Lasthenia californica
Vaccinium ovatum
Plantago erecta
Galium aparine
Iris douglasiana
Sherardia arvensis
Scrophularia californica
Tellima grandiflora
Sanicula crassicaulis
Lathyrus vestitus var vestitus
Sanicula bipinnatifida
Sambucus racemosa
Scandix pecten-veneris
Allium triquetrum
Lithophragma affine
NEW
– California goldfields are blooming bright yellow in clusters in meadows.
– California huckleberry is blooming with small white bells in forests.
– California plantain’s bloom is very small with translucent petals in meadows.
– Cleavers with their velcro barbs blooms with small white flowers at forest edge.
– Douglas iris is blooming in forests with a variety of cream to pale purple flowers.
– Field madder*, a Mediterranean native, is blooming in meadows with its small pink, four-petaled flower.
– Figwort is blooming at forest edge with russet, tubular flowers.
– Fringe cups are blooming by creeks with distinctive fringed cups that start greenish white and turn pink when pollinated.
– Pacific sanicle is blooming with dull yellow clusters in forests.
– Pacific pea is blooming pink at forest edge.
– Purple sanicle’s burgundy pom-poms are blooming in meadows.
– Red elderberry’s large shrub is blooming with white flower mounds in meadows.
– Shepherd’s needle*, native of Eurasia, is blooming with small white clusters in meadows.
– White flowered onion*, a Mediterranean native, is blooming in wet places with white bells. Edible and invasive, dig out the onion bulb to remove.
– Woodland star is blooming with its distinctive star-shaped flower on the Ridgewood Rock.
Forests
– Bay laurel, one of the most common trees on Homestead’s north facing slopes, is blooming now with small yellow clusters that smell sweetly of vanilla.
– California blackberry is blooming white in forests.
– Canyon gooseberry is blooming with its red and white Chinese lantern flowers in forests.
– Fairy bells are blooming with white bell flowers in forests. The flowers hang below the leaves so look below to see them.
– Forget-me-not*, native of North Africa, is blooming with its pretty blue flowers beside trails. A very aggressive invasive plant, please pull.
– Indian warrior is blooming with maroon flowers above and below the Homestead Trail at 15.
– Manroot vine is blooming white.
– Milkmaid, white and tall, this edible member of the mustard family is blooming now in forests.
– Oso berry, or Indian plum’s white flower tassels are blooming near seeps in forests.
– Starry false lily of the valley is blooming with white star flowers on its bright green ladder in forests.
– Trillium with its white flower floating in the center of three leaves is blooming in the ravine at 6e.
– Wood sweet-cicely is blooming with small white flowers in forests.
Forest edge
– Chickweed*, an edible native of Europe, is blooming white.
– Fremont’s death camas is blooming with clusters of white flowers in meadows.
– French broom*, native of Europe, is blooming with bright yellow pea flowers at forest edges. One of the earliest to bloom in the spring, it’s one of our most aggressive invasive plants taking over meadow habitat. Please pull.
– Giant trillium is blooming white, purple and maroon in the forest along the Homestead Trail.
– Greene’s saxifrage’s small white flowers are blooming on the Ridgewood Rock.
– Miner’s lettuce blooms white in the middle of a fleshy disk. Edible.
– Pacific bleeding heart is blooming with its heart-shaped pink flowers around the redwoods near 435 Laverne.
– Pacific hound’s tongue with its large furry leaves is blooming with blue flowers at forest edges.
– Redwood sorrel is blooming under the redwoods near 435 Laverne.
– Scotch broom*, native of Europe, is one of our most aggressive invasive plants. Occupying what would otherwise be meadows, it grows in dense thickets and is blooming now with yellow pea flowers.
– Vanilla grass is blooming around the redwoods near 435 Laverne and in the road cut without ivy above Three Groves on Laverne.
– Woodland strawberry is blooming white at forest edges.
Meadows
– Barberry, a low shrub with spiky leaves is blooming bright yellow with fragrant flowers.
– Blue dick’s tall clusters of blue flowers are blooming in the meadows of Homestead Hill.
– Blue eyed grass, blue flowers on tufts in meadows.
– California buttercup’s shiny yellow flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Cow parsnip with its large white umbrella flowers is blooming in meadows.
– California poppy’s orange flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Checkerbloom’s pink flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Checker lily, tall with mottled chocolate bell flowers is blooming in meadows.
– Footsteps of spring blooms flat in meadows up on Homestead Hill with bright yellow centers.
– Ground iris’s deep purple flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Marin checker lily is blooming with chocolate bell flowers in the meadow below Amaranth.
– Oakland star tulip, one of Homestead’s rare wildflowers, is blooming delicate and pink in meadows.
– Red maid’s glossy magenta flowers are blooming close to the ground on Homestead Hill.
– Suncups is blooming yellow in meadows.
– Shooting star with its distinctive pink shooting star flower is blooming in meadows.
– Spring gold’s bright yellow clusters are blooming in meadows.
– Wintercress is blooming yellow on the ridge below Homestead Hill.
– Wooly lomatium is blooming with furry disk flowers and frilly carrot foliage in meadows.
*Non-native
Key to map:
Plants are not located on the map if they are very prolific. Find them by their habitat.
Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.
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