Common Name
|
Binomial Name
|
Uses
|
Notes
|
| abutilon |
Abutilon pictum |
flowers, attracts hummingbirds |
|
| agrimony |
Agrimonia eupatoria |
medicine |
|
| akebia |
Akebia quinata |
fruit, medicine |
|
| alexanders |
Smymium olusatrum |
seasoning |
|
| alkanet |
Anchusa azurea |
dye, medicine |
|
| apricot |
Prunus armeniaca |
fruit, medicine |
volunteer |
| apple, cox's orange pippin |
Malus domestica |
fruit |
|
| arnica |
Arnica chamissonis |
medicine |
native |
| asparagus |
Asparagus officinalis |
vegetable, medicine |
|
| avocado |
Persea americana |
fruit |
volunteer & grafted |
| babaco |
Carica pentagona |
vegetable |
|
| bay laurel |
Umbellularia californica |
seasoning, medicine |
native |
| beach evening primrose |
Oenothera hookeri |
edible |
native |
| bearded iris |
Iris florentina x germanica |
flowers, medicine, perfume |
|
| bee balm |
Melissa officinalis |
beverage, medicine |
|
| bergamot |
Citrus bergamina |
seasoning |
|
| black cohosh |
Cimicifuga racemosa |
medicine |
|
| blueberry |
Vaccinium sp. |
fruit |
|
| borage |
Borago officinalis |
flowers |
|
| brodiaea |
Tretelia sp. |
root vegetable |
native |
| bush amemone |
Carpenteria californica |
flowers |
native |
| butterbur |
Petasites palmatus |
medicine |
native |
| butterfly bush |
Buddleia sp. |
flowers |
|
| calamus |
Acorus calamus |
medicine |
|
| calendula |
Calendula officinalis |
medicine |
|
| california mountain mint |
Pycnanthemum californicum |
seasoning |
native |
| california pipevine |
Aristolochia californica |
medicine |
native |
| california poppy |
Escholtzia californica |
flowers, medicine |
native |
| capulin cherry |
Prunus salicifolia |
fruit |
|
| catnip |
Nepata cataria |
medicine |
|
| california lilac |
Ceanothus "ray hartman" |
fragrance |
native |
| chaste tree |
Vitex agnus-castus |
medicine |
|
| cherimoya |
Annona cherimola |
fruit |
from seed |
| cherry |
Prunus avium |
fruit |
|
| chickweed |
Stellaria media |
greens, medicine |
|
| chilean guava |
Ugni molinae |
fruit |
|
| chinese knotweed |
Polygonum multiflorum |
medicine |
|
| cinnamon |
Cinnamomum zeylanicum |
seasoning |
|
| coast live oak |
Quercus agrifolia |
|
native |
| comfrey |
Symphetum officinale |
medicine |
|
| compass plant |
Sylphium laciniatum |
medicine, flowers |
|
| concord grape |
Vitis labrusca |
fruit |
|
| creeping thyme |
Thymus serpyllum |
seasoning, medicine |
|
| curly dock |
Rumex crispus |
greens, medicine |
|
| dandelion |
Taraxacum officinale |
greens, medicine |
|
| day lily |
Hemerocallis sp. |
vegetable |
|
| douglas iris |
Iris douglasiana |
medicine |
native |
| elk's clover |
Aralia californica |
medicine |
native |
| european chestnut |
Castanea sativa |
nut |
|
| false solomon's seal |
Maianthemum racemosum |
medicine |
native |
| feijoa |
Feijoa sellowiana |
fruit |
|
| feverfew |
Tanacetum parthenium |
medicine |
|
| fig |
Ficus carica |
fruit |
|
| fireweed |
Epilobium angustifolium |
greens |
native |
| fountain bamboo |
Fargesia nitida |
crafts |
|
| fraise de bois |
Fragaria vesca? |
fruit |
|
| garden heliotrope |
Valeriana officinalis |
medicine |
|
| gobo |
Arctium lappa |
root vegetable, greens |
|
| golden alexanders |
Zizia aurea |
medicine |
|
| grape |
Vitis vinifera |
fruit, greens, crafts |
|
| green lavender |
Lavendula viridis |
seasoning |
|
| ground cherry |
Physalis sp. |
fruit |
|
| gum tree |
Eucalyptus sp. |
medicine |
already here |
| gumweed |
Grindelia sp. |
medicine |
native |
| hollyhock |
Alcea rosea |
flowers, medicine |
|
| honeysuckle |
Lonicera sp. |
fragrance |
|
| hops |
Humulus lupulus |
seasoning, medicine |
|
| horseradish |
Armoracea rusticana |
seasoning, medicine |
|
| horsetail |
Equisetum sp. |
medicine |
|
| ice cream bean |
Inga sp. |
fruit |
|
| indian shot |
Canna edulis |
root vegetable |
|
| island mallow |
Lavatera assurgentiflora |
greens |
native |
| japanese maple |
Acer palmatum |
decorative |
|
| jiao-gu-lan |
Gymnostemna pentaphyllum |
medicine |
|
| lemon balm |
Melissa officinalis |
medicine, beverage |
|
| leopard lily |
Lilium pardalinum |
flowers |
native |
| lily |
Lilium sp. |
food, medicine, flowers |
|
| lion ears |
Leonotus leonurus |
medicine |
|
| macadamia, Dr Beaumont |
Macadamia x |
nut |
|
| madder |
Rubia tinctorum |
dye, medicine |
|
| mexican tarragon |
Tagetes lucida |
seasoning |
|
| meyer lemon |
Citrus x meyeri |
food, seasoning, medicine |
|
| moso bamboo |
Phyllostachys heterocycla |
shoots, crafts |
|
| mugwort |
Artemisia douglasiana |
medicine |
native |
| muscadine |
Vitis rotundifolia |
fruit |
|
| oca |
Oxalis tuberosa |
root vegetable |
|
| oregano |
Origanum sp. |
seasoning, medicine |
|
| oriental poppy |
Papaver orientale |
flowers |
|
| parsley |
Petroselinum crispum |
seasoning, medicine |
|
| passionflower |
Passiflora sp. |
medicine |
|
| passionfruit |
Passiflora edulis |
fruit |
|
| pawpaw |
Asimina triloba |
food, medicine |
|
| pear, comice and seckel |
Pyrus communis |
fruit |
|
| peony |
Paeonia lactiflora |
fruit, medicine |
|
| peppermint |
Mentha pepperita |
beverage, medicine |
already here |
| persimmon |
Diospyros kaki |
fruit |
seedling/grafted |
| plantain |
Plantago major |
greens, medicine |
endemic |
| raspberry |
Rubus idaeus |
fruit, medicine |
|
| red baneberry |
Actaea rubra |
medicine, native |
|
| red clover |
Trifolium pratense |
medicine, nitrogen fixer |
|
| redwood |
Sequoia sempervirens |
|
native |
| roses |
including Rosa damascena |
flowers, medicine |
|
| sage |
Salvia officinalis |
seasoning |
|
| salmonberry |
Rubus spectabilis |
fruit |
native |
| satsuma |
Citrus reticulata |
fruit, seasoning, medicine |
|
| silktassel |
Garrya eliptica |
medicine |
native |
| spearmint |
Mentha spicata |
beverage, seasoning |
|
| squarestem bamboo |
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis |
crafts |
|
| stream orchid |
Epipactis gigantea |
medicine |
native |
| sweet olive |
Osmanthus sp. |
fragrance |
|
| sweetclover |
Melilotus officinalis |
medicine |
|
| tea |
Camellia sinensis |
beverage, medicine |
|
| tree peony |
Paeonia delavayi |
flowers |
|
| tree peony |
Paeonia suffruticosa |
flowers, medicine |
|
| tree tomato |
Cyphomandra betacea |
fruit |
|
| valley oak |
Quercus lobata |
|
native |
| vervain |
Verbena officinalis |
medicine |
|
| violet |
Viola odorata |
medicine, flowers |
|
| water lily |
Nymphaea alba |
flowers, medicine |
|
| weeping mulberry |
Morus cathayana |
fruit |
|
| western azalea |
Rhododendron occidentale |
flowers |
native |
| western columbine |
Aquilegia formosa |
flowers |
native |
| white sapote |
Casimiroa edulis |
fruit, medicine |
|
| wild bergamot |
Monarda fistulosa |
seasoning, medicine |
|
| wild ginger |
Asarum caudatum |
medicine |
native |
| wisteria |
Wisteria macrostachya |
flowers |
|
| yacon |
Polymnia sonchifolia |
root vegetable |
|
| white alder |
Alnus rhombifolia |
nitrogen fixer |
native |
| yellow jessamine |
Gelsemium sempervirens |
medicine |
|
| yerba buena |
Satureja douglasii |
seasoning |
native |
| yuzu |
Citrus junos |
seasoning, medicine |
|
