NorCal Native Garden
100 native plants of Northern California: sort, filter, and find what to grow in your former yard or garden.
This is a gardening reference, not a foraging or medical guide. Never eat a plant on identification alone. Always cross-reference a field guide, take a class, or go out with an experienced forager before harvesting anything.
Plant data from Calscape (California Native Plant Society). Photos from iNaturalist citizen scientists like you.
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100 of 100 species
| Common Name ▲ | Type ⇅ | Flower ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Annual | Blue / lavender / white | |
| Annual | Blue | |
| Perennial herb | White | |
| Tree | Yellow-green (fragrant racemes) | |
| Shrub | Pale blue-lavender / white | |
| Shrub | Blue / white | |
| Bulb | Blue / lavender | |
| Shrub | Cream / white | |
| Bulb | Blue / purple | |
| Bulb | Cream / lavender / orange (with eyespot) | |
| Shrub | Pink / purple / white | |
| Tree | Yellow-green (small) | |
| Tree | Yellow-green (catkins) | |
| Shrub | White | |
| Tree | White / cream (showy spikes) | |
| Bulb | Cream / white (yellow center) | |
| Shrub | Scarlet / red | |
| Annual | Lavender / blue | |
| Perennial herb | Yellow | |
| Perennial herb | Lavender / pink | |
| Annual | Orange / yellow | |
| Shrub | Cream / yellow (inconspicuous) | |
| Perennial herb | Yellow | |
| Bulb | Brown-purple / green mottled (checkered) | |
| Perennial herb | Pink | |
| Annual | Blue / purple | |
| Annual | White / pink / yellow / purple | |
| Annual | Lilac / purple / white | |
| Perennial herb | Lavender / white | |
| Tree | Yellow / green / cream (catkins) | |
| Perennial herb | Yellow | |
| Shrub | Greenish-white (inconspicuous) | |
| Bulb | Blue / purple | |
| Annual | Yellow with red center | |
| Shrub | White / pink (urn-shaped) | |
| Annual | Yellow (white-tipped rays) | |
| Perennial herb | White (also pink forms) | |
| Shrub | Lavender / pink | |
| Annual | Cream / white / yellow | |
| Perennial herb | White / pink (airy panicles) | |
| Grass | Cream / yellow (flowering spikes) | |
| Perennial herb | Blue / purple / white | |
| Annual | Pink / red | |
| Shrub | White / pink (berries blue-black) | |
| Annual | Pink to purple | |
| Annual | Pink / white | |
| Fern | N/A (fern - no flowers) | |
| Annual | White with purple spots | |
| Shrub | Yellow / orange | |
| Tree | N/A (conifer - no flowers) | |
| Shrub | Blue / purple / magenta | |
| Annual | Yellow | |
| Shrub | Red / pink (fuchsia-like) | |
| Annual | Blue / lavender / pink / white | |
| Shrub | Yellow | |
| Annual | Yellow | |
| Shrub | Cream / white | |
| Perennial herb | Yellow / orange | |
| Perennial herb | Pink / red | |
| Bulb | Blue / purple | |
| Annual | Lavender-blue | |
| Bulb | Orange / red (spotted) | |
| Annual | Golden yellow | |
| Annual | White | |
| Annual | Blue / white / purple | |
| Perennial herb | Yellow / cream (inconspicuous) | |
| Perennial herb | Lavender / pink / white | |
| Perennial herb | Yellow | |
| Shrub | Cream / white | |
| Bulb | Pink / lavender | |
| Shrub | Yellow | |
| Tree | White (berries red-orange) | |
| Annual | Purple / pink / red | |
| Grass | Purple / green / cream (awns) | |
| Annual | Pink / purple / white | |
| Shrub | Pink / red | |
| Shrub | White (berries white) | |
| Perennial herb | Pink / white | |
| Annual | Pink / red / purple | |
| Shrub | White / pink (urn-shaped) | |
| Perennial herb | Lavender / pink (yellow center) | |
| Perennial herb | Yellow | |
| Perennial herb | Pink / white / purple | |
| Annual | Blue / lavender (white-flecked banner) | |
| Shrub | Orange / yellow (also red, white forms) | |
| Shrub | White | |
| Shrub | White (berries scarlet) | |
| Annual | White with blue/lavender edges | |
| Annual | Yellow | |
| Tree | Yellow-green (catkins) | |
| Bulb | White (purple/green midvein) | |
| Perennial herb | Red / yellow | |
| Shrub | Magenta / pink | |
| Shrub | Maroon / red | |
| Fern | N/A (fern - no flowers) | |
| Bulb | White / pink (nodding lanterns) | |
| Shrub | White | |
| Perennial herb | White | |
| Bulb | Yellow (red markings) | |
| Perennial herb | White |