Rocky, sandy, gravelly and poor soils
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Rocky, sandy, gravelly and poor soils

1 Lewisia columbiana
bitterroot Flower 4" - 1'
2 Lewisia cotyledon
broadleaf bitterroot Flower 4" - 1'
3 Lewisia rediviva
bitterroot Flower 4" - 1'
4 Liatris pycnostachya
Kansas gay-feather Flower 1' 6" - 6'
5 Liatris spicata
spike gay-feather Flower 2' - 5'
6 Liatris spicata 'Kobold'
dwarf gay-feather Flower 1' - 1' 6"
7 Limonium latifolium
LIMONIACEAE
statice
sea lavender
Flower 4' - 6'
8 Limonium sinuatum
LIMONIACEAE
wavyleaf sea lavender
notchleaf statice
Flower 1' - 2' 6"
9 Linum flavum
LINACEAE
golden flax Grass 1' - 2'
10 Linum perenne
LINACEAE
perennial flax Grass 1' - 2'
11 Linum perenne 'Diamant White'
LINACEAE
perennial flax Grass 1' - 2'
12 Lippia graveolens
Mexican oregano Flower 3' - 6'
13 Lonicera interrupta
LONICERACEAE
chaparral honeysuckle Vine  
14 Lupinus albifrons
LEGUMINOSAE
bush lupine Shrub 1' - 2'
15 Lupinus arcticus
LEGUMINOSAE
lupine Flower 3" - 1'
16 Lupinus breweri
LEGUMINOSAE
brewer lupine Flower 9"
17 Lupinus nootkatensis
LEGUMINOSAE
lupine Flower 3" - 1'
18 Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
COMPOSITAE
tanseyleaf tansyaster
Tahoka daisy
Tohoka daisy
Flower 1' - 2'
19 Machaeranthera tortifolia
COMPOSITAE
Mojave aster Groundcover 6" - 1'
20 Madronella macrantha
LABIATAE
scarlet monardella Shrub 2' - 3'
21 Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii
wax mallow
sleepy mallow
sultan's turban
Shrub 1' - 8'
22 Marrubium supinum
horehound Flower 1' 6" - 2'
23 Marrubium vulgare
white horehound Flower 1' 6" - 2'
24 Marshallia caespitosa
COMPOSITAE
Barbara's buttons Flower 8" - 2'
25 Marshallia grandiflora
COMPOSITAE
Monongahela Barbara's buttons
large flowered marshallia
Flower 8" - 2'
26 Matricaria recutita
MATRICARIACEAE
German chamomile
wild chamomile
sweet false chamomile
Flower 1' - 2' 6"
27 Melampodium divaricatum
boton de oro Flower 6" - 1'
28 Melampodium leucanthum
plains blackfoot
blackfoot daisy
Flower 6" - 1'
29 Minuartia verna
Flower 2" - 8"
30 Mirabilis jalapa
MIRABILIDACEAE
beauty-of-the-night
marvel-of-Peru
four o'clock
Flower 1' 6" - 3'
31 Muhlenbergia capillaris
GRAMINEAE
pink muhly
hair grass
Grass 1' 6" - 4'
32 Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
GRAMINEAE
Lindheimer's muhly Grass 1' 6" - 4'
33 Osmunda cinnamomea
OSMUNDACEAE
buckhorn
cinnamon fern
fiddleheads
Fern 3'
34 Osmunda claytoniana
OSMUNDACEAE
interrupted fern Fern 2' - 6'
35 Osmunda regalis
OSMUNDACEAE
royal fern Fern 2' - 6'
36 Penstemon superbus
SCROPHULARIACEAE
superb beardtongue
superb penstemon
Shrub 3' - 4'
37 Phacelia campanularia
California bluebell Groundcover 8"
38 Phacelia minor
wild Canterberry bells
whitlavia
Groundcover 4" - 2'
39 Phacelia sericea
silky phacelia Groundcover 4" - 8"
40 Phacelia tanacetifolia
lacy phacelia
fiddleneck
Flower 1' - 4'
41 Phlox divaricata
wild blue phlox
wild sweet William
Flower 1' 6"
42 Phlox paniculata
fall phlox
summer phlox
garden phlox
perrenial phlox
Flower 3' - 4'
43 Phlox stolonifera
creeping phlox Flower 1'
44 Phlox subulata
moss phlox Flower 3"
45 Phyllostachys
GRAMINEAE
bamboo Grass 20'
46 Physalis ixocarpa
jamberberry
tomatillo
Shrub  
47 Polemonium carneum
POLEMONIACEAE
Jacob's-ladder
royal polemonium
Flower 4" - 3'
48 Polemonium occidentale
POLEMONIACEAE
Jacob's-ladder
western polemonium
Flower 4" - 3'
49 Polemonium viscosum
POLEMONIACEAE
Jacob's-ladder
sky pilot
Flower 4" - 3'
50 Ranunculus asiaticus
RANUNCULACEAE
Persian buttercups Flower 1' 6"
51 Romneya coulteri
California tree poppy
mission poppy
matilija poppy
Flower 8'
52 Ruellia caroliniensis
ruellia Flower 1' - 3'
53 Ruellia humilis
wild petunia Flower 1'
54 Ruellia x brittoniana
ruellia Flower 1' - 3'
55 Russelia equisetiformis
SCROPHULARIACEAE
fountainbush
firecracker plant
Shrub 1' - 3'
56 Salvia coccinea
SALVIACEAE
blood sage
Texas sage
Tropical sage
Herb 3'
57 Salvia leucantha
SALVIACEAE
Mexican bush sage Shrub 4'
58 Salvia officinalis
SALVIACEAE
kitchen sage
garden sage
Herb 2'
59 Senecio aureus
SENECIONACEAE
golden groundsel
golden ragwort
liferoot
squaw weed
Groundcover 1' - 3'
60 Senecio cineraria
SENECIONACEAE
dusty miller Flower 1' - 5'
61 Senecio douglasii
SENECIONACEAE
shrubby senecio Shrub 3' - 5'
62 Silene 'Robin's White Breast'
SILENACEAE
campion Groundcover 4" - 2'
63 Silene schafta
SILENACEAE
moss campion Groundcover 6"
64 Silene virginica
SILENACEAE
fire-pink catchfly Flower 1' - 2'
65 Sphaeralcea ambigua
MALVACEAE
desert mallow Flower 2' - 3'
66 Sphaeralcea coccinea
MALVACEAE
scarlet globe mallow
prairie mallow
Flower 2' - 3'
67 Sphaeralcea munroana
MALVACEAE
Munro's globe mallow Flower 2' - 3'
68 Sporobolus heterolepis
SPOROBOLACEAE
northern prairie dropseed Grass 1' - 3'
69 Stokesia laevis
COMPOSITAE
Stokes' aster Flower 6"
70 Tanacetum vulgare var. crispum
TANACETACEAE
fern-leaved tansy Flower 8" - 4'
71 Taraxacum officinale
dandelion
Bearnan Bride
Flower  
72 Taxodium distichum
TAXODIACEAE
bald cypress Tree 50' - 70'
73 Tecomaria capensis
BIGNONIACEAE
cape honeysuckle Vine 6'
74 Tephrosia virginiana
goat's rue Flower 1' - 2'
75 Thermopsis montana
LEGUMINOSAE
golden pea Flower 1' 6" - 5'
76 Thermopsis villosa
LEGUMINOSAE
Aaron's rod
bush pea
Flower 1' 6" - 5'
77 Thymus quinquecostatus
thyme Flower 2" - 4"
78 Tropaeolum majus
TROPAEOLACEAE
nasturtium
Indian cress
Vine  
79 Tropaeolum minus
TROPAEOLACEAE
dwarf nasturtium Vine  
80 Tropaeolum peregrinum
TROPAEOLACEAE
canary creeper
canary bird vine
canary bird flower
Vine 8'
81 Tulipa spp.
TULIPACEAE
tulip Flower  
82 Vicia faba
VICIACEAE
vetch
field bean
horse bean
fava bean
Groundcover 3' - 5'
83 Zea mays var. everta
ZEACEAE
popcorn Grass 6' - 10'
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Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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