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Wildflowers are abundant on almost every trail in the park. The recent rain has kept the flowers and other vegetation from drying out early. These are some of the more common flowers that are blooming:
Baby blue eyes
Nemophila menziesii
var. menziesii
Waterleaf
family
Black sage
Salvia
mellifera
Mint family
Bladder parsnip
Lomatium
utriculatum
Carrot family
Blue
dicks
Dichelostemma capitatum ssp.
capitatum
Lily family
Blue elderberry
Sambucus
mexicana
Honeysuckle family
Blue fiesta flower
Pholistoma auritum var. auritum
Waterleaf family
Brewer's
senecio
Senecio breweri
Sunflower family
Bush lupine
Lupinus albifrons
var. albifrons
Pea family
Bush poppy
Dendromecon
rigida
Poppy family
California buckeye
Aesculus californica
Buckeye
family
California
buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var.
foliolosum
Buckwheat family
California
buttercup
Ranunculus
californicus
Buttercup family
California poppy
Eschscholzia
californica
Poppy family
California saxifrage
Saxifraga californica
Saxifrage
family
California
wild rose
Rosa californica
Rose family
Chamise
Adenostoma
fasciculatum
Rose family
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Mint family
Chinese houses
Collinsia
heterophylla
Figwort family
Cream-cup
Platystemon
californicus
Poppy family
Douglas'
wallflower
Erysimum capitatum ssp.
capitatum
Mustard family
Elegant clarkia
Clarkia
unguiculata
Evening primrose
family
Farewell
to spring
Clarkia affinis
Evening primrose family
Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii
var. intermedia
Borage
family
Foothill
penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus var.
heterophyllus
Figwort family
Fremont's monkeyflower
Mimulus fremontii
Figwort
family
Fringed onion
Allium
fimbriatum
Lily family
Golden
yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var.
confertiflorum
Sunflower family
Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
Sunflower family
Hedge nettle
Stachys
bullata
Mint family
Johnny-jump-up
Viola
pedunculata
Violet family
Linanthus
Linanthus parviflorus
Phlox family
Mariposa lily
Calochortus venustus
Lily
family
Mule ears
Wyethia helenioides
Sunflower
family
Owl's
clover
Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta
Figwort
family
Padre's shooting stars
Dodecatheon
clevelandii ssp. patulum
Primrose
family
Parry's larkspur
Delphinium parryi
ssp. parryi
Buttercup
family
Popcorn flower
Plagiobothrys nothofulvus
Borage
family
Pretty faces
Triteleia lugens
Lily
family
Purple nightshade
Solanum
umbelliferum
Nightshade family
Scarlet bugler
Penstemon
centranthifolius
Figwort family
Sticky monkeyflower
Mimulus
aurantiacus
Figwort family
Suncups
Cammisonia ignota
Evening primrose
family
Tomcat clover
Trifolium
willdenovii
Pea family
Venus thistle
Cirsium occidentale var.
venustum
Sunflower family
Virgin's
bower
Clematis ligusticifolia
Buttercup family
White
fiesta flower
Pholistoma membranaceum
Waterleaf
family
White lupine
Lupinus microcarpus var.
densiflorus
Pea Family
White
pitcher sage
Lepechinia calycina
Mint family
Wind
poppy
Stylomecon heterophylla
Poppy
family
Wine-cup
clarkia
Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera
Evening primrose
family
Woolly indian paintbrush
Castilleja foliolosa
Figwort
family
Woolly
yerba santa
Eriodictyon tomentosum
Waterleaf family
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Sunflower family
For Further
Information :
Plant Checklist of Pinnacles
National Monument
Common Wildflowers of
Pinnacles National Monument
California Native Plant Society - Santa Clara
Valley
For feedback or updates, send an email to erika_williams@nps.gov
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