Create an inviting and healthy habitat for hummingbirds with these native plants. Hummingbirds are often attracted to bright tubular flowers. Native plants provide more valuable sources of nectar than cultivars and other exotic species. Calscape
Common Name Scientific Name | Sun | Height | Type | Humboldt Native |
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Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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Low
~ 2 ft
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✓ | |
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Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
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Moderate
4 - 5 ft
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✓ | |
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Red Bush Monkey Flower
Diplacus (mimulus) puniceus
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Low
1 - 2 ft
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Climbing Penstemon
Keckiella cordifolia
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Tall
3 - 7 ft
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✓ | |
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Twinberry
Lonicera involucrata
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Tall
2 - 16 ft
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✓ | |
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Island Tree Mallow
Malva assurgentiflora
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Tall
3 - 13 ft
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Sticky Monkeyflower
Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens
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Low
< 3 ft
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Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
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Moderate
3 - 6 ft
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Stink Currant
Ribes bracteosum
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Tall
3 - 13 ft
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✓ | |
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Spreading Gooseberry
Ribes divaricatum
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Tall
6 - 11 ft
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✓ | |
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Red Flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
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Tall
7 - 13 ft
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✓ | |
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White Sage
Salvia apiana
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Moderate
3 - 5 ft
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San Luis Obispo Dudleya
Dudleya abramsii ssp. murina
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Low
< 1 ft
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Bluff Lettuce
Dudleya farinosa
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Low
< 1 ft
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✓ | |
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Chalk Dudleya
Dudleya pulverulenta
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Low
< 1 ft
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Scarlet Monkeyflower
Erythranthe cardinalis
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Low
2 - 3 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Seep Monkeyflower
Erythranthe guttata
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Moderate
2 - 5 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Crevice Alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
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Low
1 - 3 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Columbia Lily
Lilium columbianum
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Moderate
2 - 4 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Humboldt's Lily
Lilium humboldtii
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Tall
6 - 8 ft
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P
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Kelley's Lily
Lilium kelleyanum
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Tall
4 - 7 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Kellogg's Lily
Lilium kelloggii
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Tall
4 - 7 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Shasta Lily
Lilium pardalinum ssp. shastense
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Low
~ 1 ft
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P
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Vollmer's Lily
Lilium pardalinum ssp. vollmeri
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Low
~ 1 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Lemon Lily
Lilium parryi
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Tall
4 - 8 ft
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P
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Musk Monkeyflower
Mimulus moschatus
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Low
< 1 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Coyote Mint
Monardella villosa
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Low
~ 2 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Siskiyou Beardtongue
Penstemon anguineus
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Low
1 - 3 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Scabland Penstemon
Penstemon deustus
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Low
~ 1 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Low Beardtongue
Penstemon humuilis
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Low
~ 1 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Roezl's Penstemon
Penstemon roezlii
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Low
1 - 2 ft
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P
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California Bee Plant
Scrophularia californica
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Moderate
2 - 4 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Ajuga Hedge Nettle
Stachys ajugoides
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Low
< 1 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Rough Hedgenettle
Stachys rigida
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Low
2 - 3 ft
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P
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✓ | |
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Hairy Honeysuckle
Lonicera hispidula
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Moderate
~ 4 ft
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✓ | |
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Sky Lupine
Lupinus nanus
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Low
< 2 ft
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A
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✓ |