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Native plants in Los Angeles

57 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

21 of them need no watering beyond Los Angeles’s own rainfall

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Western Redbud

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Photo: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0
Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0
Sensation Boxelder

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

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Golden Currant

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum

Photo: Jeff D Hansen · CC BY 4.0
White Sage

White Sage

Salvia apiana

No watering neededPhoto: Rod · CC0 1.0
Pozo Blue Sage

Pozo Blue Sage

Salvia x leucophylla 'Pozo Blue'

No watering needed
Western Redbud

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Photo: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0
Cleveland Sage

Cleveland Sage

Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gilman'

No watering needed
Autumn Amber Prostrate Three-leaf Sumac

Autumn Amber Prostrate Three-leaf Sumac

Rhus trilobata 'Autumn Amber'

No watering needed
Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0
Ocean Spray

Ocean Spray

Holodiscus discolor

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0
Blue Springs Penstemon

Blue Springs Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs'

Matilija Poppy

Matilija Poppy

Romneya coulteri

No watering neededPhoto: barranquer · CC BY 4.0
Hummingbird Sage

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Photo: Dan Horowitz · CC0 1.0
White Sand Lupine

White Sand Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
Red Twig Dogwood

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Fragrant Sumac

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Photo: Susan Berry · CC0 1.0
Snowberry

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Photo: Owen McElroy · CC0 1.0
Pigeon Point Dwarf Coyote Bush

Pigeon Point Dwarf Coyote Bush

Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point'

Chester Blackberry

Chester Blackberry

Rubus ursinus 'Chester'

Sacred Datura

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering neededPhoto: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0
Golden Crownbeard

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

No watering neededPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

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Deergrass

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

No watering neededPhoto: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0
Carman's Grey Rush

Carman's Grey Rush

Juncus patens 'Carmans Grey'

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

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California Poppy

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

No watering neededPhoto: klicklo · CC BY 4.0
Western Blue-eyed Grass

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Photo: jen · CC0 1.0
Blue Springs Penstemon

Blue Springs Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs'

Hummingbird Sage

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Photo: Dan Horowitz · CC0 1.0
Common Yarrow

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0
Common Sunflower

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

No watering neededPhoto: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0
Beach Strawberry Chilean Strawberry

Beach Strawberry Chilean Strawberry

Fragaria chiloensis 'Carole Ann'

Carman's Grey Rush

Carman's Grey Rush

Juncus patens 'Carmans Grey'

Narrowleaf milkweed

Narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Photo: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0
Starry Solomon's Seal

Starry Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

Photo: mel letterman · CC BY 4.0
California figwort

California figwort

Scrophularia californica

Photo: Casey H. Richart · CC BY 4.0
Tidy Tips

Tidy Tips

Layia platyglossa

No watering neededPhoto: 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
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

No watering neededPhoto: 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
Tarragon

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 1.0
Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Steve Woodward · CC0 1.0
Common Madia

Common Madia

Madia elegans

Photo: Irene · CC0 1.0
California Poppy

California Poppy

Platystemon californicus

No watering neededPhoto: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0
Sticky Phacelia

Sticky Phacelia

Phacelia viscida

Photo: Kylie Etter · CC BY 4.0
Parry's Phacelia

Parry's Phacelia

Phacelia parryi

No watering neededPhoto: John Cowles · CC0 1.0
Sacred Datura

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering neededPhoto: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0
Golden Crownbeard

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

No watering neededPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0
Hairy Gumweed

Hairy Gumweed

Grindelia hirsutula

No watering neededPhoto: Mary K. Hanson · CC BY 4.0
Rosilla Sneezeweed

Rosilla Sneezeweed

Helenium puberulum

Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0

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Southern Maidenhair Fern

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0
Water Clover

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

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Whipple's Yucca

Whipple's Yucca

Hesperoyucca whipplei

No watering neededPhoto: Skyler K · CC BY 4.0
Chalk Dudleya

Chalk Dudleya

Dudleya pulverulenta

No watering neededPhoto: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0
Canyon Liveforever

Canyon Liveforever

Dudleya cymosa 'Orange Form'

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