Micranthes californica
Cardamine californica
NEW
– Greene’s saxifrage, one of the flowers in Homestead only found on the Ridgewood Rock is blooming there now. These tiny blooms stand atop long stems and bloom on the mossy shelves of the rock.
– Milkmaids, are just starting. This is a member of the mustard/radish family (edible).
Forests
Starting
– Fetid adder’s tongue, one of our most exotic and earliest spring wildflowers is starting to bloom in its woodland locations.
– Forget-me-not* the familiar pretty little blue flower, a European native, is starting to bloom now. This is one of our most successful invasives covering the forest floor and crowding out native species. It’s easy to pull.
– Green wattle with its heady scent, is starting to bloom yellow. This native of Eastern Australia blooms after the first rains.
Fading
– California bay laurel, one of the most common trees in the woods, is blooming with vanilla scented flowers.
Forest Edges
Starting
– Pacific hounds tongue with its small blue flowers and large leaves is popping up all over and starting to bloom in the meadows.
Meadows
Starting
– Death camus is blooming in woodland meadows, the whole plant is poisonous, hence the name.
– White flowered onion*, native to the Mediterranean basin, is blooming in gutters and wet places. All parts of the plant from the bulb to the flower are edible.
Key to map:
I haven’t located White flowered onion, Milkmaids, Forget-me-nots, American trailplant, Fennel, California Blackberry, California honeysuckle, Bay, Chickweed, Cleavers, Hedge parsley, Manroots, Swordfern, Coyote brush, French or Scotch Broom on the map as they are so prolific.
Flowers that are not currently blooming have been removed from the map and are greyed out in the map key.
Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.
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