|  |  Jeweled onion (Allium serra), spring, Ridge Trail, Black 
        Diamond Mines Regional Preserve
 
 
   Oakland star tulip (Calochortus umbellatus), 
        late winter, Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail, Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve
 
 
  Shooting Stars (Dodecatheon hendersonii), 
        winter, Blue Oak Trail, Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve view more shooting stars photos
 
 
  Windmill pink (Petrorhagia dubia), spring, Mount Tamalpais/MMWD
 
 
  Rose clover (Trifolium hirtum), spring, Hotel Trail, Joseph 
        D. Grant County Park
 
 
   California milkweed (Asclepias californica), 
        spring, Mitchell Rock Trail, Mount Diablo State Park
 
 
  Starflower (Trientalis latifolia), spring, 
        Ritchey Canyon Trail, Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
 
 
  Redmaids (Calandrinia ciliata), late winter, 
        Upper Trail, Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
 
  Checker-bloom (Sidalcea malviflora ssp. 
        malviflora), spring, Service Road, Edgewood Park and Preserve
 View more checker-bloom photos
 
 
  Broadleaf filaree (Erodium botrys), spring, 
        Volvon Trail, Morgan Territory Regional Preserve
 
 
  California larkspur (Delphinium californicum 
        ssp. californicum), spring, Sylvan Loop Trail, Edgewood Park and 
        Preserve
 
 
  Coyote mint (Monardella villosa ssp. villosa), 
        spring, Thorner Ridge Trail, Maurice Thorner Memorial Open Space Preserve
 
 
  Variableleaf collomia (Collomia heterophylla), 
        spring, Benstein Trail, Mount Tamalpais
 
 
   Davy centaury (Centaurium davyi), summer, 
        Stafford Lake
 
 
  Coast rock cress (Arabis blepharophylla), 
        winter, Summit Loop Trail, San Bruno Mountain County Park
 
 
  Brewer's rock cress (Arabis breweri var. 
        breweri), winter, Falls Trail, Mount Diablo State Park
 
 
   California harebell (Campanula prenanthoides), 
        early summer, Loch Trail, Loch Lomond Recreation Area
 
 
   Pink sand verbena (Abronia umbellata ssp. 
        breviflora), spring, Crissy Field
 
 
   Purple sac clover (Trifolium depauperatum 
        var. truncatum), spring, White Oaks Trail, Monte Bello Open Space 
        Preserve
 
 
  Moonwort (Lunaria annua), winter, Coyote 
        Trail, Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
 
 
   Cutleaf geranium (Geranium dissectum), spring, 
        Wildcat Peak Trail, Tilden Regional Park
 
 
   Robert geranium (Geranium robertianum), 
        spring, Wildcat Peak Trail, Tilden Regional Park
 
 
 
 
 
 |  |  Iris (Iris), spring, Chimney Rock (Point Reyes)
 
 
  Bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa), spring, 
      Bill's Trail, Samuel P. Taylor State Park
 
 
  Slender phlox (Phlox gracilis), winter, Falls 
      Trail, Mount Diablo State Park
 
 
   Buckwheat (Eriogonum), summer, Middle Summit 
      Fire Road, Camino Alto Open Space Preserve
 
 
  Redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana), late winter, Skyline to the 
      Sea Trail, Big Basin State Park
 
 
  Elegant Brodiaea (Brodiaea elegans), late 
      spring, San Andreas Fault Trail, Los Trancos Open Space Preserve
 
 
  Chinese Houses (Collinsia heterophylla), spring, 
      Coyote Trail, Morgan Territory Regional Preserve
 
 
   Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), spring, 
      Muddy Hollow Trail, Point Reyes National Seashore
 
 
  Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis), spring, Muddy 
      Hollow Road, Point Reyes National Seashore
 
 
  California scorpionweed (Phacelia californica), 
      spring, Summit Loop Trail, San Bruno Mountain State and County Park
 
 
  Serpentine linanthus (Linanthus ambiguus), 
      spring, Edgewood Park and Preserve
 
 
   Swamp knotweed (Polygonum amphibium), late 
      summer, Pond Loop Trail, Año Nuevo State Reserve
 
 
  Currant (Ribes), spring, late winter, Hamms 
      Gulch Trail, Windy Hill Open Space Preserve
 
 
   Cobweb thistle (Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale), 
      spring, Milagra Ridge
 
 
   Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus), summer, Lower 
      Sea Foam Trail, Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area
 
 
  Milk thistle (Silybum marianum), spring, Green 
      Gulch Trail, Marin Headlands
 
 
  Boisduvalia (Epilobium densiflorum), summer, 
      Terwilliger Nature Trail, Stafford Lake County Park
 
 
   Sea fig (Carpobrotus chilensis), spring, Fort 
      Funston
 
 
  Wood rose (Rosa gymnocarpa), summer, Purisima 
      Creek Trail, Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve
 
 
  Tall Stephanomeria (Stephanomeria virgata), 
      summer, Ridge Trail, Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve
 
 
  Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius), spring, 
      Cordilleras Trail, Pulgas Open Space Preserve
 |  |  Owl's clover (Castilleja), spring, Bishop 
        Ranch Open Space Preserve
 view more Owl's clover photos
 
 
   Red ribbon clarkia (Clarkia concinna), spring, 
        fire road on eastern shore of Phoenix Lake (Mount Tamalpais)
 
 
   Jewelflower (Streptanthus albidus), spring, 
        Stile Ranch Trail
 
   Calypso orchid (Calypso bulbosa), winter, 
        Steep Ravine Trail, Mount Tamalpais State Park
 
 
  Purple mouse ears (Mimulus douglasii), late 
        winter, Edgewood Park and Preserve
 
 
  Blue toadflax (Nuttallanthus texanus), spring, Batteries to Bluffs Trail, the Presidio
 
 
  Coast hedge nettle (Stachys chamissonis), 
        summer, Kortum Trail, Sonoma State Beach
 
 
  Hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea), spring, 
        Summit Loop Trail, San Bruno Mountain County Park
 
 
  Purple clarkia (Clarkia purpurea ssp. 
        purpurea), spring, Rockville Hills Community Park
 
 
   True babystars (Linanthus bicolor), spring, 
        Rockville Hills Community Park
 
 
  Elegant clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata), spring, 
        Indian Joe Creek Trail, Sunol Regional Wilderness
 
 
   Sickleleaf onion (Allium falcifolium), spring, 
        Kent Trail, Mount Tamalpais
 
 
   California hedgenettle (Stachys bullata), 
        spring, Montara Mountain Trail, San Pedro Valley Park
 
 
   Windmill pink (Silene gallica), spring, 
        Clarkia Trail, Edgewood Park and Preserve (here the flowers are more white 
        than pink)
 
 
   Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), summer, Bear 
        Valley Trail, Point Reyes
 
 
   California milkwort (Polygala californica), 
        spring, Pipeline Road, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
 
 
   Panicled willowherb (Epilobium brachycarpum), 
        summer, Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve
 
 
  Pincushion plant (Scabiosa atropurpurea), 
        Wildcat Creek Trail, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park
 
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