California Native Plants and Friends
Over the years, I have taken many photos of California native wildflowers. Here are some of the newest from 2017. Locations include Coyote Hills Regional Park, Edgewood County Park, Foothills Park, Jepson Prairie, Picchetti Ranch Open Space, Pinnacles National Park, Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space, Rancho San Antonio Open Space, Skyline Ridge Open Space, Stevens Canyon County Park, and Windy Hill Open Space.
California Larkspur • Delphinium californicum
Bee on California Larkspur • California Larkspur • Delphinium californicum
California Larkspur • Delphinium californicum
Larkspur • Delphinium sp.
Scarlet Larkspur • Delphinium nudicaule
Butter and Eggs • Triphysaria eriantha
Palo Baby Blue Eyes • Nemophila menziesii var. atomaria
Beetle on Common Gumplant • Grindelia camporum
Gumplant • Grindelia camporum
Blow Wives • Achyrachaena mollis
Mylitta Crescent Butterfly on Yellow Pincushion • Chaenactis glabriuscula
Bird's Eye Gilia • Gilia tricolor
California Buttercup • Ranunculus californicus
California Poppy • Eschscholzia californica
California Poppy • Eschscholzia californica
California Poppy • Eschscholzia californica
California Poppy • Eschscholzia californica
California Poppy • Eschscholzia californica
California Poppy • Eschscholzia californica
California Poppy • Eschscholzia californica
Chinese Houses • Collinsia heterophylla
Blue Dick • Dichelostemma capitatum
Blue Dick • Dichelostemma capitatum
Blue Eyed Grass • Sysrinchium bellum
Globe Lily • Calochortus alba
Butterfly Mariposa Lily • Calochortus venustus
Clay Mariposa Lily • Calochortus argillosus
Clay Mariposa Lily • Calochortus argillosus
Clay Mariposa Lily • Calochortus argillosus
Chaparral Clematis • Clematis lasiantha
Chaparral Clematis • Clematis lasiantha
Crimson Columbine • Aquilegia formosa
Crimson Columbine Bud • Aquilegia formosa
Cream Cup • Platystemon californicus
Fringed Downingia • Downlngia bicornuta
Cupped Downingia • Downingia insignis
Drops on web
Brown Elfin Butterfly on Common Lomatium
Flax Flowered Linanthus • Leptosiphon liniflorus
Fremont Star Lily • Zigadenus fremontii
Goldfields • Lasthenia californica
Ithuriel's Spear • Triteleia laxa
Parry's Larkspur • Delphinium parryi
Naked Broomrape • Orobanche uniflora
Common Leptosiphon • Leptosiphon parviflorus
Santa Lucia Monkeyflower • Mimulus bifidus
Santa Lucia Monkeyflower • Mimulus bifidus
Silver Bush Lupine • Lupinus albifrons
Silver Bush Lupine • Lupinus albifrons
Chick Lupine • Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus
Sacramento Beardstyle • Pogogyne zizyphoroides
Purple Owl Clover • Castilleja exserta
Serpentine Leptosiphon • Leptosiphon ambiguous
Sun Cup • Camissonia ovata
Tidy Tip • Layia platyglossa
Tidy Tip • Layia platyglossa
Butterfly MariposaLily • Calochortus venustus
White Blue Eyed Grass • Sisyrinchium bellum
Woodland Star • Lithophragma heterophyllum
Rough Hedgenettle • Stachys rigida
Rough Hedgenettle • Stachys rigida
California Hedgenettle • Stachys bullata
Coyote Mint • Monardella villosa
Yellow Mariposa Lily • Calochortus luteus
Purple Clarkia • Clarkia purpurea
Harvest Brodiaea • Brodiaea elegans
Johnny Jump Up • Viola pedenculata
Lax Snapdragon • Antirrhinum kelloggii
Meadow Foam • Limnanthes douglasii
Paintbrush • Castilleja sp.
Paintbrush • Castilleja sp.
Wind Poppy • Stylomecon heterophylla
Yellow Carpet • Blennosperma nanum
Yellow Carpet • Blennosperma nanum