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Native plants in Salinas

33 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

12 of them need no watering beyond Salinas’s own rainfall

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Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0
Sensation Boxelder

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

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Pink-Flowering Currant

Pink-Flowering Currant

Ribes sanguineum 'glutinosum'

Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0
Ocean Spray

Ocean Spray

Holodiscus discolor

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0
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'

Sea Thrift

Sea Thrift

Armeria maritima

Photo: GBIF contributor · 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'

No watering needed
Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum 'Ella Nelson's Yellow'

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Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

Foothill Sedge

Foothill Sedge

Carex tumulicola

Photo: Chris Fluit · CC BY 4.0

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California Poppy

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

No watering neededPhoto: klicklo · CC BY 4.0
False Solomon's Seal

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

Photo: Mason Heberling · CC BY 4.0
Douglas Iris

Douglas Iris

Iris douglasiana

Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0
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
Sea Thrift

Sea Thrift

Armeria maritima

Photo: GBIF contributor · 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
Narrowleaf milkweed

Narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

No watering neededPhoto: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0
Tidy Tips

Tidy Tips

Layia platyglossa

No watering neededPhoto: Adam J. Searcy · CC BY 4.0
California Buttercup

California Buttercup

Ranunculus californicus

Photo: lazarus · CC BY 4.0
Checker Mallow

Checker Mallow

Sidalcea malviflora 'Rosaly'

White Baby Blue Eyes

White Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Snow White'

No watering needed
Woodland Clarkia

Woodland Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata 'Woodland Clarkia'

No watering needed
Chinese Houses

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

No watering neededPhoto: joergmlpts · CC BY 4.0
Tufted Poppy

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

No watering neededPhoto: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0
Tiny Lupine

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

No watering needed
Tarragon

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 1.0
Common Madia

Common Madia

Madia elegans

Photo: Irene · CC0 1.0
French Hybrid Leptosiphon Androsace Leptosiphon

French Hybrid Leptosiphon Androsace Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon androsaceus 'French Hybrids'

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
Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Ella Nelson's Yellow Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum 'Ella Nelson's Yellow'

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