Adenocaulon bicolor
Sambucus nigra
Epipactis helleborine
Frangula californica
Lonicera hispidula
Cirsium brevistylum
Clarkia purpurea s. quadrivulnera
Diplacus aurantiacus
NEW
– 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.
– Black elderberry is blooming with discs of white flowers in full sun.
– Broadleaf hellebore*, an orchid native to Eurasia, is blooming with pink green flowers in forests.
– California coffeeberry, a forest shrub is blooming with white flowers.
– California honeysuckle, a vine, is blooming with pink flowers in forest.
– Clustered thistle, one of our native thistles, is blooming with a purple cluster in meadows.
– Purple clarkia is blooming with purple cups in meadows.
– Sticky monkeyflower is blooming orange in meadows.
Forests
– Alum root is blooming with small white bells near water in forests.
– Andrew’s Clinton, a lily, is blooming with pink flowers on long stalks above large waxy leaves in redwood forests. It can be seen blooming on the Laverne road cut above Stolte Grove.
– Buckeye’s white clusters are blooming in forests.
– California everlasting white straw flowers are blooming at forest edges.
– Celery leaved lovage with white umbrella flowers is blooming in forests.
– Creeping snowberry is blooming with pink bells in forests.
– Crimson columbine is blooming red and yellow in forests.
– Fairy bells are blooming with white bell flowers in forests. The flowers hang below the leaves so look below to see them.
– Forget-me-not*, native of North Africa, is blooming with its pretty blue flowers beside trails. A very aggressive invasive plant, please pull.
– Manroot vine is blooming white.
– Ocean spray, a forest shrub, is blooming with white frothy clusters.
– Pacific star flower is blooming with pink star flowers in forests.
– Poison oak’s small white flowers are blooming in forests.
– Spotted coralroot orchid is blooming burgundy or yellow with small white flowers in forests.
– Starry false lily of the valley is blooming with white star flowers on its bright green ladder in forests.
– White hawkweed is blooming white in forests.
– Woodland madia is blooming yellow in forests.
– Wood rose is blooming magenta in forests.
Forest edge
– American speedwell is blooming with small blue flowers in wet seeps.
– California everlasting white straw flowers are blooming at forest edges.
– Cleavers with their velcro barbs blooms with small white flowers at forest edge.
– Featherweed with its silver foliage and brown bristle flowers are blooming at forest edges.
– Figwort is blooming at forest edge with russet, tubular flowers.
– 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.
– Fringe cups are blooming by creeks with distinctive fringed cups that start greenish white and turn pink when pollinated.
– Hedgenettle is blooming purple at forest edges.
– Hedge parsley*, native of Europe, is blooming with small white umbrella flowers. Very soon it will go to seed and make nasty hooked burrs. Weed now.
– Milkwort, a small ground creeper is blooming purple at forest edge.
– Pacific bleeding heart is blooming with its heart-shaped pink flowers around the redwoods near 435 Laverne.
– 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.
– Vanilla grass is blooming around the redwoods near 435 Laverne and in the road cut without ivy above Three Groves on Laverne.
– Wavyleaf soap plant is blooming with white flowers at forest edge.
– Yerba buena is blooming with small white flowers at forest edges.
Meadows
– Blue eyed grass, blue flowers on tufts in meadows.
– Bluff lettuce, a succulent, is blooming yellow on red stalks on rocks in full sun.
– California acaena is blooming red on rocks on Homestead Hill.
– Common yarrow is blooming with bright white clusters in meadows.
– Cow parsnip with its large white umbrella flowers is blooming in meadows.
– California poppy’s orange flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Checkerbloom’s pink flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Ithuriel’s spear is blooming with deep blue flowers in meadows.
– Lance leaf selfheal is blooming with velvety purple clusters in meadows.
– Naked buckwheat is blooming with blush puffs in meadows.
– Narrowleaf mule ears is blooming with bright sunflowers in meadows.
– Pineappleweed’s chamomile-smelling yellow flowers are blooming in meadows on Homestead Hill.
– Purple western morning glory’s large funnel flowers are blooming white to purple in meadows.
– Silver lupine is blooming purple on bushes in meadows.
– Spreading dogbane is blooming with small pink flowers in meadows.
– Sky lupine blooms blue and white singly across 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.
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