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Native plants in Santa Barbara

59 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

31 of them need no watering beyond Santa Barbara’s own rainfall

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Trees3

Canopy and structure

White Fir

Abies concolor

Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering needed Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Shrubs16

Backbone planting

White Sage

Salvia apiana

No watering needed Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Pozo Blue Sage

Salvia x leucophylla 'Pozo Blue'

No watering needed

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

No watering needed Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0

Ocean Spray

Holodiscus discolor

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Matilija Poppy

Romneya coulteri

No watering needed Photo: barranquer · CC BY 4.0

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

No watering needed Photo: Dan Horowitz · CC0 1.0

White Sand Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

No watering needed Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

Tree Lupine

Lupinus arboreus

Photo: nick_goldwater · CC BY 4.0

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Photo: Owen McElroy · CC0 1.0

Dark Star California Lilac

Ceanothus x impressus 'Dark Star'

Pigeon Point Dwarf Coyote Bush

Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point'

No watering needed

Chester Blackberry

Rubus ursinus 'Chester'

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering needed Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

No watering needed Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Chamisso Bush Lupine

Lupinus chamissonis

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Grasses5

Movement and texture

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

No watering needed Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Carman's Grey Rush

Juncus patens 'Carmans Grey'

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteo Picta'

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Photo: Patrice Dupont · CC BY 4.0

Perennials33

Seasonal colour

Improved Rugen Strawberry

Fragaria vesca 'Improved Rugen'

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

No watering needed Photo: klicklo · CC BY 4.0

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Photo: jen · CC0 1.0

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

No watering needed Photo: Dan Horowitz · CC0 1.0

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

No watering needed Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

Beach Strawberry Chilean Strawberry

Fragaria chiloensis 'Carole Ann'

Carman's Grey Rush

Juncus patens 'Carmans Grey'

Narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

No watering needed Photo: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0

California figwort

Scrophularia californica

Photo: Casey H. Richart · CC BY 4.0

Tidy Tips

Layia platyglossa

No watering needed Photo: Adam J. Searcy · CC BY 4.0

Bird's Eyes

Gilia tricolor 'Bird's Eyes'

California Buttercup

Ranunculus californicus

Photo: lazarus · CC BY 4.0

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Checker Mallow

Sidalcea malviflora 'Rosaly'

White Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Snow White'

No watering needed

Globe Gilia

Gilia capitata

No watering needed Photo: Judi Sanders · CC BY 4.0

Arroyo Lupine

Lupinus succulentus

No watering needed Photo: Ike Ikemori · CC BY 4.0

Woodland Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata 'Woodland Clarkia'

No watering needed

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

No watering needed Photo: joergmlpts · CC BY 4.0

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

No watering needed Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

No watering needed

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

No watering needed Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 1.0

Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

No watering needed Photo: Steve Woodward · CC0 1.0

California Poppy

Platystemon californicus

No watering needed Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Sticky Phacelia

Phacelia viscida

No watering needed Photo: Kylie Etter · CC BY 4.0

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering needed Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Largeflower Collomia

Collomia grandiflora

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

No watering needed Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Hairy Gumweed

Grindelia hirsutula

No watering needed Photo: Mary K. Hanson · CC BY 4.0

Rosilla Sneezeweed

Helenium puberulum

Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0

Western Thistle

Cirsium occidentale

No watering needed Photo: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0

Ferns3

Shade and damp

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Photo: Jon Mortin · CC BY 4.0

Western Sword Fern

Polystichum munitum

Photo: John A Haskins · CC BY 4.0

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Succulents4

Dry and architectural

Whipple's Yucca

Hesperoyucca whipplei

No watering needed Photo: Skyler K · CC BY 4.0

Chalk Dudleya

Dudleya pulverulenta

No watering needed Photo: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0

Canyon Liveforever

Dudleya cymosa 'Orange Form'

No watering needed

Sea Lettuce

Dudleya caespitosa

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