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Native plants in Perris

39 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

2 of them need no watering beyond Perris’s own rainfall

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Trees4

Canopy and structure

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'

Sugar Hackberry

Celtis laevigata

Photo: lanechaffin · CC0 1.0

Shrubs10

Backbone planting

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0

White Sage

Salvia apiana

Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0

Matilija Poppy

Romneya coulteri

Photo: barranquer · CC BY 4.0

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Photo: Susan Berry · CC0 1.0

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'

False Indigo Bush

Amorpha fruticosa

Photo: Dmitry Trutsko · CC BY 4.0

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Grasses3

Movement and texture

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Photo: Patrice Dupont · CC BY 4.0

Perennials24

Seasonal colour

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Photo: klicklo · CC BY 4.0

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Photo: jen · CC0 1.0

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

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

Photo: Adam J. Searcy · 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

Photo: Ike Ikemori · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

Photo: joergmlpts · CC BY 4.0

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

Tidy Tips

Layia glandulosa

No watering needed Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 1.0

California Poppy

Platystemon californicus

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Parry's Phacelia

Phacelia parryi

Photo: John Cowles · CC0 1.0

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Rosilla Sneezeweed

Helenium puberulum

Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0

Western Thistle

Cirsium occidentale

Photo: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0

Desert Mallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

No watering needed Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Ferns2

Shade and damp

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Succulents1

Dry and architectural

Whipple's Yucca

Hesperoyucca whipplei

Photo: Skyler K · CC BY 4.0

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