All Plants > Drought Tolerant (55)

This list of drought-tolerant plants has been seeded from Calscape data on low-moisture plants. However, to clarify: drought tolerance is a term that applies to established plants. All new plantings should be watered during their first growing season.

Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© John Doyen
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
1 - 3 ft
© Eugene Zelenko
California buckeye
Aesculus californica
13.1 - 39.4 ft
© John Doyen
Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
3 - 4 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Madrone
Arbutus menziesii
15 - 100 ft
© glrbrg
Sea thrift
Armeria maritima
1 ft
© John Doyen
Dune sagewort
Artemisia pycnocephala
1.6 ft
© John Doyen
Showy milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
4 - 6 ft
© John Doyen
Coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis
1.5 - 10 ft
Dwarf coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis 'pigeon point'
1 - 2 ft
© Steve Matson
Tall oregon grape
Berberis aquifolium
3.5 - 7 ft
© John Doyen
Western redbud
Cercis occidentalis
10 - 20 ft
© Steve Matson
Yerba buena
Clinopodium douglasii
0.25 - 0.75 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Wild hyacinth
Dichelostemma multiflorum
2.8 ft
© Steve Matson
Orange bush monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
3.9 - 5 ft
Canyon dudleya
Dudleya cymosa
0.25 - 0.5 ft
© Steve Matson
Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus
0.16 - 1 ft
© John Doyen
California buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
1 - 7 ft
© Steve Matson
Red-flowered buckwheat
Eriogonum grande rubescens
0.7 - 1.5 ft
© Steve Matson
Sulphur buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
0.33 - 7 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Common woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum lanatum
1 - 3.3 ft
© Calscape
Siskiyou oregon sunshine
Eriophyllum lanatum 'siskiyou'
0.5 - 1 ft
© Stickpen
California fescue
Festuca californica
1.3 - 4 ft
© North Coast CNPS Nursery
Idahoe fescue
Festuca idahoensis
1 - 2.6 ft
© North Coast CNPS Nusery
Siskiyou blue fescue
Festuca idahoensis 'siskiyou blue'
1 - 1.5 ft
© Steve Matson
Red fescue
Festuca rubra
1.3 - 2.6 ft
© Mike
Beach strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
0.49 - 1 ft
© John Doyen
Coffeeberry
Frangula californica
6 - 15 ft
© Steve Matson
Cascara sagrada
Frangula purshiana
20 - 49.2 ft
© Pete Haggard
Coast silk tassel
Garrya elliptica
6 - 16.4 ft
© John Doyen
Gumweed
Grindelia stricta v. platyphylla
1 - 1.6 ft
© Steve Matson
Island alum root
Heuchera maxima
1 - 2 ft
Douglas iris
Iris douglasiana
0.6 - 2.6 ft
© Jerry Murray
Toughleaf iris
Iris tenax
0.8 - 1.5 ft
© Steve Matson
Keckiella
Keckiella corymbosa
1 - 2 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Cliff maids
Lewisia cotyledon
0.5 - 1 ft
© John Doyen
Coyote mint
Monardella villosa
2 ft
Coyote mint 'russian river'
Monardella villosa ssp. franciscana 'russian river'
1 - 1.5 ft
© Liz Block
Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
4 - 5 ft
© John Doyen
Foothill penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
3 - 5 ft
© Steve Matson
Mountain pride
Penstemon newberryi
0.5 - 1 ft
© John Doyen
Palmer's penstemon
Penstemon palmeri
2 - 7 ft
© John Doyen
Royal penstemon
Penstemon speciosus
0.2 ft
© Steve Matson
Lodgepole pine
Pinus contorta
30 - 112 ft
© Julie Ann Kierstead
Black oak
Quercus kelloggii
20 - 120 ft
© Steve Matson
Pink flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum
13 ft
© John Doyen
White sage
Salvia apiana
3 - 5 ft
© John Doyen
Purple sage
Salvia leucophylla
2 - 5 ft
© John Doyen
Black sage
Salvia mellifera
3 - 6 ft
© John Doyen
California bee plant
Scrophularia californica
2 - 4 ft
© John Doyen
Broad-leaved stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
0.1 - 0.75 ft
© John Doyen
Blue eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
1 - 2 ft
© John Doyen
Coast goldenrod
Solidago spathulata
0.3 - 1.6 ft
© Steve Matson
Purple needle grass
Stipa pulchra
3.3 ft
© John Doyen
California aster
Symphyotrichum chilense
1.3 - 3.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Meadow rue
Thalictrum fendleri
3 - 6 ft