Blue eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum

Cow parsnip
Heracleum maximum

Oakland star tulip
Calochortus umbellatus

Red maids
Calandrinia menziesii

Rooreh
Claytonia perfoliata

Suncups
Taraxia ovata

NEW
– Blue eyed grass, blue flowers on tufts in meadows.
– Cow parsnip with its large white umbrella flowers is blooming in meadows.
– Miner’s lettuce blooms white in the middle of a fleshy disk. Edible.
– Oakland star tulip, one of Homestead’s rare wildflowers, is blooming delicate and pink in meadows.
– Red maid’s glossy magenta flowers are blooming close to the ground on Homestead Hill.
– Suncups is blooming yellow in meadows.

Forests
– Bay laurel, one of the most common trees on Homestead’s north facing slopes, is blooming now with small yellow clusters that smell sweetly of vanilla.
– California blackberry is blooming white in forests.
– Fairy bells are blooming with white bell flowers in forests. The flowers hang below the leaves so look below to see them.
– Fetid adder’s tongue, a lily, is blooming with small brownish flowers on the uphill slope beside the Homestead Trail at 5 and between 14 and 13. Its leaves are still clustered around the blooms making them harder to spot. If you do see one, look around for more as they grow in colonies.
– Forget-me-not*, native of North Africa, is blooming with its pretty blue flowers beside trails. A very aggressive invasive plant, please pull.
– Indian warrior is blooming with maroon flowers above and below the Homestead Trail at 15.
– Manroot vine is blooming white.
– Milkmaid, white and tall, this edible member of the mustard family is blooming now in forests.
– Oso berry, or Indian plum’s white flower tassels are blooming near seeps in forests.
– Starry false lily of the valley is blooming with white star flowers on its bright green ladder in forests.
– Trillium with its white flower floating in the center of three leaves is blooming in the ravine at 6e.
– Wood sweet-cicely is blooming with small white flowers in forests.

Forest edge
– Chickweed*, an edible native of Europe, is blooming white.
– Fremont’s death camas is blooming with clusters of white flowers in meadows.
– French broom*, native of Europe, is blooming with bright yellow pea flowers at forest edges. One of the earliest to bloom in the spring, it’s one of our most aggressive invasive plants taking over meadow habitat. Please pull.
– Greene’s saxifrage’s small white flowers are blooming on the Ridgewood Rock.
– Pacific hound’s tongue with its large furry leaves is blooming with blue flowers at forest edges.
– Scotch broom*, native of Europe, is one of our most aggressive invasive plants. Occupying what would otherwise be meadows, it grows in dense thickets and is blooming now with yellow pea flowers.
– Woodland strawberry is blooming white at forest edges.

Meadows
– Barberry, a low shrub with spiky leaves is blooming bright yellow with fragrant flowers.
– Blue dick’s tall clusters of blue flowers are blooming in the meadows of Homestead Hill.
– California buttercup’s shiny yellow flowers are blooming in meadows.
– California poppy’s orange flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Checkerbloom’s pink flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Checker lily, tall with mottled chocolate bell flowers is blooming in meadows.
– Footsteps of spring blooms flat in meadows up on Homestead Hill with bright yellow centers.
– Ground iris’s deep purple flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Marin checker lily is blooming with chocolate bell flowers in the meadow below Amaranth.
– Shooting star with its distinctive pink shooting star flower is blooming in meadows.
– Spring gold’s bright yellow clusters are blooming in meadows.
– Wooly lomatium is blooming with furry disk flowers and frilly carrot foliage in meadows.

*Non-native

Key to map:
Plants are not located on the map if they are very prolific. Find them by their habitat.

Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.

Barberry
Berberis pinnata

California blackberry
Rubus ursinus

Checker lily
Fritillaria affinis

Forget-me-not*
Myosotis latifolia

Wild cucumber
Marah fabacea

Woodland strawberry
Fragaria vesca

Woolly lomatium
Lomatium dasycarpum

NEW
– Barberry, a low shrub with spiky leaves is blooming bright yellow with fragrant flowers on Homestead Hill.
– California blackberry is blooming white in forests.
– Checker lily, tall with mottled chocolate bell flowers is blooming in meadows below Amaranth.
– Forget-me-not*, native of North Africa, is blooming with its pretty blue flowers beside trails. A very aggressive invasive plant, please pull.
– Manroot vine is blooming white.
– Wooly lomatium is blooming with furry disk flowers and frilly carrot foliage in the meadow on the knoll above 7j.
– Woodland strawberry is blooming white at forest edges.

Forests
– Bay laurel, one of the most common trees on Homestead’s north facing slopes, is blooming now with small yellow clusters that smell sweetly of vanilla.
– Fairy bells are blooming with white bell flowers in forests. The flowers hang below the leaves so look below to see them.
– Fetid adder’s tongue, a lily, is blooming with small brownish flowers on the uphill slope beside the Homestead Trail at 5 and between 14 and 13. Its leaves are still clustered around the blooms making them harder to spot. If you do see one, look around for more as they grow in colonies.
– Indian warrior is blooming with maroon flowers above and below the Homestead Trail at 15.
– Milkmaid, white and tall, this edible member of the mustard family is blooming now in forests.
– Oso berry, or Indian plum’s white flower tassels are blooming near seeps in forests.
– Trillium with its white flower floating in the center of three leaves is blooming in the ravine at 6e.
– Wood sweet-cicely is blooming with small white flowers in forests.

Forest edge
– Chickweed*, an edible native of Europe, is blooming white.
– Fremont’s death camas is blooming with clusters of white flowers in meadows.
– French broom*, native of Europe, is blooming with bright yellow pea flowers at forest edges. One of the earliest to bloom in the spring, it’s one of our most aggressive invasive plants taking over meadow habitat. Please pull.
– Pacific hound’s tongue with its large furry leaves is blooming with blue flowers at forest edges.
– Scotch broom*, native of Europe, is one of our most aggressive invasive plants. Occupying what would otherwise be meadows, it grows in dense thickets and is blooming now with yellow pea flowers.

Meadows
– Footsteps of spring blooms flat in meadows up on Homestead Hill with bright yellow centers.

*Non-native

Key to map:
Plants are not located on the map if they are very prolific. Find them by their habitat.

Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.

Chickweed*
Stellaria media

Footsteps of spring
Sanicula arctopoides

French broom*
Genista monspessulana

Milkmaids
Cardamine californica

NEW
– Chickweed*, an edible native of Europe, is blooming white.
– Footsteps of spring blooms flat in meadows up on Homestead Hill with bright yellow centers.
– French broom*, native of Europe, is blooming with bright yellow pea flowers at forest edges. One of the earliest to bloom in the spring, it’s one of our most aggressive invasive plants taking over meadow habitat. Please pull.
– Milkmaid, white and tall, this edible member of the mustard family is blooming now in forests.

Forests
– Bay laurel, one of the most common trees on Homestead’s north facing slopes, is blooming now with small yellow clusters that smell sweetly of vanilla.
– Fetid adder’s tongue, a lily, is blooming with small brownish flowers on the uphill slope beside the Homestead Trail at 5 and between 14 and 13. Its leaves are still clustered around the blooms making them harder to spot. If you do see one, look around for more as they grow in colonies.
– Indian warrior is blooming with maroon flowers above and below the Homestead Trail at 15.
– Scotch broom*, native of Europe, is one of our most aggressive invasive plants. Occupying what would otherwise be meadows, it grows in dense thickets and is blooming now with yellow pea flowers.
– Trillium with its white flower floating in the center of three leaves is blooming in the ravine at 6e.

*Non-native

Key to map:
Plants are not located on the map if they are very prolific. Find them by their habitat.

Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.

Common California aster
Symphyotrichum chilense

Coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis

Kellogg's yampah
Perideridia kelloggii

Rosilla
Helenium puberulum

NEW
– Common California aster is blooming purple on tall stalks in meadows.
– Coyote brush, one of the most common shrubs in the Land Trust, is blooming with different, cream flowers on male and female bushes.
– Kellogg’s yampah is blooming with white umbels on tall stalks in meadows.
– Rosilla with its backward facing petals, is blooming in seeps.

Forests
– California spikenard dies back completely each year and grows 6-7′ in a season. It is blooming now with white dandelion-shaped flowers in the creek bed on the Maverick Trail up from the Ridgewood u-bend.
– Old man’s beard*, native of Europe, is an invasive vine that blooms in forests with fragrant white flowers.
– Toyon is blooming with white flowers in forests.

Forest edge
– Spicebush is blooming with red frilly flowers by the creek in Three Groves.

Meadows
– California everlasting is blooming in the meadows of Homestead Hill.
– California mugwort is blooming with yellow tufts in meadows.
– Coast tarweed, one of the resinous madias is blooming yellow in meadows.
– Roughleaf aster is blooming with pale flowers in meadows.
– Sticky monkeyflower is blooming orange in meadows.

*Non-native

Key to map:
Plants are not located on the map if they are very prolific. Find them by their habitat.

Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.