Native plants of the Los Angeles area.
I've not included the little weird ones but focused on the common local native plants that are in the trade you should be able to see native in the wild and plant in your garden. Most of these plants are native locally from Santa Monica, through Malibu, into Los Angeles and maybe as far north as Thousand Oaks and east to maybe Pasadena. Many are native to all of Coastal Southern and even Central California.Most plants have a web page with photos and videos for each, click the links to move to the individual pages.
Adenostoma fasciculatum, Chamise lives in the chaparral areas of the Santa Monica Mountains and lower San Gabriel. Wonderful plant for hillside stabilization.
Allium haematochiton, Red skinned
onion (Need Photo)
Ambrosia psilostachya, Western
Ragweed Do not plant this plant in your little garden in Los Angeles. It will take over all of LA.
Artemisia californica, California
Sagebrush used to be a common plant in the Los Angeles basin.
Baccharis plummerae (need photo)
Brickellia nevinii (Need photo)
Brodiaea jolonensis (need photo)
Calandrinia ciliata, Red Maids used to be a common annual of hay fields. I guess too many people made hay in Los Angeles sun.
Calochortus clavatus
Need photo for Calochortus splendens
Castilleja affinis (Need Photo)
Ceanothus megacarpus, Big Pod
California Lilac is a common Ceanothus in the hills between Malibu and Los Angeles.
Ceanothus oliganthus,
Hairy-Leaf Ceanothus is local between Simi Valley and Philmore.
Ceanothus spinosus, Red-Heart
Mountain Lilac is local in the coastal mountains. It is on top of San Marcos Pass in Santa Barbara.
Cirsium occidentale
Clarkia bottae
Clarkia bottae
Clarkia cylindrica
Claytonia perfoliata, Miner's
Lettuce used to be under all the coastal oaks.
Cleome isomeris, Bladderpod grows from Malibu to Barstow.
Croton
californicus is common along coastal bluffs.
need photo of Cryptantha
clevelandii
Delphinium
cardinale, Scarlet Larkspur, it used to be locally common on Mulholland.
Dryopteris arguta, Wood fern does not tolerate many weeds.
Dudleya pulverulenta, Chalk Dudleya grows on cool rocky cliffs. Very localized.
Elymus condensatus, Giant Wild
Rye can be found in funny spots next to the ocean or in the canyons like Latigo.
Elymus triticoides, Creeping wild
rye can be found locally inland or on bluffs where there is seasonal moisture along the Santa Monica to Santa Barbara coast inland through Malibu to Agoura.
Emmenanthe
penduliflora, Whispering Bells locally common in disturbed soils.
Encelia californica, Bush Sunflower is right along the coast in Malibu and Ventura.
Epilobium canum, Narrowleaf
California Fuchsia is common in the Santa Monica Mountains and Los Angeles area.
Epipactis gigantea, Stream Orchid can be found in creeks or springs.
Eriogonum cinereum, Ashyleaf
buckwheat grows in the Coastal Plains and Basins and all over the Los Angeles Basin
Eriophyllum wallacei (syn. Antheropeas
wallacei),Dwarf daisy, Woolly daisy
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia
Fritillaria biflora, Chocolate Lily
Galium angustifolium (Need Photo)
Gnaphalium bicolor, Two-toned
Everlasting (Need photo)
Heteromeles
arbutifolia, Toyon is what Hollywood was named after.
Juncus mexicanus, Mexican Rush
Juncus textilis, Basket Rush used to be common along the Los Angeles River.
Lupinus hirsutissimus
Lupinus longifolius
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Lupinus truncatus
missing photos, sorry
Lupinus longifolius
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Lupinus truncatus
missing photos, sorry
Plant native plants that are
local to your area. They do not have to be grown there, we can grow
them here and send them to you!
The best plants for an area used to be
native there, then you can move away to your California natives and
sleep at night knowing your local birds and bees have a home.
Mimulus longiflorus, Topanga
monkey flower. Yes there are monkeys in Los Angeles.
Mimulus rutilus, Santa Susana
Monkey Flower is a stunning flower right in your hills.
Papaver californicum, Fire Poppy
Penstemon heterophyllus, Foothill Penstemon grows in the canyons and hills from inland Malibu through most of the Los Angeles area.
Phacelia grandiflora, Large Flowered Phacelia is a huge amazing flower. To bad it's an annual.
Need Photos
Phacelia distans
Phacelia minor,
Phacelia parryi
Phacelia viscida
Phacelia minor,
Phacelia parryi
Phacelia viscida
Quercus berberidifolia. Scrub Oak grows in most of the canyons around Los Angeles.
Salicornia
virginica, Pickleweed (need photo)
Scirpus maritimus, Alkali
Bulrush (need photo)
Scutellaria tuberosa
Venegasia carpesioides, Canyon
Sunflower grows on north slopes among rocks.
The flowers on Zauschneria
cana are a little different from most California fuchsias.
The Los Angeles basin has a lot of people and a lot of mustard. It's missing a lot of native plants and trees. If someone could figure out how to get rid of the weeds, which would stop most of the fires that would be lovely.
You'd see green hillsides full of birds and other wildlife and the climate would become much more moderate again in the basin.
Where's Baldo?
We are a native plant nursery
that ships
mail order into all of the Los Angeles area.
The plants are on vacation here ready to come and visit your garden.
Actually we're stressing them and they want to go home.... Think local and buy from us. How else can we pay for this?
Actually we're stressing them and they want to go home.... Think local and buy from us. How else can we pay for this?
Other native plant pages that might interest you.
Los Angeles Native Plant Garden example
Twenty easy native plants for Los Angeles.
Arctostaphylos glauca Los Angeles Los Angeles Big Berry Manzanita
A small California native plant garden in Los Angeles
Drought Tolerant Plants for a Los Angeles area garden.
Online Store and ordering native plants mail order direct from a native plant nursery.
