Bloom Identification Guide For The San Gabriel Mountains - White Blooms

1999

Plant	January	February	March	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Plant
White flowers, no woody stems, plants less than 12" tall
Sweet Alyssum* Lobularia maritima			full	full	full	full	ending	ending	ending	gone			Sweet Alyssum* Lobularia maritima
Common Chickweed* Stellaria media			full	ending									Common Chickweed* Stellaria media
Granite Prickly Gilia Leptodactylon pungens						beginning	full	ending	ending	gone			Granite Prickly Gilia Leptodactylon pungens
Linanthus sp.						beginning	full	ending	ending	gone			Linanthus sp.
Mariposa Lily Calochortus sp.						beginning							Mariposa Lily Calochortus sp.
Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata			full	full	full	full							Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata
Popcorn Flower Cryptantha spp. Plagiobothrys spp.				full	full	full	full	ending	gone				Popcorn Flower Cryptantha spp. Plagiobothrys spp.
Rattlesnake Weed Chamaesyce albomarginata		beginning	full										Rattlesnake Weed Chamaesyce albomarginata
White flowers, no woody stems, plants more than 12" tall
Bedstraw* Galium aparine				beginning	full	full	full	ending	gone				Bedstraw* Galium aparine
California Blackberry Rubus ursinus						beginning	full	fruit			gone		California Blackberry Rubus ursinus
California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum						beginning	full	full	ending	ending	ending	gone	California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum
Cliff-Aster Malacothrix saxatilis						beginning	full	full	ending	ending	ending	ending	Cliff-Aster Malacothrix saxatilis
Corn Lily Veratrum californicum							beginning	full	ending	gone			Corn Lily Veratrum californicum
Cow Parsnip Heracleum lanatum				full	full								Cow Parsnip Heracleum lanatum
Wild Cucumber Marah macrocarpus "porcupine eggs"		beginning	full	full	full	ending							Wild Cucumber Marah macrocarpus "porcupine eggs"
Horehound* Marrubium vulgare				beginning	full	full	ending						Horehound* Marrubium vulgare
Morning Glory Calystegia macrostegia				full	full	full	full	full	ending	gone			Morning Glory Calystegia macrostegia
Nightshade Solanum douglasii		full	full	full	full	full	full						Nightshade Solanum douglasii
Imbricate Phacelia Phacelia imbricata						beginning	full	ending	gone				Imbricate Phacelia Phacelia imbricata
Poison Hemlock* Conium maculatum				full	full	ending	gone						Poison Hemlock* Conium maculatum
Prickly Poppy Argemone munita						beginning	full	full	ending	gone			Prickly Poppy Argemone munita
Shooting Star Dodecatheon redolens						beginning	full	gone					Shooting Star Dodecatheon redolens
Wild Sweet Pea Lathyrus vestitus			full	full	full	full	ending	ending	gone				Wild Sweet Pea Lathyrus vestitus
Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus						beginning	full	fruit			gone		Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus
Virgin's bower Clematis ligusticifolia						beginning	full	seed	ending	gone			Virgin's bower Clematis ligusticifolia
Water Cress* Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum					beginning	full	ending						Water Cress* Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
White Sage Salvia apiana						beginning	full	full	ending	gone			White Sage Salvia apiana
Yarrow Achillea millefolium						beginning	full	full	ending	gone			Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Smoothleaf Yerba Santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx						beginning	full	ending	ending	gone			Smoothleaf Yerba Santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx
White flowers, multiple woody stems
Hoaryleaf Ceanothus C. crassifolius		full	full	full	full	ending	gone						Hoaryleaf Ceanothus C. crassifolius
Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum					beginning	beginning	full	ending	ending	gone			Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum
Chaparral Whitethorn Ceanothus leucodermis			beginning	full	full	ending	ending	gone					Chaparral Whitethorn Ceanothus leucodermis
Chokecherry Prunus virginiana									fruit		gone		Chokecherry Prunus virginiana
Holly-leaf Cherry Prunus ilicifolia				full			fruit						Holly-leaf Cherry Prunus ilicifolia
Fremont Cottonwood Populus fremontii				full							leaf		Fremont Cottonwood Populus fremontii
Laurel Sumac Malosma laurina							beginning	full	ending	gone			Laurel Sumac Malosma laurina
Big-berry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca	full	ending	ending	fruit									Big-berry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca
Manzanita Arctostaphylos sp.					full	ending							Manzanita Arctostaphylos sp.
Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides					beginning	full	full	seed	ending	ending	gone		Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides
Poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum				beginning			leaf				gone		Poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum
Rockrose* Cistus ladaniferus				beginning	full	full	full	ending	gone				Rockrose* Cistus ladaniferus
Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia									fruit		gone		Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia
Sugar Bush Rhus ovata		beginning	full	full	full								Sugar Bush Rhus ovata

* = non-native