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Native plants in South Gate

40 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

13 of them need no watering beyond South Gate’s own rainfall

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Trees2

Canopy and structure

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Shrubs12

Backbone planting

White Sage

Salvia apiana

No watering needed Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Pozo Blue Sage

Salvia x leucophylla 'Pozo Blue'

Cleveland Sage

Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gilman'

No watering needed

Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 1.0

Matilija Poppy

Romneya coulteri

No watering needed Photo: barranquer · CC BY 4.0

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Photo: Dan Horowitz · CC0 1.0

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Photo: Susan Berry · CC0 1.0

Pigeon Point Dwarf Coyote Bush

Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point'

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

Grasses2

Movement and texture

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

No watering needed Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

No watering needed Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Perennials25

Seasonal colour

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Photo: klicklo · CC BY 4.0

Western Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Photo: jen · CC0 1.0

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Photo: Dan Horowitz · CC0 1.0

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

Beach Strawberry Chilean Strawberry

Fragaria chiloensis 'Carole Ann'

Narrowleaf milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Photo: Ryan Donnelly · 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'

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Checker Mallow

Sidalcea malviflora 'Rosaly'

White Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii 'Snow White'

Globe Gilia

Gilia capitata

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'

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

Photo: joergmlpts · CC BY 4.0

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Tiny Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus 'microcarpus'

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 1.0

Lacy phacelia Bluebell phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

No watering needed Photo: Steve Woodward · CC0 1.0

Sticky Phacelia

Phacelia viscida

Photo: Kylie Etter · CC BY 4.0

Parry's Phacelia

Phacelia parryi

No watering needed Photo: John Cowles · CC0 1.0

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

Hairy Gumweed

Grindelia hirsutula

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

Ferns2

Shade and damp

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Succulents1

Dry and architectural

Whipple's Yucca

Hesperoyucca whipplei

No watering needed Photo: Skyler K · CC BY 4.0

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