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Plants for Grow Natives on a Balcony or Patio

444 plants

Baby blue eyes

Nemophila menziesii

annual

Bay Area native

Birdfoot Cliffbrake

Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata

fern

Bay Area native

Bright Green Dudleya

Dudleya virens

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Bristly Jewelflower

Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. glandulosus

annual

Bay Area native

Canyon Dudleya

Dudleya cymosa

succulent

Bay Area native

Creeping Leather Root

Hoita orbicularis

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Creeping Snowberry

Symphoricarpos mollis

shrub

Bay Area native

Cupido Mariposa Lily

Calochortus uniflorus

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Groundcover Rose*

Rosa spithamea

shrub

Bay Area nativeKeystone species

Hill Suncup

Tetrapteron graciliflorum

annual

Bay Area native

June Centaury

Zeltnera muehlenbergii

annual

Bay Area native

Mariposa Lily*

Calochortus pulchellus

geophyte

Bay Area native

Modesty

Whipplea modesta

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Oakland Mariposa Lily

Calochortus umbellatus

geophyte

Bay Area native

Palmer's Live-for-ever

Dudleya palmeri

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Small Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila heterophylla

annual

Bay Area native

Spring Lessingia

Lessingia tenuis

annual

Bay Area native

Thymeleaf Mesamint

Pogogyne serpylloides

annual

Bay Area native

True Babystars

Leptosiphon bicolor

annual

Bay Area native

Beach Saltbush

Atriplex leucophylla

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Bicolored lupine

Lupinus bicolor

annual

Bay Area nativeKeystone species

Blue Dicks

Dipterostemon capitatus

geophyte

Bay Area native

Blue Violet

Viola adunca

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Butterfly Mariposa Lily

Calochortus venustus

geophyte

Bay Area native

California Aster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia

perennial herb

Bay Area native

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

shrub

Bay Area native

California Chia

Salvia columbariae

annual

Bay Area native

California Creamcups

Platystemon californicus

annual

Bay Area native

California Dichondra

Dichondra donelliana

perennial herb

Bay Area native

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

annual

Bay Area native

California Saxifrage

Micranthes californica

perennial herb

Bay Area native

perennial herb

Bay Area native

California goldfields

Lasthenia californica

annual

Bay Area native

Chaparral Sunflower

Helianthella californica

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Chapparal Monkeyflower

Diplacus linearis

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Chilean Bird's-foot Trefoil

Acmispon wrangelianus

annual

Bay Area native

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

annual

Bay Area native

Cliff Maids

Lewisia cotyledon

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Coastal Lipfern*

Myriopteris intertexta

fern

Bay Area native

Creeping Sage

Salvia sonomensis

shrub

Bay Area native

Deerweed*

Acmispon brachycarpus

annual

Bay Area native

Dotseed Plantain

Plantago erecta

annual

Bay Area native

Douglas Iris

Iris douglasiana

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Dove Weed

Croton setiger

annual

Bay Area native

Evergreen Violet

Viola sempervirens

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Fairy Fans

Clarkia breweri

annual

Bay Area native

False Babystars

Leptosiphon androsaceus

annual

Bay Area native

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Flatface Calicoflower

Downingia pulchella

annual

Bay Area native

Fool's-onion

Triteleia hyacinthina

geophyte

Bay Area native

Foothill Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Gold Fern

Pentagramma triangularis

fern

Bay Area native

Golden yarrow

Eriophyllum confertiflorum

shrub

Bay Area native

Grayleaf Skullcap

Scutellaria siphocampyloides

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Gypsum Springbeauty

Claytonia gypsophiloides

annual

Bay Area native

Harvest Brodiaea

Brodiaea elegans

geophyte

Bay Area native

Hillside False Bindweed

Calystegia subacaulis subsp. Subacaulis

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Hollyleaf Buckthorn

Rhamnus crocea

shrub

Bay Area native

Hooker's Onion

Allium acuminatum

geophyte

Bay Area native

Interior Goldenbush

Ericameria linearifolia

shrub

Bay Area native

Ithuriel's Spear

Triteleia laxa

geophyte

Bay Area native

Jepson's Woolly Sunflower

Eriophyllum jepsonii

shrub

Bay Area native

Jeweled Onion

Allium serra

geophyte

Bay Area native

Johnny-tuck

Triphysaria eriantha subsp. eriantha

annual

Bay Area native

Mexicali Onion

Allium peninsulare var. peninsulare

geophyte

Bay Area native

Mosquito Bills

Primula hendersonii

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Mountain Coyote Mint

Monardella odoratissima

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Naked Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum var. auriculatum

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Oak Gooseberry

Ribes quercetorum

shrub

Bay Area native

Oneleaf Foamflower

Tiarella trifoliata ssp. unifoliata

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Oregon Bitter-root

Lewisia rediviva

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Pacific Woodrush

Luzula comosa var. comosa

grass

Bay Area native

Pacific stonecrop

Sedum spathulifolium

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Pale Claytonia

Claytonia exigua subsp. exigua

annual

Bay Area native

Point Reyes Ceanothus

Ceanothus gloriosus

shrub

Bay Area nativeKeystone species

Presidio Clarkia

Clarkia franciscana

annual

Bay Area native

Red Maids*

Calandrinia menziesii

annual

Bay Area native

Red ribbons

Clarkia concinna

annual

Bay Area native

Red-flowering buckwheat

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Roundfruit Sedge

Carex globosa

grass

Bay Area native

Scytheleaf Onion

Allium falcifolium

geophyte

Bay Area native

Sierran Woodbeauty

Drymocallis lactea

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Slender Club-rush

Isolepis cernua

grass

Bay Area native

Sonoma Mountain Pride

Penstemon newberryi var. sonomensis

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Splendid Mariposa Lily

Calochortus splendens

geophyte

Bay Area native

Sticky Monkey Flower

Diplacus aurantiacus

shrub

Bay Area native

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Whiskerbrush

Leptosiphon ciliatus

annual

Bay Area native

Woodland Star*

Lithophragma heterophyllum

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Yerba Buena

Clinopodium douglasii

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Alameda County Thistle

Cirsium quercetorum

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Alpine Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Alumroot

Heuchera micrantha

perennial herb

Bay Area native

American Deervetch

Vicia americana

vine

Bay Area native

American birdsfoot trefoil

Acmispon americanus

annual

Bay Area native

Annual Agoseris

Agoseris heterophylla

annual

Bay Area native

Apache-beads

Anemopsis californica

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Argentinian Biddy-biddy

Acaena pinnatifida var. californica

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Ashy Silk-tassel

Garrya flavescens

shrub

Bay Area native

Bald-hip Rose

Rosa gymnocarpa

shrub

Bay Area nativeKeystone species

Beard-Tongue

Penstemon grinnellii

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Big Squirreltail

Elymus multisetus

grass

Bay Area native

Bird's-eye Gilia

Gilia tricolor subsp. tricolor

annual

Bay Area native

Bisbee Peak Rush-rose

Crocanthemum scoparium var. scoparium

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Black Sage

Salvia mellifera

shrub

Bay Area native

Bleeding-heart

Dicentra formosa

perennial herb

Bay Area native

Blow wives

Achyrachaena mollis

annual

Bay Area native

Blue False Gilia

Allophyllum gilioides subsp. Gilioides

annual

Bay Area native

Blue Field Gilia

Gilia capitata

annual

Bay Area native

Blue Witch

Solanum umbelliferum

shrub

Bay Area native

Bottlebrush Squirreltail

Elymus elymoides var. elymoides

grass

Bay Area native

perennial herb

Bay Area native

California Buttercup

Ranunculus californicus var. californicus

perennial herb

Bay Area native

California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum

perennial herb

Bay Area native

California Golden Violet

Viola pedunculata

perennial herb

Bay Area native

California Lacefern

Aspidotis californica

fern

Bay Area native

California Milkweed

Asclepias californica

perennial herb

Bay Area native

California Mistmaiden

Romanzoffia californica

perennial herb

Bay Area native

California Phacelia

Phacelia californica

perennial herb

Bay Area native

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