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Native plants in San Buenaventura

56 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

27 of them need no watering beyond San Buenaventura’s own rainfall

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White Fir

White Fir

Abies concolor

Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0
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
Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0
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

No watering neededPhoto: 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'

Alkali Sacaton

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

No watering neededPhoto: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0
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

Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus

Woolly Sedge

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Photo: Patrice Dupont · CC BY 4.0

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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

No watering neededPhoto: 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
White Sagebrush

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

No watering needed
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

No watering neededPhoto: 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
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'

No watering needed
Globe Gilia

Globe Gilia

Gilia capitata

No watering neededPhoto: 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'

No watering needed
Chinese Houses

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

No watering neededPhoto: 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
Sticky Phacelia

Sticky Phacelia

Phacelia viscida

No watering neededPhoto: 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
Western Thistle

Western Thistle

Cirsium occidentale

No watering neededPhoto: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0

Ferns1

Water Clover

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Succulents3

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
Sea Lettuce

Sea Lettuce

Dudleya caespitosa

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