Wildflowers
Common name | Botanical Name |
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Godetia Clarkia | Clarkia amoena I identified this one from a gardener's web site. It looks just like a flower I used to sell at the flower stand, but a little different. It is definitely Clarkia, but I am not perfectly sure that Godetia is its exact common name. four petals, pink, purple, red, summer, sun, white |
Golden Ear-drops | Dicentra chrysantha Manzana Trail |
Golden Stars | Bloomeria crocea Upper Davy Brown Trail |
Golden Yarrow | Eriophyllum confertiflorum Cold Springs Trail summer, sun, yellow |
Gumplant | Grindelia camporum Summer, Bill Wallace Trail |
Gumplant | Grindelia camporum Summer, Malibu |
Hairy Bur-marigold or Beggar-ticks | Bidens pilosa Cold Springs Trail |
Hairy or Narrowleaf Fringe-pod | Thysanocarpus curvipes Spring, Carrizo Plain shade, sun |
Hareweed, Gumweed Tarweed or Sticky Madia | Madia gracilis Romero Trail |
Harvest Brodiaea | Brodiaea jolonensis Much purpler than this picture. Member of the Amaryllis family. Seen on the Tresspass trail near Gaviota. blue, purple, six petals, sun |
Hawkweed | Hieracium argutum Tunnel Trail |
Hedge Nettle | Stachys bullata Cold Springs Trail past Forbush Flat |
Horsetail | Equisetum arvense Romero Trail |
Humboldt Lily | Lillium paradalinum Late spring, Fir Canyon |
Hummingbird Sage | Salvia spathacea Common in shady moist places under oak trees. pink, red, shade |
Ice Plant | Conicosia pugioniformis March, Oso Flaco Dunes sun, yellow |
Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja affinis Spring, Little Pine Mountain along the trail gray, red, shade, summer, sun |
Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja affinis Spring, near Forbush Flat gray, red, shade, summer, sun |
Indian Pink | Silene californica Boulder Creek Trail out of Dough Flat |
Indian Pinks | Silene laciniata Rattlesnake Trail |
Indian Pinks | Silene laciniata Cold Springs Trail |
Indian Warrior | Pedicularis densiflora Trail to the Playgrounds |
Islay Cherry | Prunus ilicifolia Grows all over in Chaparral, has edible cherries in early fall. Also called Holly-leaf cherry. sun, white |
Johnny Jump-up | Viola pedunculata Early Spring, Arroyo Burro Trail going down the North side |
Lanceleaf Dudleya | Dudleya lanceolata Lost Valley Trail at the Pine Tree |
Large-flowered lotus | Lotus grandiflorus Blue Canyon Trail |
Long-beaked filaree | Erodium botrys McMenemy Trail |
Lupine | Lupinus bicolor Spring, near Zaca Peak |
Lupine | Lupinus bicolor Spring, near Zaca Peak |
Maidenhair Fern | Madiantum jordanii These can be found in the shade in moist places like near creeks. They are pretty common. They also like waterfalls. green, shade |
Manzanita | Arctostaphylos ssp. Trail to the Playgrounds |
Mariposa Lily | Calochortus catalinae Spring, Little Pine Mountain |
Mariposa Lily | Calochortus clavatus Manzana Trail |
Milkmaids | Cardamine californica Cold Springs Trail |
Miner's Lettuce | Claytonia perfoliata Spring, Rattlesnake Connector Trail |
Miner's Lettuce | Claytonia perfoliata Willow Springs Trail |
Mission bells or checkered lily | Fritillaria ojaiensis Cold Srings Trail near the Santa Ynez River |
Morning Glory | Calystegia macrostegia West Fork Cold Springs |
Mountain Lilac or Ceanothus | Ceanothus spp. Late winter/early spring (same thing for Santa Barbara) |
Mountain Lilac or Spiny ceanothus | Ceanothus spinosus These can be white to blue to purple to lavender. Grows pretty much everywhere in the chaparral mountains. When it's young and encroaching the trails, the bark is green and the spines are terrible to walk through. blue, white, lavender, purple, sun |
Mountain Mahogany seeds | Cerocarpus betuloides These can be found in the chaparral. The flowers are white. These are the seeds. summer, sun, white |
Mountain violet | Viola purpurea Mission Pine Basin |
Mulefat | Baccharis salicifolia Romero Canyon |
Mustang Mint | Monardella lanceolata Davy Brown Trail |
Mustard Evening Primrose | Camissonia californica Romero Trail |
narrowleaf goldenbush | Ericameria linearifolia Hurricane Deck |
Nevada Cinquefoil | Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis Manzana Creek |
Owl's Clover | Orthocarpus purpurascens Spring, Aliso Trail |
Oyster Plant | Tragopogon porrifolius Parma Park |
Pearly Everlast | Gnaphalium californicum Manzana Trail |