Trillium ovatum
NEW
– Trillium, with its white flower in the center of three heart shaped leaves is blooming in the forest.
Forests
Starting
– 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.
Peaking
– Fetid adder’s tongue, one of our most exotic and earliest spring wildflowers is blooming in its woodland locations. It grows in patches so, if you see one, look for more.
– Green wattle with its heady scent, is blooming with its yellow puff flowers. 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
– Milkmaids, are just starting. This is a member of the mustard/radish family (edible).
Peaking
– Pacific hounds tongue with its small blue flowers and large leaves is popping up all over and blooming at the edges of the forest and in shaded meadows.
Meadows
Starting
– Death camus is blooming in woodland meadows, the whole plant is poisonous, hence the name.
– Greene’s saxifrage, one of the flowers in Homestead found only on the Ridgewood Rock is blooming there now. These tiny blooms stand atop long stems and bloom on the mossy shelves of the rock.
– 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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