| Flowers: White.
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Alum root (a.k.a. crevice heuchera or small-flowered heuchera) (Heuchera micrantha).
The petals of this flower curl back.
| Jan | Feb | Mar
| | May | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
| Oct | Nov | Dec
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Bedstraw a.k.a. Cleavers (Galium aparine).
Tiny flowers.
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| Apr | May | June
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Boykinia: Coast Boykinia (a.k.a. brook foam) (Boykinia elata).
5 open white petals.
The flowers are attached to red branching stems.
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| | May | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
| Oct | Nov |
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Boykinia: Mountain Boykinia (Boykinia major ssp. intermedia).
Flowers are attached to green branching stems.
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| | | June
| July | | Sep
| Oct | |
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Branched (or Fat) Solomon's seal (Smilacina racemosa).
Compare:
Star (or Slim) Solomon's seal (Smilacina stellata).
| | | Mar
| Apr | May | June
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Brittle-Leaved manzanita: showy flowers.
| | | Mar
| Apr | |
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Bur chervil (Anthriscus caucalis).
[ALIEN] 5 small white wedge-shaped petals with straight wide ends.
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| Apr | May | June
| July | |
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California (or Pacific) blackberry (Rubus ursinus).
| | Feb | Mar
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
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California strawberry (Fragaria californica).
| | Feb | Mar
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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Chamise (Adenostoma fasiculatum)
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| | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
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| Coastal onion (Allium dichlamydeum).
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| | May |
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| Coffee berry.
5-pointed small white star.
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| | | June
| Jul | |
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| Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus).
| | Feb | Mar
| Apr | |
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| Coyote brush flowers (Baccharis pilularis ssp. consanguinea).
White often tinged yellowish or greenish.
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| Jul | |
| | Nov | Dec
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| Cudweed (Gnaphalium).
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| July | Aug |
| Oct | |
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| Elks Clover (a.k.a. Spikenard).
White flowers, huge leaves, always near water.
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| | | June
| Jul | Aug |
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Hairy star tulip a.k.a. Fuzzy pussy ears (Calochortus tolmiei).
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| | May | June
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| Heart-leaved manzanita (a.k.a. Santa Cruz Mountains manzanita)
| | | Mar
| Apr | |
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Hooker's fairy bell (Disporum hookeri).
Flowers and berries are hidden in pairs under the ends of the twin leaves at the end of the stalks.
| | | Mar
| Apr | May | June
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Huckleberry.
White.
Flowers shaped like upside-down hurricane lanterns, like the Manzanita, but the leaves are small and shiny.
| | Feb | Mar
| Apr | May | June
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| Inside-out flower (Vancouveria planipetala).
(Not a fern, but its leaves are similar to Maiden Fern.)
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| Apr | May | June
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Lily: Fremont's star lily (Calochortus albus
a.k.a. Zygadenus fremontii).
6-pointed (star-shaped) petals on each flower at end of alternate-branched stems.
Main stem is 2-foot tall.
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| | May | June
| July | |
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| Madrone
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| Apr | May |
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| Miner's Lettuce (Montia perfoliata).
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| Apr | May | June
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| Montia: Small-leaved montia (montia parvifolia).
White, 5 petals, small alternate leaves and basal rosette.
Looks similar to (few-seeded) (Western) Bittercress, but has a 5-petaled flower.
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| | | June
| Jul | |
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| Nightshade: Douglas' Nightshade (Solanum douglasii).
| | | Mar
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | | Sep
| | | Dec
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| Pearl orchid (Piperia candida).
White flower and white-greenish stem.
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| | | June
| Jul | |
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Popcorn flower (Plagiobothrys nothofulvus).
Ground-hugging plant in sunnier spots.
Small flower; five rounded petals.
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| | | June
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| Salal (Gaultheria shallon).
White flowers; big shiny leaves.
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| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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Sensitive manzanita (a.k.a. Small-leaved manzanita).
| Jan | Feb | Mar
| Apr | May | June
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| | Nov | Dec
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Star (or Slim) Solomon's seal (Smilacina stellata).
Compare:
Branched (or Fat) Solomon's seal (Smilacina racemosa).
| | |
| | May |
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Sugar-scoop (a.k.a. saxifrage or False mitrewort) (Tiarella unifoliata).
Many stamens protrude from the flower.
| Jan | Feb |
| | May | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
| Oct | Nov | Dec
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Summer aster (Aster radulinus).
Large daisy-like three-quarter-inch flower with thin white petals;
yellow center cluster; composite on a slightly zigzag stem.
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| | | Sep
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| Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor).
| | |
| | | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
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| Thimbleberry
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| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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Trefoil: Small-flowered Trefoil (Lotus Micranthus).
Blooms white; flower turns red with age.
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| Apr | May |
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| Orchid: Rein Orchid (Habenaria unalascensis).
Greenish white.
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| Jul | Aug |
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| Orchid: White Rein or royal orchid (a.k.a. white-flowered bog orchid) (Habenaria dilata).
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| | Aug |
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| Toyon.
Greenish white.
| | |
| | | June
| Jul | Aug |
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Trail Plant (Adenocaulon bicolor).
What appears to be a tiny flower at the top of this plant is actually a cluster of 5 or
more 5-petaled flowers.
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| | | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
| Oct | |
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Two-eyed violet (Viola ocellata).
| | Feb | Mar
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
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Western bittercress (Cardamine oligosperma).
4-petal small flower.
Leaves mainly in basal rosette.
Straight erect seedpods.
| | | Mar
| Apr | May |
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Western wood anemone (a.k.a. Wind flower or Oregon anemone) (Anemone oregana).
| | | Mar
| Apr | |
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White-flowered hawkweed (Hieracium albiflorum).
| | |
| | May (2008) | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
| Oct | Nov |
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White globe lily (Calochortus albus).
Tinged slightly peach.
This 3-petaled globe-like flower hangs like a delicate lantern from a slender stem;
it is one of the most beautiful flowers in this area.
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| | May | June
| Jul | |
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Wood sweet cicely (a.k.a. Mountain sweet cicely) (Osmorhiza chilensis).
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| Apr | |
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Woodland star (Lithophragma affinis).
V-shaped ovary base.
[Compare with coastal area
Hill star (Lithophragma heterophylla), whose ovary base is rounded or squared.]
| | | Mar
| Apr | May |
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Yerba de selva (a.k.a. Weed of the Woods) (Whipplea modesta).
Pompom-like clusters of tiny petal-less flowers,
each with five well-separated petals;
soft and opposite slightly furry leaves;
forms a dense ground cover.
| | | Mar
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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Flowers: pink to red.
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California hedge nettle (Stachys bulleta).
Not a true nettle, so you may touch it painlessly.
| Jan | |
| | May | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
| Oct | Nov |
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California milkwort (Polygala californica).
Rose/blue/purplish flowers.
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| | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
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| Hairy honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula). Pink.
| | |
| | May | June
| Jul | |
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| Broad Leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)
ALIEN cousin of the stream orchid.
Pink with lower lip or tongue; in dry area.
| | |
| | | June
| Jul | |
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Pacific star flower (Trientalis latifolia).
The flower hovers on an almost-invisible stem 1.5 inches above the leaf
cluster.
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| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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Pink Boykinia. (But Scott Peden recommends that we not count it as a separate species from
Coast Boykinia).
5 pink petals; 5 long stamens.
| | |
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| | Aug | Sep
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Red clintonia (Clintonia andrewsiana).
When fruiting, this is called Bluing Balls or Bead Lily
for its large blueberry-colored fruit.
| | |
| Apr | May | June
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Spotted coral root orchid (Corallorhiza maculata).
Red flower, red spots on the white lower lip.
Have also seen a "Red unspotted variety"
(red flower without spots on the white lip).
And a yellow variety without spots on white lower lip.
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| | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
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Wild ginger (Asarum caudatum).
Maroon.
| | |
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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Western burning bush (Euonymus occidentalis).
Brownish red flowers under the outermost leaves.
| | |
| | | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
| Oct | Nov |
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Western wake robin (Trillium Ovatum).
| | Feb | Mar
| Apr | May |
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Wintergreen (Pyrola picta var. aphylla).
Pink.
| | |
| | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
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Wood rose (Rosa gymnocarpa).
Short, straight, thin spine (as opposed to curved spine of Rosa californica.
Smooth underside of leaf (as opposed hairy underside of Rosa californica.
| | |
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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Flowers: Mauve, Purple.
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Collomia: Varied leaved Collomia. (Collomia heterophylla).
Lacy-leaved small plant with a small purple flower.
| | |
| | May |
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| Lupine: Sky Lupine (Lupinus nanus).
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| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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Milkmaids (Dentaria californica, var. californica)
and/or toothwort (D. californica, var. integrifolia),
which interbreed.
Pale mauve, blue, or pink.
| Jan | Feb | Mar
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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| Pea: Torry's or redwood pea (Lathyrus torreyi).
| | |
| | May | June
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Redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana). Mauve, pinkish, bluish, and white.
Mistaken by some as clover.
| Jan | Feb | Mar
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
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| Vetch: Greater vetch a.k.a. Giant vetch (Vicia gigantea).
| | | Mar
| Apr | May | June
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Flowers: Bluish.
| | |
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Blue Dicks (Closely related to the Forktooth and Roundtooth Ookow , Lily Family)
(Brodiaea pulchella).
| | |
| Apr | May |
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| Blue Witch.
Dark blue flower with bright yellow center.
| | | Mar
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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California harebell (Asyneuma prenanthoides).
| | |
| | | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
| Oct | Nov |
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| California wild lilac (a.k.a. Blue bush lilac) (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).
| | |
| Apr | May | June
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Dannie's Skullcap (Scutellaria tuberosa).
5-petaled, 2-lipped tubular flower (mint family).
| | |
| | May | June
| Jul | |
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| Forget-me-not (ALIEN).
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| Apr | May | June
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| Lupine: Bush lupine.
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| Jul | |
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| One-leaved onion (Allium unifolium).
Bluish or purplish color.
| | |
| | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
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Yerba Buena (Good Herb) (Satureja douglasii).
Light blue.
| | |
| | May | June
| Jul | |
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Yerba Santa (Holy Herb) (a.k.a. California mountain balm) (Eriodictyon californicum).
Blue.
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| | May | June
| Jul | |
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Flowers: Green or brown.
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| Bull rush.
Greenish-brown.
| | |
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| | | Sep
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California Fetid Adder's Tongue (Scoliopus bigelovii);
greenish slim-petalled.
| Jan | Feb | Mar
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| Cicely: Western sweet cicely (Osmorhiza occidentalis)
Greenish flowers; long, smooth, sharp-pointed seeds.
| | |
| Apr | May | June
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| California hazel [or hazelnut]
(Corylus cornuta, ssp. californica):
greenish-brownish male catkins and small reddish female flowers.
| | | Mar
| | | June
| Jul | |
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Checker lily (a.k.a. mission bells).
Greenish-yellow with purple spots.
| | | Mar
| Apr | |
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|
| River sedge (a.k.a. Purple nutsedge).
Greenish-brown.
| | |
| | May | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
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| Rush.
Greenish-brown.
| | Feb |
| | | June
| Jul | Aug | Sep
| | |
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| Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica).
Green. Painful. ALIEN.
| | |
| | | June
| Jul | Aug |
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|
| Tan oak.
| | |
| | | June
| Jul | Aug |
| | |
|
Flowers: Yellow.
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Bush Poppy.
| | | Mar
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
| | |
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| Butterweed (a.k.a. California butterweed) (Senecio aronicoides )
| | |
| | May | June
| | Aug |
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|
California Broom a.k.a. deerweed (Lotus scoparius).
Yellow and red.
| | |
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | |
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| [California] False Lupine (Thermopsis macrophylla).
| | |
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| Jul | |
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| Diffuse Cinquefoil (Potentilla millegrana).
| | |
| | May |
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| Golden Brodiaea (a.k.a. Pretty face or Golden Tritelia)
(Brodiaea Lutea
)
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| | | June
| Jul | |
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Groundsel.
To differentiate these common ALIENS:
Common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) has black-tipped brackts;
Wood groundsel (S. sylvaticus) does not and is less common.
| | |
| Apr | May |
| | Aug |
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|
Hairy cats ear. A.k.a. Spotted cats ear.
It looks like a 'tall dandelion'. It is not a dandelion but, like the dandelion, is in the 'Chicory Tribe'.
| | |
| | May |
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Honeysuckle: Prostrate honeysuckle
This lies on the ground, instead of being upright. It had green-cream scaly flowers coming from the leaf axis.
| | |
| | May |
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Iris: Douglas's Iris (Iris douglasiana).
Leaves twice as broad and a little more glossy
than those of
Fernald's Iris (Iris fernaldii).
Top of ovary "nipplelike".
Creamy yellow to indigo petals; purple veins visible on pale petals.
High ovary.
Corolla or perianth tube (above ovary) about 1 inch and same length as the
pedicel
(below ovary).
[Contrast with
Fernald's Iris (Iris fernaldii).]
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| Apr | May |
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Iris: Fernald's Iris (Iris fernaldii).
Leaves a third as wide and a little less glossy
than those of
Douglas's Iris (Iris douglasiana).
Pale creamy yellow; indistinct veins.
Low ovary.
Corolla or perianth tube (above ovary) very long funnel and much longer than the
pedicel
(below ovary).
[Contrast with
Douglas's Iris (Iris douglasiana).]
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| Apr | | June
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| Madia (Madia exigua).
Yellow flower; leaves are alternate; contrast with
Woodland madia (a.k.a. tarweed) (Madia madioides).
| | |
| | May | June
| Jul | |
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| Orange Sticky Monkey Flower (Diplacus aurantiacus).
Orange.
| | |
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
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| Triplet lily (a.k.a. Common triteleia, Grass nut, or Ithuriel's Spear (Brodiaea laxa).
| | |
| | | June
| Jul | |
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|
| Redwood violet
(a.k.a. Evergreen violet) (Viola sempervirens).
| Jan | Feb | Mar
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
| | Nov | Dec
|
| Stream orchid (Epipactis gigantea)
Yellow-green flower with orange lower lip striped with red;
broad leaves with strong parallel veins that clasp the stem).
| | |
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| Jul | |
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|
| Leopard lily (Lilium pardalinum).
(a.k.a. Panther or Tiger lily)
Orange with leopardish spots (NOT tigerish stripes).
| | |
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| Jul | Aug |
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| Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale).
Cream.
The most gorgeous perfume in the forest: you must stick your nose in this one.
| | |
| | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
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| Woodland madia (a.k.a. tarweed) (Madia madioides)
Yellow flower; leaves are opposite; contrast with
Madia (Madia exigua).
| | |
| Apr | May | June
| Jul | Aug |
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| Yellow flowers, like Sow Thistle, but with geranium type of leaves (actual name unknown).
| | |
| | May |
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| Yellow Marsh Flower (actual name unknown).
| | |
| | May |
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| Yellow sanicle (a.k.a. snakeroot) Sanicula arctopoides.
| | |
| Apr | May |
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| Yellow yarrow (a.k.a. Golden yarrow) Eriophyllum confertiflorum.
5 petals, 2 lines down length of petal.
| | |
| | | June
| Jul | |
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|
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