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– Fetid adder’s tongue (Scoliopus bigelovii), as usual the first wildflower of spring, is blooming in forest near 5 on the Homestead trail. For now, the leaves have barely erupted and the brownish blooms are hard to spot. In time, the distinctive red mottled leaves will make these easier to find.
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– Coast piperia (Piperia elegans), an orchid, is blooming with white flowers in forest edge.
– Kellogg’s yampah (Perideridia kelloggii) is blooming with white umbels in meadows.
– Roughleaf aster (Eurybia radulina) is blooming in forests.
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– Broadleaf hellebore* (Epipactis helleborine), an orchid native to Europe, is blooming with greenish purple flowers.
– California honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula). This vine is blooming with pink flowers.
– California spikenard (Aralia californica) is blooming now with white fireworks blooms along creeks that will fruit into black berries. One of the largest herbaceous plants in North America, it grows as tall as 10′ after dying back each season.
– Creeping snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis) a small perennial shrub is blooming with pink bells that will become white berries.
– Spicebush (Calycanthus occidentalis) not at all common in Southern Marin, this large, deciduous shrub is blooming along the creek just down from the first bridge in Three Groves.
– Woodland madia (Anisocarpus madioides) is blooming with bright yellow flowers in forests.
*non native
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– Buckeye (Aesculus californica) this tree is blooming white and fragrant.
– California coffeeberry (Frangula californica) is blooming with small white flowers in clusters on this glossy leaved shrub.
– California everlasting (Pseudognaphalium californicum) is blooming with white clusters at meadow’s edge.
– California tea (Rupertia physodes) is blooming with purple tipped clusters at meadow’s edge.
– Ookow (Dichelostemma congestum) is blooming with purple clusters in meadows.
– Sticky monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus) is blooming with orange flowers in full sun.
– White hawkweed (Hieracium albiflorum) is blooming with white flowers in forests.
– Wood rose (Rosa gymnocarpa v. gymnocarpa) is blooming with pink flowers in forests.
– Yerba buena (Clinopodium douglasii), a small glossy-leaved creeper is blooming with white flowers at forest edge.
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– Alum root (Heuchera micrantha) with its small frothy bell flowers is blooming in shade.
– American wild carrot (Daucus pusillus) with lacy leaves and small white umbel is blooming in meadows.
– Andrews clinton (Clintonia andrewsiana) a lily with large waxy leaves and bright pink flowers is blooming under redwoods.
– Bluff lettuce (Dudleya farinosa) a small succulent is blooming on rock outcrops.
– California acaena (Acaena pinnatifida v californica) is blooming with a round flower head studded with small red blooms up on the ridge.
– Featherweed (Gamochaeta ustulata) is blooming with brown bristles in meadows.
– Ithuriel’s spear (Triteleia laxa) is blooming with bright blue bells, three to a stalk in meadows.
– Sticky cinquefoil (Drymocallis glandulosa) is blooming with yellow flowers at forest edges.
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– California brome (Bromus carinatus) one of our native grasses, is blooming yellow. A perennial bunchgrass, it is easy to establish and fast to grow.
– Silver lupine (Lupinus albifrons), a large shrub, is blooming purple in meadows on the ridge.
– Sky lupine (Lupinus nanus), a field dwarf lupin, is blooming royal blue in meadows on the ridge.
– Striped coralroot (Corallorhiza striata) an orchid, is blooming in forests. Last seen blooming in Homestead in 2021.
– Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) a deciduous shrub, is blooming with white flowers in forests.
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– Crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa) is blooming in the shade at forest edge.
– Narrowleaf mule ears (Wyethia angustifolia) is blooming in meadows.
– Owl’s clover (Castilleja densiflora) is blooming in meadows.
– Pacific star flower (Lysimachia latifolia) is blooming in forests.
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