California

Native plants in Sacramento

35 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

10 of them need no watering beyond Sacramento’s own rainfall

Showing 35 plants

Sort

Trees3

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'

Shrubs10

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

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
Pacific Ninebark

Pacific Ninebark

Physocarpus capitatus

Photo: Lyrae · CC BY 4.0
Blue Springs Penstemon

Blue Springs Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs'

White Sand Lupine

White Sand Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
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

Perennials24

California Poppy

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

No watering neededPhoto: klicklo · CC BY 4.0
Showy Milkweed

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

No watering neededPhoto: Karen Guin · 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'

Golden Buckwheat

Golden Buckwheat

Eriogonum umbellatum 'aureum'

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
Self-heal

Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris

Photo: Seig · CC BY 4.0
Broadleaf Arrowhead

Broadleaf Arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Photo: M. Whitson · CC BY 4.0
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

No watering neededPhoto: Adam J. Searcy · CC BY 4.0
Poached Egg Plant

Poached Egg Plant

Limnanthes douglasii

Photo: Anne Parsons · CC0 1.0
Bird's Eyes

Bird's Eyes

Gilia tricolor 'Bird's Eyes'

Scouring Rush

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0
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
Woodland Clarkia

Woodland Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata 'Woodland Clarkia'

No watering needed
Tiny Lupine

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

No watering needed
Common Madia

Common Madia

Madia elegans

Photo: Irene · CC0 1.0
Sacred Datura

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering neededPhoto: Rachel Smith · 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
Western Thistle

Western Thistle

Cirsium occidentale

No watering neededPhoto: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0

Vines1

Roger's Red Grape

Roger's Red Grape

Vitis x californica 'Roger's Red'

Ferns1

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0

More of California

Browse every cityView all North American native plants in California

Design a Sacramento garden with these plants

Snap a photo of your yard and Sow places real, zone-matched plants into it — then keeps the watering and care schedule for everything you plant.

Join Sow for Free