San Francisco Garden Native Plant List
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San Francisco Garden Native Plant List Common Name Latin Name Full Sun Filtered Sun Shade Sand Chert Rock Notes Trees Buckeye Aesculus californica X X Best planted from seed Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia X X X X Slow grower, important habitat Arroyo Willow Salix X X X X Moist locations only Toyon Heteromeles arbuitifolia X X X X Red berries in winter Islais cherry Prunus iliciflora X Thrives east of Twin Peaks Silk Tassel Bush Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' X X Shrubs and Subshrubs Phacelia Phacelia californica X X Purple flowers Coyote bush Baccharis pilularis X X Good habitat for insects and birds Coastal Sagebrush Artemisia californica X X Aromatic Coastal Sagewort Artemisia pycnocephala X X Successful dune plant Sticky Monkeyflower Mimulus Auranticus X X Yarrow Achillea millefolium X X Aromatic, very hardy Coast Buckwheat Eriogonum latifolium X X Butterflies Seaside Daisy Erigeron glaucus X X Colombine Aquilegia formosa X X X Exquisite flowers, moist areas Wild currant Ribes sanguineum X Bee plant Scrophularia californica X X Reseeds easily Iris Iris douglassi X X Snoberry Symphoricarpos X White berries Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea X X Long lasting white flowers Bunchgrasses Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia caespitposa X Beautiful, good texture California Fescue Festuca californica X X Large bunchgrass Red Fescue Festuca rubra X X Looks better in full sun Purple Needle Grass Nasella pulchra X California state grass Junegrass Koeleria macrantha X X X Late bloom (hence name) Ferns Western Sword Fern Polystichum munitum X X Leather leaf fern Polypodium scouleri X X Lady fern Arthyrium felix-femina X X Needs a lot of water Vines Chapparal Clematis Clematis lasiantha X Full sun Virgin's Bower Clematis ligusticifolia X Moister locations California Grape Vitus californica 'Roger's Red' X X Morning-glory Calystegia purpurata X X X [Continued Next Page] White to light yellow/purple flowers. Be sure to purchase locally grown. Courtesy of San Francisco Department of Recreation and Parks (Tom Annese, 2005) Distributed by Plant*SF (www.plantSF.org) - Revised 8/21/05
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San Francisco Garden Native Plant List
Common Name Latin Name Full
Sun
Filte
red
Sun
Shad
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Sand
Cher
t Roc
k
Notes
TreesBuckeye Aesculus californica X X Best planted from seedCoast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia X X X X Slow grower, important habitat Arroyo Willow Salix X X X X Moist locations onlyToyon Heteromeles arbuitifolia X X X X Red berries in winterIslais cherry Prunus iliciflora X Thrives east of Twin PeaksSilk Tassel Bush Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' X X
Shrubs and SubshrubsPhacelia Phacelia californica X X Purple flowersCoyote bush Baccharis pilularis X X Good habitat for insects and birdsCoastal Sagebrush Artemisia californica X X AromaticCoastal Sagewort Artemisia pycnocephala X X Successful dune plantSticky Monkeyflower Mimulus Auranticus X XYarrow Achillea millefolium X X Aromatic, very hardyCoast Buckwheat Eriogonum latifolium X X ButterfliesSeaside Daisy Erigeron glaucus X XColombine Aquilegia formosa X X X Exquisite flowers, moist areasWild currant Ribes sanguineum XBee plant Scrophularia californica X X Reseeds easilyIris Iris douglassi X XSnoberry Symphoricarpos X White berriesPearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea X X Long lasting white flowers
BunchgrassesTufted Hairgrass Deschampsia caespitposa X Beautiful, good textureCalifornia Fescue Festuca californica X X Large bunchgrassRed Fescue Festuca rubra X X Looks better in full sunPurple Needle Grass Nasella pulchra X California state grassJunegrass Koeleria macrantha X X X Late bloom (hence name)
FernsWestern Sword Fern Polystichum munitum X XLeather leaf fern Polypodium scouleri X XLady fern Arthyrium felix-femina X X Needs a lot of water
VinesChapparal Clematis Clematis lasiantha X Full sunVirgin's Bower Clematis ligusticifolia X Moister locationsCalifornia Grape Vitus californica 'Roger's Red' X XMorning-glory Calystegia purpurata X X X
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White to light yellow/purple flowers. Be sure to purchase locally grown.
Courtesy of San Francisco Department of Recreation and Parks (Tom Annese, 2005)Distributed by Plant*SF (www.plantSF.org) - Revised 8/21/05
San Francisco Garden Native Plant List
Common Name Latin Name Full
Sun
Filte
red
Sun
Shad
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Sand
Cher
t Roc
k
Notes
Ground CoversCoastal Strawberry Fragraria chiloensis X X X Prefers sand, coastal influenceMountain Strawberry Fragraria vesca X X X Does better in slightly moist locationsYerba Buena Satureja douglassi X X X X Aromatic, prefers coastal influenceBleeding Hearts Dicentra formosa X X X Purple flowers, Moist locationsRedwood Sorrel Oxalis oregana X X Redwood understory, moist shadeWild ginger Asarum caudatum X X Redwood understory, moist shade
Annual WildflowersClarkia rubicunda Farewell to Spring X Pink/Purple flowers. Late bloomerClaytonia perfoliata Miner's Lettuce X X X Edible leaves and flowers, Reseeds easilyEscholzia californica California Poppy X San Francisco (not Palm Springs) variety
Courtesy of San Francisco Department of Recreation and Parks (Tom Annese, 2005)Distributed by Plant*SF (www.plantSF.org) - Revised 8/21/05
