Common Name |
Scientific Name |
LB/AC |
PLS/SQFT |
% PLS |
Seed/LB |
Lifeform |
Duration |
Legume |
Pollinator Value |
Benefits to Pollinators |
Pollinators |
Flowering Month |
Height (Ft.) |
Commercially Available |
California Goldfields | Lasthenia californica | 3 | 118 | 52.61 | 3250000 | 08_Forb | Annual | Yes | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Honey Bees; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth) | Feb–Jun | 1.5-1.3 | Yes |
Coastal Tidytips | Layia platyglossa | 2 | 14 | 59.02 | 500000 | 08_Forb | Annual | Yes | Medium | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Larval Host (Moth) | Feb-May | 0.5-2 | Yes |
Spanish Lotus | Acmispon americanus | 4 | 7 | 77.04 | 103908 | 08_Forb | Annual | No | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth) | Apr–Jul | 0.2-2 | Yes |
Bicolor Lupine | Lupinus bicolor | 2 | 3 | 85.39 | 82900 | 08_Forb | Annual | No | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Larval Host (Butterfly) | Mar-Jun | 0.25-1.3 | Yes |
Baby Blue Eyes | Nemophila menziesii | 1 | 4 | 83.93 | 227000 | 08_Forb | Annual | Yes | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth) | Mar–Jun | 0.5 | Yes |
Tomcat Clover | Trifolium willdenovii | 2 | 4 | 63.08 | 140000 | 08_Forb | Annual | No | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Larval Host (Butterfly) | Apr-May | 1 | Yes |