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Native plants in Santa Clarita

436 plants are genuinely native to this area — not merely able to survive here. They are grouped below by what they do in a garden, from canopy trees down to groundcovers.

Best represented here: perennials (246), shrubs (142), grasses (53) · 108 of them need no watering beyond Santa Clarita’s own rainfall

Showing 48 plants · 388 more are native here but not in the catalog yet

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Trees3

Western Redbud

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Sensation Boxelder

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Shrubs12

Golden Currant

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum

White Sage

White Sage

Salvia apiana

No watering needed
Pozo Blue Sage

Pozo Blue Sage

Salvia x leucophylla 'Pozo Blue'

Western Redbud

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Autumn Amber Prostrate Three-leaf Sumac

Autumn Amber Prostrate Three-leaf Sumac

Rhus trilobata 'Autumn Amber'

No watering needed
Toyon

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Blue Springs Penstemon

Blue Springs Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs'

White Sand Lupine

White Sand Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Fragrant Sumac

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

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 needed

Grasses2

Alkali Sacaton

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

No watering needed
Woolly Sedge

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Perennials30

California Poppy

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Blue Springs Penstemon

Blue Springs Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs'

Common Yarrow

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Common Sunflower

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

White Sagebrush

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

narrowleaf milkweed

narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

California figwort

California figwort

Scrophularia californica

Tidy Tips

Tidy Tips

Layia platyglossa

Bird's Eyes

Bird's Eyes

Gilia tricolor 'Bird's Eyes'

Scouring Rush

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Checker Mallow

Checker Mallow

Sidalcea malviflora 'Rosaly'

White Baby Blue Eyes

White Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Snow White'

Globe Gilia

Globe Gilia

Gilia capitata

Arroyo Lupine

Arroyo Lupine

Lupinus succulentus

Woodland Clarkia

Woodland Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata 'Woodland Clarkia'

Chinese Houses

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

Tufted Poppy

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

Tiny Lupine

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

Tidy Tips

Tidy Tips

Layia glandulosa

No watering needed
Tarragon

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

No watering needed
Common Madia

Common Madia

Madia elegans

California Poppy

California Poppy

Platystemon californicus

Sticky Phacelia

Sticky Phacelia

Phacelia viscida

Parry's Phacelia

Parry's Phacelia

Phacelia parryi

Sacred Datura

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

No watering needed
Rosilla Sneezeweed

Rosilla Sneezeweed

Helenium puberulum

Western Thistle

Western Thistle

Cirsium occidentale

Punch Bowl Clarkia

Punch Bowl Clarkia

Clarkia bottae 'Punch Bowl'

Ferns2

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Water Clover

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Succulents3

Whipple's Yucca

Whipple's Yucca

Hesperoyucca whipplei

Chalk Dudleya

Chalk Dudleya

Dudleya pulverulenta

No watering needed
Canyon Liveforever

Canyon Liveforever

Dudleya cymosa 'Orange Form'

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