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May 5, 2025

May 062025
 

 

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– Alum root (Heuchera micrantha) with its pretty mounding geranium leaves is blooming with small white bells near water.

– American vetch (Vicia americana) with pea leaves is blooming purple in shrublands.

– Andrews clinton (Clintonia andrewsiana), a lily, is blooming bright pink above large waxy leaves under redwood trees – look for it above Laverne above Stolte.

– Buckeye (Aesculus californica), a beautiful deciduous tree puts out candlestick flower buds which are now blooming with pink bottlebrushes. Fragrant.

– Creeping snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis), a small deciduous shrub is blooming with small pink bells at forest edge.

– Naked buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum v. nudum) is blooming with pink clusters on rocks in sun.

– Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus), a deciduous understory shrub is blooming with white flowers that will become edible raspberry-looking fruit.

– Tomcat clover (Trifolium willdenovii) is blooming in the meadow on the Ridgewood Rock.

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April 8, 2025

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– Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum), in the Iris family, are blooming blue in meadows.

– California acaena (Acaena pinnatifida v californica) is blooming with red tipped clusters in meadows on the ridge.

– California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) is blooming in a yellow carpet in meadows.

– California plantain (Plantago erecta), is blooming in meadows with minute translucent flowers.

– Canyon nemophila (Nemophila heterophylla) is blooming small and white near seaps

– Coast manroot (Marah oregana) a climbing vine with white flowers is blooming in forests.

– Crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa) is blooming with red and yellow blooms at forest edge.

– Feathery false lily of the valley (Maianthemum racemosum), larger and much less common than the other maianthemum is blooming with white bushy flowers in forests. Very fragrant.

– Hill lotus (Acmispon parviflorus) with their small peach colored pea flowers are blooming in meadows.

– Meadow rue (Thalictrum fendleri v. polycarpum) is blooming with pink fronds at forest edge.

– Narrowleaf mule ears (Wyethia angustifolia) is blooming with big yellow sunflowers in meadows.

– Owl’s clover (Castilleja densiflora) is blooming purple in meadows.

– Pacific bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) is blooming with pink heart-shaped flowers under redwoods.

– Pacific star flower (Lysimachia latifolia) is blooming with pink star flowers in forests.

– Pacific pea (Lathyrus vestitus var vestitus) is blooming pink at forest edge.

– Purple western morning glory (Calystegia purpurata s. purpurata) is blooming white in meadows.

– Red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) is blooming white up on the ridge.

– Redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana) is blooming pink under redwoods.

– Shortspur seablush (Plectritis congesta s brachystemon)

– Silver lupine (Lupinus albifrons) is blooming purple on large shrubs in meadows.

– Sky lupine (Lupinus nanus) is blooming blue in meadows.

– Spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata) with a red spike and white spotted flowers is blooming in forests.

– Wild cucumber (Marah fabacea) a climbing vine with white flowers is blooming in forests.

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March 18, 2025

Mar 192025
 

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– Blue dicks (Dichelostemma capitatus) with their bobbing blue heads are blooming in meadows.

– Cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) is blooming with large white umbels in meadows.

– Figwort (Scrophularia californica) with folliage that looks like nettle blooms with rust colored flowers in forests.

– Fringe cups (Tellima grandiflora) is blooming with green fringed flowers in forests that turn pink when they’ve been pollinated.

– Giant trillium (Trillium chloropetalum) is blooming in forests with burgundy or white flowers.

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March 8, 2025

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– California buttercup (Ranunculus californicus) is blooming with shiny yellow flowers in meadows.

– Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana) is blooming now with cream or purple flowers in forests.

– Oakland star tulip (Calochortus umbellatus) one of Homestead’s rare lilies is blooming with delicate purple flowers in meadows.

– Pacific sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis) with its pretty waxy foliage blooms with mustard colored clusters in forests.

– Pacific pea (Lathyrus vestitus var vestitus) a vine, is blooming with blush flowers in forests.

– Purple sanicle (Sanicula bipinnatifida) with its burgundy ball flowers is blooming now at meadow’s edge.

– Rooreh (Claytonia perfoliata) is blooming with small white flowers over fleshy disks in wet places. Edible.

– Wintercress (Barbarea orthoceras) with bright yellow flowers is blooming on rock outcrops in sun.

– Wood rose (Rosa gymnocarpa) blooms with bright pink flowers on bushes in forests.

– Wood sweet-cicely (Osmorhiza berteroi) a pretty small understory plant is blooming with small white flowers.

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February 27, 2025

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– Barberry (Berberis pinnata) a small shrub with spiky holly-like leaves is blooming with fragrant yellow flowers at meadow’s edge.

– California blackberry (Rubus ursinus) our native blackberry is blooming with white flowers.

– California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) state flower of California is blooming bright orange in meadows.

– Dwarf checkerbloom (Sidalcea malviflora ssp. malviflora) groundhugging with delicate pink blooms is blooming in meadows.

– Fairy bells (Prosartes hookeri), a small woodland branched wildflower is blooming with white bells that hang down below the leaves where only the fairies can see them.

– Ground iris (Iris macrosiphon) is blooming bright purple in meadows.

– Marin checker lily (Fritillaria lanceolata var. tristulis) a rare pure chocolate fritillary is blooming in meadows.

– Sun cup (Taraxia ovata) groundhugging with bright yellow flowers is blooming now in meadows.

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February 25, 2025

Feb 252025
 

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– Footsteps of spring (Sanicula arctopoides) blooms as its common name suggests, with chartreuse splashes like steps in ridgetop meadows.

– Shooting star (Primula hendersonii), small and ground hugging is blooming with distinctive pink flower on spikes in meadows.

– Woolly lomatium (Lomatium dasycarpum) with carroty foliage is blooming with soft white umbels in meadows.

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February 15, 2025

Feb 152025
 

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– Checker lily (Fritillaria affinis), with its yellow spotted chocolate flowers, is blooming now in meadows.

– Fremont’s deathcamas (Toxicoscordion fremontii) is blooming in meadows with clusters of white flowers.

– Greene’s saxifrage (Micranthes californica) with its small white flowers is blooming now on the Ridgewood Rock.

– Milkmaids (Cardamine californica) is blooming with small white flowers in forests.

– Oso berry (Oemleria cerasiformis), a shrub, is blooming with fragrant white tassels at meadow’s edge.

– Pacific hounds tongue (Adelinia grandis) one of our showiest meadow flowers, is blooming blue on tall stalks.

– Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum) is blooming with fragrant white flowers surrounded by three distinctive bright leaves in forests.

– Spring gold (Lomatium utriculatum), low growing and blooming with bright yellow clusters on the Ridgewood Rock.

– Warrior’s plume (Pedicularis densiflora) is blooming in its annual display down the hillside at 15 on the HVLT map.

– Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) is blooming white.

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