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Native plants in El Cajon

47 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

3 of them need no watering beyond El Cajon’s own rainfall

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Trees2

Canopy and structure

Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0

Sensation Boxelder

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Grasses3

Movement and texture

Deergrass

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Alkali Sacaton

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

No watering needed Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

Perennials29

Seasonal colour

California Poppy

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Photo: klicklo · CC BY 4.0

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Photo: jen · CC0 1.0

Common Yarrow

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Common Sunflower

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

White Sagebrush

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

Narrowleaf milkweed

Narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Photo: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0

California figwort

California figwort

Scrophularia californica

Photo: Casey H. Richart · CC BY 4.0

Tidy Tips

Tidy Tips

Layia platyglossa

Photo: Adam J. Searcy · CC BY 4.0

Bird's Eyes

Bird's Eyes

Gilia tricolor 'Bird's Eyes'

California Buttercup

California Buttercup

Ranunculus californicus

Photo: lazarus · CC BY 4.0

Scouring Rush

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Lewis Flax

Lewis Flax

Linum lewisii

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Checker Mallow

Checker Mallow

Sidalcea malviflora 'Rosaly'

White Baby Blue Eyes

White Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Snow White'

Globe Gilia

Globe Gilia

Gilia capitata

Photo: Judi Sanders · CC BY 4.0

Arroyo Lupine

Arroyo Lupine

Lupinus succulentus

Photo: Ike Ikemori · CC BY 4.0

Woodland Clarkia

Woodland Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata 'Woodland Clarkia'

Chinese Houses

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

Photo: joergmlpts · CC BY 4.0

Tufted Poppy

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Tiny Lupine

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

Tarragon

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 1.0

California Poppy

California Poppy

Platystemon californicus

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Parry's Phacelia

Parry's Phacelia

Phacelia parryi

Photo: John Cowles · CC0 1.0

Sacred Datura

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering needed Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Golden Crownbeard

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Hairy Gumweed

Hairy Gumweed

Grindelia hirsutula

Photo: Mary K. Hanson · CC BY 4.0

Rosilla Sneezeweed

Rosilla Sneezeweed

Helenium puberulum

Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0

Western Thistle

Western Thistle

Cirsium occidentale

Photo: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0

Common Water Crowfoot

Common Water Crowfoot

Ranunculus aquatilis 'White Picotee'

Ferns1

Shade and damp

Water Clover

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Succulents2

Dry and architectural

Whipple's Yucca

Whipple's Yucca

Hesperoyucca whipplei

Photo: Skyler K · CC BY 4.0

Chalk Dudleya

Chalk Dudleya

Dudleya pulverulenta

Photo: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0

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