Pollinator Friendly Plant List.xlsx

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1	Carson City - Pollinator Friendly Plant List
2	Important Nectar and Pollen Plants
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4	Common Name	Scientific Name	Color	Blooming Season	A/B/P?	Native to NV?	Source	Family	Precip	Hardiness Zone	Resources	Notes

5	Flowers/Forbs
6	African Daisy	Dimorphotheca aurantiaca	Yellow/Orange	Summer	Annual	NO	Comstock	Asteraceae	ANY	Zone 1-10	USDA PLANTS	Culitvar - can escape cultivation;
7	Alyssum, Sweet	Lobularia maritima	White	Spring/Summer	Annual	NO	Greenhouse Garden Center	Brassicaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 7-11	Missouri Botanical Garden	Mat forming - can escape cultivation
8	Aster, Prarie	Machaeranthera tanacetifolia	Purple	Summer	Biennial	NATURALIZED	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW	Zone 2-9	USDA PLANTS	Good for restoration; drought tolerant
9	Arrowleaf Balsamroot	Balsamorhiza sagittata	Yellow	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3a to -40 °F	USDA PLANTS
10	Baby Blue Eyes	Nemophila menziesii	Blue	Spring	Annual	NO	Comstock	Hydrophyllaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 8-10	USDA PLANTS	Native to southern CA
11	Baby's Breath	Gypsophila elegans	White	Spring	Annual	CULTIVATED	Comstock	Caryophyllaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3-10	USDA PLANTS	Cultivated - common in flower arrangements
12	Bachelor Buttons	Centaurea cyanus	Blue	Spring/Summer	Annual	NO	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW	Zone 1-7	USDA PLANTS
13	Bee Balm	Monarda sp.	Pink/Red	Summer	A & P	YES	Greenhouse Garden Center	Lamiaceae	MOD-HIGH	Zone 3-9	USDA PLANTS	Spread via rhizomes
14	Beeplant, Rocky Mountain	Cleome serrulata	Pink/Purple	Summer/Fall	Annual	NATURALIZED	Comstock	Capparaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 1-10	USDA PLANTS
15	Blackeyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	Yellow	Summer/Fall	Perennial	NATURALIZED	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3-7	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
16	Bluebells, California	Phacelia campanularia	Blue	Spring	Annual	YES	Comstock	Boraginaceae	LOW	Zone 9-10	USDA PLANTS	Native to southern NV & CA
17	Blue Flax	Linum lewissi	Blue	Spring-Summer	Perennial	YES	NDF Nursery	Linaceae	LOW	Zone 3-8	USDA NRCS Plant Guide	Special value to native bees
18	Borage (Starflower)	Borago officinalis	Indigo	Summer	Annual	NO	Greenhouse Garden Center	Boraginaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 2-11	Missouri Botanical Garden
19	Buckwheat, California	Eriogonum fasiculatum	White/Pink	Summer/Fall	Perennial	NATURALIZED	Comstock	Polygonaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 6-10	USDA PLANTS
20	Buckwheat, Sulphur	Eriogonum umbellatum	Yellow	Fall	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Polygonaceae	LOW	Zone 4-8	USDA NRCS Plant Guide
21	California Poppy	Eschscholzia californica	Yellow/Orange	Spring/Summer	Annual	NATURALIZED	Comstock	Papaveraceae	ANY	Zone 5-10	USDA PLANTS
22	Candytuft, Annual	Iberis umbellata	Pink/Purple	Summer	Annual	NO	Comstock	Brassicaceae	any	Zone 3-8	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
23	Catchfly	Silene armeria	Pink	Summer/Fall	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Caryophyllaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 5-8	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA; Carnivorous plant; poisonous
24	Chicory	Cichorium intybus	Blue	Summer/Fall	Perennial	INTRODUCED	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3-9	USDA PLANTS	LISTED AS NOXIOUS IN COLORADO
25	Cinquefoil, Slender	Potentilla gracilis	Yellow	Summer	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Rosaceae	MOD-HIGH	Zone 6-10	USDA PLANTS
26	Clarkia (Farewell to Spring)	Clarkia amoena	Pink	Spring/Summer	Annual	NO	Comstock	Onagraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 2-11	USDA NRCS Plant Guide
27	Coneflower, Purple	Echinacea purpurea	Purple	Spring	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 5-8	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
28	Coreopsis, Lanceleaf	Coreopsis lanceolata	Yellow	Summer	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3-8	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
29	Coreoposis, Plains	Coreopsis tinctoria	Yellow/Red	Summer/Fall	Annual	NO	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW	Zone 2-11	USDA NRCS Plant Guide
30	Cosmos	Cosmos bipinnatus	Pink	Summer/Fall	Annual	NO	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW	Zone 1-10	USDA NRCS Plant Guide	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
31	Creeping Thyme	Thymus serpyllum	Pink	Summer	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Lamiaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 4-8	Missouri Botanical Garden	Ground cover
32	Daisy, Oxeye	Chrysanthemum leucanthemum	White	Spring/Fall	Perennial	INTRODUCED	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 5-9	USDA PLANTS	Noxious/Invasive in other states
33	Daisy, Shasta	Chrysanthemum maximum	White	Summer	Perennial	INTRODUCED	Comstock	Asteraceae	MOD	Zone 5-9	USDA PLANTS
34	Dames Rocket	Hesperis matronalis	Lavender	Spring/Summer	Perennial	INTRODUCED	Comstock	Brassicaceae	MOD-HIGH	Zone 4-9	USDA PLANTS	Introduced in eastern NV only
35	Fivespot	Nemophila maculata	White/Purple	Spring	Annual	NO	Comstock	Hydrophyllaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 2-11	USDA PLANTS
36	Flax, Blue	Linum lewisii	Blue	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Linaceae	LOW	Zone 3-9	USDA NRCS Plant Guide
37	Flax, Scarlet	Linum grandiflorum rubrum	Scarlet	Spring/Fall	Annual	NO	Comstock	Linaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 1-10	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
38	Four O'Clock, Colorado	Mirabilis multiflora	Pink	Spring/Fall	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Nyctaginaceae	LOW	Zone 7-10	USDA PLANTS
39	Gilia, Globe	Gilia capitata	Blue	Spring	Annual	NO	Comstock	Polemoniaceae	LOW	Zone 1-10	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
40	Gilia, Scarlet	Gilia aggregata	Scarlet	Spring/Fall	B & P	YES	Comstock	Polemoniaceae	LOW	Zone 4-11	USDA NRCS Plant Guide
41	Globemallow, Desert	Sphaeralcea ambigua	Orange/Red	Spring	Perennial	YES	Comstock and NDF Nursery	Malvaceae	LOW	Zone 6-10	USDA PLANTS
42	Globemallow, Gooseberryleaf	Sphaeralcea grossulariafolia	Orange/Red	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock and NDF Nursery	Malvaceae	LOW	Zone 6-10	USDA PLANTS
43	Goldfields	Lasthenia glabrata	Yellow	Spring	Annual	NO	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3-9	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
44	Golden Banner	Thermopsis montanus	Yellow	Spring	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Fabaceae	MOD-HIGH	Zone 4-9	USDA NRCS Plant Guide
45	Hollyhock	Alcea sp.	Many	Spring/Summer	A,B & P	INTRODUCED	Cultivated	Malvaceae	ALL	Zone 3-7	USDA PLANTS
46	Indian Blanketflower	Gaillardia aristata	Yellow & Red	Summer/Fall	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW	Zone 3-9	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
47	Iris, Rocky Mountain	Iris missouriensis	Blue	Spring/Summer	Perennial	NATURALIZED	Comstock	Iridaceae	HIGH/WET	Zone 5-8	USDA NRCS Plant Guide	Poisonous; can be invasive
48	Johnny Jump Ups/Violets	Viola cornuta	Purple/Yellow	Spring/Summer	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Violaceae	MOD	Zone 6-11	Missouri Botanical Garden
49	Lantana	Lantana sp.	Many	Summer/Fall	A&P	NO	Greenhouse Garden Center	Verbenaceae	MOD	Zone 8-11	USDA PLANTS
50	Larkspur, Rocket	Delphinium ajacis	White, Pink, Blue	Spring/Summer	Annual	NO	Comstock	Ranunculaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 2-11	Missouri Botanical Garden
51	Lupine, Arizona	Lupinus arizonicus	Blue/Purple	Spring	Annual	SONV	Comstock	Fabaceae	LOW	Zone 8-10	USDA PLANTS	Native to Sonoran and Mojave Desert; native to southern Nevada
52	Lupine, Arroyo	Lupinus succulentus	Violet-Blue	Spring	Annual	NO	Comstock	Fabaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 1-10	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
53	Lupine, Golden	Lupinus densiflorus	Yellow	Spring/Summer	Annual	NO	Comstock	Fabaceae	MOD	Zone 3-9	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
54	Lupine, Marsh	Lupinus polyphyllus	Blue-violet	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Fabaceae	MOD-HIGH	Zone 5-9	USDA PLANTS
55	Lupine, Mojave	Lupinus sparsiflorus	Violet	Spring	Annual	YES	Comstock	Fabaceae	LOW	Zone 7-10	USDA PLANTS
56	Lupine, Mountain/Great Basin	Lupinus alpestris	Blue-lavender	Summer/Fall	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Fabaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3-9	USDA PLANTS
57	Lupine, Perennial	Lupinus perennis	Purple-blue	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Fabaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3-9	USDA PLANTS
58	Lupine, Silvery	Lupinus argenteus	Blue-white	Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Fabaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 4-9	USDA PLANTS	Most common Lupine in Great Basin
59	Lupine, Tailcup	Lupinus caudatus	Blue	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Fabaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 4-9	USDA PLANTS
60	Maiden Pinks	Dianthus deltoides	Pink & Red	Spring/Summer	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Caryophyllaceae	MOD	Zone 3-10	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
61	Milkweed, Showy	Asclepias speciosa	Pink/White	Spring-Fall	Perennial	YES	Available w/ online retailers	Apocynaceae	MOD-HIGH	Zone 3a-9b	NRCS USDA Plant Guide	Not available at Comstock Seed
62	Milkweed, Narrow Leaf	Asclepias fascicularis	Pink/White	Spring-Fall	Perennial	YES	NDF Nursery	Apocynaceae	MOD-HIGH	Zone 3-11	NRCS USDA Plant Guide	Not available at Comstock Seed
63	Monkeyflower, Purple	Mimulus lewisii	Pink/Purple/Red	Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Scrophulariaceae	HIGH/WET	Zone 4a-7b	USDA PLANTS
64	Monkeyflower, Scarlet	Mimulus cardinalis	Scarlet	Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Scrophulariaceae	HIGH/WET	Zone 6-9	USDA PLANTS
65	Monkeyflower, Yellow	Mimulus guttatus	Yellow	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Scrophulariaceae	HIGH/WET	Zone 6-9	USDA PLANTS	Rhizomatous
66	Mule's Ear	Wyethia mollis	Yellow	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 7-10	USDA PLANTS
67	Penstemon, Firecracker	Penstemon eatonii	Red	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Scrophulariaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 4-9	NRCS USDA Plant Guide
68	Penstemon, Palmer	Penstemon palmeri	Pale Pink	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock, NDF Nursery	Scrophulariaceae	LOW	Zone 4-9	NRCS USDA Plant Guide
69	Penstemon, Rydberg's	Penstemon rydbergii	Blue-violet	Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Scrophulariaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 4-10	NRCS USDA Plant Guide
70	Penstemon, Rocky Mountain	Penstemon strictus	Blue-violet	Summer	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Scrophulariaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 4-9	NRCS USDA Plant Guide	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
71	Penstemon, Royal/Showy	Penstemon speciosus	Pink, Purple, Blue, Violet	Spring-Summer	Perennial	YES	NDF Nursery	Plantaginaceae	LOW	Zone 3-10	USDA PLANTS
72	Peony's, Bown	Peony brownii	Brown/Golden	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Paeoniaceae	LOW	Zone 6-9	USDA PLANTS
73	Phlox	Phlox drummondii	Rose, Red & Purple	Summer/Fall	Annual	NO	Comstock	Polemoniaceae	LOW	Zone 2-11	USDA PLANTS
74	Pincushion	Scabiosa sp.	Many	Spring-Fall	Both	NO	Greenhouse Garden Center	Dipsacaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3-11	Better Homes and Gardens	Drought resistance
75	Plantago/Desert Indianwheat	Plantago insularis	White	Spring	Annual	SONV	Comstock	Plantaginaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 5-9	USDA PLANTS	Native to mid-to southern Nevada
76	Poppy, Flander's	Papaver rhoeas	Red or mixed	Spring/Summer	Annual	NO	Comstock	Papaveraceae	MOD	Zone 3-10	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
77	Poppy, Iceland	Papaver nudicaule	Many	Summer-Fall	Annual	NO	Comstock	Papaveraceae	LOW	Zone 2-9	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
78	Prarie Coneflower	Ratibida columnaris	Yellow	Spring-Fall	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 4-9	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
79	Primrose, Evening	Oenothera elata	Yellow	Summer-Fall	B&P	YES	NDF Nursery	Onagraceae	LOW	Zone 6-9	USDA PLANTS
80	Primrose, Dwarf Evening	Oenothera missouriensis	Yellow	Summer	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Onagraceae	LOW	Zone 3-7	Gardenia
81	Primrose, Mexican Evening	Oenothera speciosa	Pink	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Onagraceae	LOW	Zone 4-9	USDA PLANTS
82	Primrose, White Evening	Oenothera pallida	White	Spring/Summer	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Onagraceae	LOW	Zone 4-9	USDA PLANTS
83	Primrose, Yellow Evening	Oenothera lamarckiana	Yellow	Summer	Annual	NO	Comstock	Onagraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3a-9a	N/A	Cultivated and introduced
84	Sage, Common (Salvia)	Salvia sp.	Many	Many	Both	NO	NDF Nursery	Lamiaceae	LOW-MOD	Many	Wikipedia	Very diverse genera
85	Sage, Desert	Salvia dorrii	Purple	Spring	Perennial	YES	NDF Nursery	Lamiaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 5-9	NRCS USDA Plant Guide
86	Showy Golden Eye	Viguiera multiflora	Yellow	Summer/Fall	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Asteraceae	MOD	Zone 4b-10a	USDA PLANTS
87	Small Burnet, Delar	Sanguisorba minor	Pink	Summer	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Rosaceae	MOD	Zone 4-8	NRCS USDA Plant Guide
88	Snap Dragon	Linaria maroccana	Many	Spring/Summer	Annual	NO	Comstock	Plantaginaceae	MOD	Zone 2-11	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN NV BY USDA
89	Snow-in-Summer	Cerastium biebersteinii	White	Spring/Summer	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Caryophyllaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3-7	USDA PLANTS	NOT REPORTED IN THE US BY USDA
90	Speedwell/Royal Candles	Veronica sp.	Blue, Pink, Purple, White	Spring-Fall	Perennial	NO	Greenhouse Garden Center	Plantaginaceae	MOD	Zone 3-11	Gardenia
91	Sunflower	Helianthus annus	Yellow	Summer	Annual	YES	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 2-11	USDA PLANTS
92	Tidy Tips	Layia platyglossa	Yellow	Summer	Annual	YES	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 1-10	Calscape
93	Trumpet Vine	Campsis radicans	Red	Summer	Perennial	NO	Greenhouse Garden Center	Bigoniaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 5-9	Gardenia	Naturalized in Western US; native to E. US
94	Verbena	Verbena sp.	Purple/Pink	Spring/Summer	Both	NO	Greenhouse Garden Center	Verbenaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 7-9	Better Homes and Gardens	Drought tolerant
95	Wallflower, Siberian	Cheiranthus allionii	Orange	Spring	Perennial	NO	Comstock	Brassicaceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 4-10	Wikipedia
96	Yarrow, White	Achillea millefolium	White	Summer/Fall	Perennial	YES	Comstock	Asteraceae	LOW-MOD	Zone 3-9	USDA PLANTS
97	Trees
98	Apple	Malus pumila	White	Spring	Perennial	NO	Greenhouse Garden Center	Rosaceae	MOD-HIGH	Zone 3-7	Wikipedia
99	Apricot	Prunus armeniaca	White	Spring	Perennial	NO	Greenhouse Garden Center	Rosaceae	MOD-HIGH	Zone 5-7	Wikipedia
100	Black Gum	Nyssa sylvatica	Cream	Spring-Summer	Perennial	NO	Greenhouse Garden Center	Nyssaceae	MOD-HIGH	Zone 4-8	USDA PLANTS	Good source of nectar for bees