Blue dicks
Dichelostemma capitatus

California buttercup
Ranunculus californicus

California poppy
Eschscholzia californica

Dwarf checkerbloom
Sidalcea malvaeflora

Greene's saxifrage
Micranthes californica

Ground iris
Iris macrosiphon

Marin checker lily
Fritillaria lanceolata v. tristulis

Shooting star
Primula hendersonii

Spring gold
Lomatium utriculatum

Starry false lily of the valley
Maianthemum stellatum

NEW
– Blue dick’s tall clusters of blue flowers are blooming in the meadows of Homestead Hill.
– California buttercup’s shiny yellow flowers are blooming in meadows.
– California poppy’s orange flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Checkerbloom’s pink flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Starry false lily of the valley is blooming with white star flowers on its bright green ladder in forests.
– Greene’s saxifrage’s small white flowers are blooming on the Ridgewood Rock.
– Ground iris’s deep purple flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Marin checker lily is blooming with chocolate bell flowers in the meadow below Amaranth.
– Shooting star with its distinctive pink shooting star flower is blooming in meadows.
– Spring gold’s bright yellow clusters are blooming in meadows.

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.
– Fairy bells are blooming with white bell flowers in forests. The flowers hang below the leaves so look below to see them.
– Fetid adder’s tongue, a lily, is blooming with small brownish flowers on the uphill slope beside the Homestead Trail at 5 and between 14 and 13. Its leaves are still clustered around the blooms making them harder to spot. If you do see one, look around for more as they grow in colonies.
– 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.
– 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.
– Pacific hound’s tongue with its large furry leaves is blooming with blue flowers at forest edges.
– 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.
– Woodland strawberry is blooming white at forest edges.

Meadows
– Barberry, a low shrub with spiky leaves is blooming bright yellow with fragrant flowers.
– 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.
– 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.

Fairy bells
Prosartes hookeri

Fremont's deathcamas
Toxicoscordion fremontii

Oso berry
Oemleria cerasiformis

Pacific hounds tongue
Adelinia grandis

Wood sweet-cicely
Osmorhiza berteroi

NEW
– Fairy bells are blooming with white bell flowers in forests. The flowers hang below the leaves so look below to see them.
– Fremont’s death camas is blooming with clusters of white flowers in meadows.
– Oso berry, or Indian plum’s white flower tassels are blooming near seeps in forests.
– Pacific hound’s tongue with its large furry leaves is blooming with blue flowers at forest edges.
– Wood sweet-cicely is blooming with small white flowers in forests.

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.
– Fetid adder’s tongue, a lily, is blooming with small brownish flowers on the uphill slope beside the Homestead Trail at 5 and between 14 and 13. Its leaves are still clustered around the blooms making them harder to spot. If you do see one, look around for more as they grow in colonies.
– Indian warrior is blooming with maroon flowers above and below the Homestead Trail at 15.
– Milkmaid, white and tall, this edible member of the mustard family is blooming now in forests.
– 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.
– Trillium with its white flower floating in the center of three leaves is blooming in the ravine at 6e.

Forest edge
– Chickweed*, an edible native of Europe, is blooming white.
– 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.

Meadows
– Footsteps of spring blooms flat in meadows up on Homestead Hill with bright yellow centers.- Milkmaid, white and tall, this edible member of the mustard family is blooming now in forests.

*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.

Bay laurel
Umbellularia californica

Fetid adder's tongue
Scoliopus bigelovii

Pacific trillium
Trillium ovatum

Scotch broom*
Cytisus scoparius

Warrior's plume
Pedicularis densiflora

NEW
– 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.
– Fetid adder’s tongue, a lily, is blooming with small brownish flowers on the uphill slope beside the Homestead Trail between 14 and 13. Its leaves are still clustered around the blooms making them harder to spot. If you do see one, look around for more as they grow in colonies.
– Indian warrior is blooming with maroon flowers above and below the Homestead Trail at 15.
– 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.
– Trillium with its white flower floating in the center of three leaves is blooming in the ravine at 6e.

*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.

Coast tarweed
Madia sativa

Old man's beard*
Clematis vitalba

Roughleaf aster
Eurybia radulina

NEW
– Coast tarweed, one of the resinous madias is blooming yellow in meadows.
– Old man’s beard*, native of Europe, is an invasive vine that blooms in forests with fragrant white flowers.
– Roughleaf aster is blooming with pale flowers in meadows.

Forests
– American trailplant is blooming with white flowers on a stalk above arrow-shaped leaves.
– Broadleaf hellebore*, native of Eurasia, is an orchid blooming pinkish green in forests.
– California coffeeberry, one of the most common shrubs of the forest understory, is blooming with clusters of flowers.
– California honeysuckle, a vine, blooms with pink blooms.
– California spikenard dies back completely each year and grows 6-7′ in a season. It is blooming now with white dandelion-shaped flowers in the creek bed on the Maverick Trail up from the Ridgewood u-bend.
– Common snowberry bush is blooming with small white bell flowers in forests.
– Forget me nots*, this non-native invasive with pretty blue flowers is starting to bloom now in forests.
– Ocean spray bush is blooming with white frothy flowers in forests.
– Purple cestrum*, native of Mexico, is blooming with red flowers next to the bridge at Stolte Grove.
– Toyon is blooming with white flowers in forests.
– White hawkweed with its white flowers on tall stalks is blooming in forests.

Forest edge
– Alum root, with its small white bell flowers, is blooming at forest edge.
– American speedwell is blooming with blue flowers in a seep below Amaranth.
– Creeping snowberry is blooming at forest edge with pink bell flowers.
– Featherweed blooms with brown tufts at forest edge.
– Figwort, one of our great plants for insects is blooming with its irregular flowers at the forest edge.
– Hedgenettle, in the mint family, is blooming with mauve flowers at forest edges.
– Spicebush is blooming with red frilly flowers by the creek in Three Groves.
– Yerba buena, an aromatic creeping mint with white flowers, is blooming at forest edge.

Meadows
– Black elderberry is blooming below Homestead Hill.
– Blue-eyed grass, a member of the iris family, is blooming with a bright blue flower on Homestead Hill.
– Bluff lettuce, a succulent, is blooming yellow on rock outcrops.
– California blackberry’s white flowers are blooming.
– California everlasting is blooming in the meadows of Homestead Hill.
– California mugwort is blooming with yellow tufts in meadows.
– California poppy’s bright orange flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Common yarrow with white flower clusters and distinctive lacy foliage is blooming on Homestead Hill.
– Coyote mint is blooming purple in meadows.
– Lance leaf self heal is blooming velvety purple in seeps on the Homestead Trail near 12.
– Naked buckwheat is blooming in meadows below Homestead Hill.
– Pincushion flower*, native of Europe, is blooming purple, pink and burgundy in the meadows of Cowboy Rock.
– Purple western morning glory is blooming with pink veined white trumpet flowers in meadows.
– Sticky monkeyflower is blooming orange in meadows.
– Common yarrow with white flower clusters and distinctive lacy foliage is blooming on Homestead Hill.
– Wavyleaf soap plant is blooming with sprays of white flowers that bloom in late afternoon.

*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.