June 30, 2022

Alum root
Heuchera micrantha

American speedwell
Veronica americana

American trailplant
Adenocaulon bicolor

California everlasting
Pseudognaphalium californicum

California spikenard
Aralia californica

Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum

Hayfield tarweed
Hemizonia congesta s. lutescens

Lance leaf selfheal
Prunella vulgaris v. lanceolata

Naked buckwheat
Eriogonum nudum v. nudum

Sticky monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus

Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia

Wavyleaf soap plant
Chlorogalum pomeridianum

NEW
– Alum root (Heuchera micrantha) is blooming with small white flowers in forests seeps.
– American speedwell (Veronica americana) has small blue flowers and grows in seeps.
– American trailplant (Adenocaulon bicolor) has white flowers on top of a long stalk over arrow-shaped leaves.
– California everlasting (Pseudognaphalium californicum) with white straw flowers is blooming in meadows.
– California spikenard (Aralia californica), a large shrub growing along creeks is blooming white.
– Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) is blooming white and frothy on the Red Plum Trail knoll. The most widespread of chaparral plants, this is the only one in Homestead.
– Hayfield tarweed (Hemizonia congesta s. lutescens) bright yellow ray flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Lance leaf self heal (Prunella vulgaris v. lanceolata) is blooming with purple velvet beehive flowers in seeps.
– Naked buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum v. nudum) is blooming on rocks in sun.
– Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), a small tree is blooming with white clusters that will be red berries later.
– Wavyleaf soap plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum) is blooming with sprays of white flowers at forest edge that bloom in late afternoon.

Forests
– Broadleaf hellebore* (Epipactis helleborine), an orchid native to Eurasia, is blooming green and pink in forests.
– Buckeye (Aesculus californica), a deciduous tree has leafed out and is just starting to bloom with white clusters.
– Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) is just leafing out for the season and is blooming white in forests.
– White hawkweed is blooming white in forests.

Forest Edge
– Hedgenettle (Stachys rigida quercetorum) with purple flower towers is blooming at forest edge.
– Spicebush is blooming with large burgundy flowers along Laverne in gardens and in Three Groves below the first bridge.
– Yerba buena, a creeping ground cover with bright green leaves is blooming with small white flowers at forest edge.

Meadow
– California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) with its bright orange bell blooms in meadows.
– Common yarrow is blooming with white clusters in meadows.

*non-native

Gallery of wildflowers and plants found in Homestead.