Barberry
Berberis pinnata

Blue eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum

California poppy
Eschscholzia californica

Dwarf checkerbloom
Sidalcea malvaeflora

Figwort
Scrophularia californica

Hedgenettle
Stachys rigida quercetorum

Oakland star tulip
Calochortus umbellatus

Pacific bleeding heart
Dicentra formosa

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– Barberry (Berberis pinnata) a small shrub with holly-like leaves is blooming with fragrant yellow flowers in meadows.

– Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum), in the iris family, is blooming with rich purple flowers in meadows.

– California poppy (Eschscholzia californica0) our bright orange state flower is blooming in meadows.

– Dwarf checkerbloom (Sidalcea malvaeflora) is blooming pink in meadows.

– Figwort (Scrophularia californica) is blooming with burgundy flowers in forests.

– Hedgenettle (Stachys rigida quercetorum) a small foul smelling mint, is blooming with purple flowers in forests.

– Oakland star tulip (Calochortus umbellatus), one of Homestead’s rare plants, is blooming pale purple in meadows.

– Pacific bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa), in the poppy family, is blooming with pink heart flowers under redwoods.

Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.

All the rain has brought lots of flowers out. Hound’s tongue and milkmaids are at meadow’s edge while footsteps of spring are up on the ridge, warrior plume’s large patch is still very colorful at 15 and trillium is in the canyons.

California buttercup
Ranunculus californicus

Douglas iris
Iris douglasiana

Fairy bells
Prosartes hookeri

Oso berry
Oemleria cerasiformis

Rooreh
Claytonia perfoliata

Suncups
Taraxia ovata

Wild cucumber
Marah fabacea

Woodland strawberry
Fragaria vesca

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– California buttercup’s (Ranunculus californicus) glossy yellow flowers are starting to brighten meadows. They are one of the few wildflowers that will persist into the warm months when most other spring flowers have faded.

– Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana) blooms white or pale purple in forests. Ground iris’s dark purple blooms started a few weeks ago in ridgetop meadows.

– Fairy bells (Prosartes hookeri) is a forest wildflower. Small and multibranched, the flowers are often hidden below the leaves.

– Wild cucumber (Marah fabacea), this vine is climbing up from the forest floor with white flowers.

– Miner’s lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) will bloom in wet seeps for as long as they’re wet. Edible.

– Oso berry (Oemleria cerasiformis) has flowers blooming white and fragrant as this shrub is leafing out.

– Suncups (Taraxia ovata), a yellow, four-petaled flower blooms in a rosette of leaves. It is the first wildflower this spring in South-facing meadows.

– Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca), is blooming with white flowers under chaparral and at forest edges.

Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.

California blackberry
Rubus ursinus

Footsteps of spring
Sanicula arctopoides

Fremont's deathcamas
Toxicoscordion fremontii

Ground iris
Iris macrosiphon

Spring gold
Lomatium utriculatum

Woolly lomatium
Lomatium dasycarpum

North-facing meadows are coming alive with wildflowers. Seek them out for hound’s tongue, milkmaid and iris now with fritillary lilies coming soon. Find trillium, fetid adder’s tongue and warrior’s plume along the Homestead Trail in our north-facing forests.

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– California blackberry (Rubus ursinus), the native blackberry grows low as a groundcover.

– Footsteps of spring (Sanicula arctopoides) is blooming bright chartreuse, tight against the ground like footsteps.

– Fremont’s deathcamas (Toxicoscordion fremontii) is blooming with large white clusters in meadows.

– Ground iris (Iris macrosiphon) is blooming deep purple in meadows.

– Spring gold (Lomatium utriculatum) is blooming with bright yellow clusters and carroty foliage in meadows.

– Woolly lomatium (Lomatium dasycarpum) is blooming with cream clusters and carroty foliage in meadows.

Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.