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January and
February are when the early bloomers come. Manzanita, milkmaids, shooting stars
and Indian warrior are the most common species observed. By March the plants are
into the full swing. Bush poppies and buckbrush are the dominant shrubs along
with California poppies, fiddleneck, pepper grass, cranesbill, fiesta flower,
monkey flower, baby blue-eyes and nightshade.
By April most of the March blooming species are still in bloom with the addition of such species as johnny jump-ups, virgins bower, gilia, suncups, chia, black sage, pitcher sage, larkspur and bush lupine. May brings hotter dryer weather to Pinnacles. Occasionally you will find some of the early blooming species but May is generally reserved for the late bloomers. Species at this time include chamise, buckwheat, clarkias, orchids, penstemons and roses.
Depending on the weather, early June can support a few of the late blooming species, but by mid-June summer has set in and very few plants will be found blooming in the hot summer months.
The following is a partial list of the wildflowers that you can see in the park:
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
Buck brush
Ceanothus cuneatus var.
cuneatus
Buckthorn family
Bush
lupine
Lupinus albifrons var.
albifrons
Pea family
Bush
poppy
Dendromecon rigida
Poppy family
Bush
mallow
Malacothamnus aboriginum
Mallow family
California
buckeye
Aesculus californica
Buckeye family
California
buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var.
foliolosum
Buckwheat family
California
fuchsia
Epilobium canum ssp.
canum
Evening primrose 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
Deerweed
Lotus scoparius var. scoparius
Pea 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
Fremont's
star lily
Zigadenus fremontii
Lily family
Fringed
onion
Allium fimbriatum
Lily family
Gaping
penstemon
Keckiella breviflora var.
breviflora
Figwort family
Goldenstar
Bloomeria crocea
Lily
family
Golden
yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var.
confertiflorum
Sunflower family
Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
Sunflower family
Hedge
nettle
Stachys bullata
Mint family
Hillside
gooseberry
Ribes californicum var.
californicum
Gooseberry family
Holly-leaved cherry
Prunus ilicifolia ssp.
ilicifolia
Rose family
Indian
tobacco
Nicotiana quadrivalvis
Nightshade family
Indian
paintbrush
Castilleja foliolosa
Figwort family
Indian
warrior
Pedicularis densiflora
Figwort family
Johnny-jump-up
Viola
pedunculata
Violet family
Linanthus
Linanthus parviflorus
Phlox family
Long-stemmed buckwheat
Eriogonum elongatum
ssp. elongatum
Buckwheat
family
Wild
cucumber
Marah fabaceus
Gourd
family
Mariposa
lily
Calochortus venustus
Lily
family
Milk maids
Cardamine californica var. californica
Mustard
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
Rock
buckwheat
Eriogonum saxatile
Buckwheat
family
Rock lettuce
Dudleya cymosa
Stonecrop
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
Wild
heliotrope
Phacelia distans
Waterleaf
family
Wind poppy
Stylomecon heterophylla
Poppy
family
Wine-cup
clarkia
Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera
Evening primrose
family
Withered
snapdragon
Antirrhinum multiflorum
Figwort
family
Woodland star
Lithophragma heterophyllum
Saxifrage
family
Woolly
yerba santa
Eriodictyon tomentosum
Waterleaf family
Woolly-fruited lomatium
Lomatium dasycarpum
Carrot family
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Sunflower family
Yarrow-leaved gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
ssp. achilleifolia
Phlox family
Yellow
monkey flower
Mimulus guttatus
Figwort family
Related
Links:
California Native Plant
Society - Santa Clara Valley