Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
Common Tidytips
Layia platyglossa
Image: Eric Johnston / CC BY-SA 3.0
Lacy Phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Image: Unknown Author / CC0 Public Domain
California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Image: Clara Ambrose / CC0 Public Domain
Elegant Clarkia
Clarkia unguiculata
Image: John Kehoe / CC BY 2.0
Globe Gilia
Gilia capitata
Image: The Marmot / CC BY 2.0
California Phacelia
Phacelia californica
Image: Tom Hilton / CC BY 2.0
Cleveland Sage
Salvia clevelandii
Image: John Rusk / CC BY 2.0
Foothill Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
Image: Stickpen / CC0 Public Domain
Narrowleaf Milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
Image: Björn S. / CC BY-SA 2.0
Summer Lupine
Lupinus formosus
Image: David R. Tribble / CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Image: Derschueler / CC-BY-SA-3.0
Gumplant
Grindelia camporum
Image: H. Zell / CC-BY-SA-3.0
California Aster
Symphyotrichum chilense
Image: John Rusk / CC BY 2.0
California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
Image: John Rusk / CC BY 2.0
California Goldenrod
Solidago velutina
Image: Stan Shebs / CC BY-SA 3.0
Our wildflower guides are adapted, with permission, from the Xerces Society’s pollinator-friendly native plants lists.
Two other great resources for wildlife-friendly native plants are National Wildlife Foundation’s Native Plant Finder and Audubon Societies’ Plants for Birds.