August 4, 2021

California horkelia
Horkelia californica

California mugwort
Artemisia douglasiana

California spikenard
Aralia californica

Kellogg's yampah
Perideridia kelloggii

Old man's beard*
Clematis vitalba

Pennyroyal*
Mentha pulegium

Pincushion flower*
Scabiosa atropurpurea

Roughleaf aster
Eurybia radulina

Spicebush
Calycanthus occidentalis

Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia

NEW
– California horkelia is blooming with white flowers above its frilly leaves.
– California mugwort is blooming with cream tufts in full sun.
– California spikenard, tall with large leaves is blooming with white flowers in gulleys.
– Kellogg’s yampah is blooming with white umbels in meadows.
– Old man’s beard*, a clematis native to Europe, is blooming with fragrant white flowers.
– Pennyroyal*, native to Europe, a strong smelling mint is blooming near the creek below Cowboy Rock with pale purple flowers.
– Pincushion flower*, native of Europe,
– Roughleaf aster is blooming purple in sun.
– Spicebush with its unusual burgundy flowers is blooming in Three Groves and in native gardens
– Toyon, a common shrub of the forest understory is blooming with white clusters that will become bright red berries

Forests
– American trailplant, so called for it’s arrow shaped leaves that are white underneath is blooming with small white flowers at the end of a tall stalk in forests.

Forest edge
– California everlasting white straw flowers are blooming at forest edges.

Meadows
– Common yarrow is blooming with bright white clusters in meadows.
– California poppy’s orange flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Naked buckwheat is blooming in full sun in rocky areas.
– Sticky monkeyflower is blooming orange in meadows.

*Non-native

Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.