC BY 4.0

Tidy Tips

Layia platyglossa

No watering needed Photo: Adam J. Searcy · CC BY 4.0

California Buttercup

Ranunculus californicus

Photo: lazarus · CC BY 4.0

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Checker Mallow

Sidalcea malviflora 'Rosaly'

White Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Snow White'

Globe Gilia

Gilia capitata

Photo: Judi Sanders · CC BY 4.0

Arroyo Lupine

Lupinus succulentus

No watering needed Photo: Ike Ikemori · CC BY 4.0

Woodland Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata 'Woodland Clarkia'

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

Photo: joergmlpts · CC BY 4.0

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Tidy Tips

Layia glandulosa

No watering needed Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 1.0

Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

No watering needed Photo: Steve Woodward · CC0 1.0

Bitterroot

Lewisia rediviva 'Cliff Maids'

No watering needed

Common Madia

Madia elegans

Photo: Irene · CC0 1.0

California Poppy

Platystemon californicus

No watering needed Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Parry's Phacelia

Phacelia parryi

No watering needed Photo: John Cowles · CC0 1.0

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering needed Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

No watering needed Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Hairy Gumweed

Grindelia hirsutula

No watering needed Photo: Mary K. Hanson · CC BY 4.0

Rosilla Sneezeweed

Helenium puberulum

Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0

Western Thistle

Cirsium occidentale

Photo: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0

Ferns1

Shade and damp

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Succulents3

Dry and architectural

Whipple's Yucca

Hesperoyucca whipplei

No watering needed Photo: Skyler K · CC BY 4.0

Chalk Dudleya

Dudleya pulverulenta

No watering needed Photo: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0

Canyon Liveforever

Dudleya cymosa 'Orange Form'

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