May 062025
 

 

NEW

– 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.

Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead

 

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