Bloom Identification Guide For The Santa Rosa Plateau - Green, Blue and Purple Blooms

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Green Flowers
 
Blue Flowers
Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
   full         Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
Lakeside Ceanothus
C. cyaneus (only planted at Adobes)
             Lakeside Ceanothus
C. cyaneus (only planted at Adobes)
Chia
Salvia columbariae
             Chia
Salvia columbariae
Cudweed Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
Lessingia filaginifolia
ending            Cudweed Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
Lessingia filaginifolia
Purple Flowers
Blue Dicks or
Wild Hyacinth
Dichelostemma capitatum
   full         Blue Dicks or
Wild Hyacinth
Dichelostemma capitatum
Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
   full         Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
earth brodiaea, Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis    full         earth brodiaea, Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis
Canchalagua
Centaurium venustum
             Canchalagua
Centaurium venustum
Chinese Houses
Collinsia heterophylla
             Chinese Houses
Collinsia heterophylla
Chocolate Lily
Fritillaria biflora
   ending         Chocolate Lily
Fritillaria biflora
Blue Delphinium
Blue Larkspur
Delphinium parryi
             Blue Delphinium
Blue Larkspur
Delphinium parryi
California Bells
Phacelia minor
             California Bells
Phacelia minor
short-fruited filaree*, Erodium brachycarpum (most common in grasslands)
Redstem Filaree*, Erodium cicutarium (finely-cut leaves) (most common in chaparral)
long-beaked filaree*, Erodium botrys (uncommon in grasslands)
   full         short-fruited filaree*, Erodium brachycarpum (most common in grasslands)
Redstem Filaree*, Erodium cicutarium (finely-cut leaves) (most common in chaparral)
long-beaked filaree*, Erodium botrys (uncommon in grasslands)
Fleabane
like an aster
Erigeron foliosus
             Fleabane
like an aster
Erigeron foliosus
Bush Lupine
Lupinus excubitus var. hallii
  beginningfull         Bush Lupine
Lupinus excubitus var. hallii
Dwarf Lupine
Lupinus bicolor (we have two other purple annual lupines)
             Dwarf Lupine
Lupinus bicolor (we have two other purple annual lupines)
Parish's Purple Nightshade
Solanum parishii
  beginningfull         Parish's Purple Nightshade
Solanum parishii
Wild Onion
Allium haematochiton
             Wild Onion
Allium haematochiton
purple owl's-clover, Castilleja exserta
owl's-clover, Castilleja densiflora
(C. densiflora, mature individual flowers without fuzzy tip; only species on Vernal Pool Trail; Castilleja exserta, mature individual flowers have fuzzy tip, most common elsewhere at SRP)
   beginning         purple owl's-clover, Castilleja exserta
owl's-clover, Castilleja densiflora
(C. densiflora, mature individual flowers without fuzzy tip; only species on Vernal Pool Trail; Castilleja exserta, mature individual flowers have fuzzy tip, most common elsewhere at SRP)
southern foothill penstemon, Penstemon heterophyllus var. australis              southern foothill penstemon, Penstemon heterophyllus var. australis
Wild Peony
Paeonia californica
             Wild Peony
Paeonia californica
Caterpillar Phacelia
Phacelia cicutaria
             Caterpillar Phacelia
Phacelia cicutaria
Wild Radish*
Raphanus sativus
             Wild Radish*
Raphanus sativus
Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
             Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
Purple Sanicle
Sanicula bipinnatifida
   full         Purple Sanicle
Sanicula bipinnatifida
Shooting Star
Dodecatheon clevelandii
   ending         Shooting Star
Dodecatheon clevelandii
San Diego pea, Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii    full         San Diego pea, Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii
Bull Thistle*, Cirsium vulgare (found in moist areas)
California thistle, Cirsium occidentale var. californicum (found in drier areas)
             Bull Thistle*, Cirsium vulgare (found in moist areas)
California thistle, Cirsium occidentale var. californicum (found in drier areas)
Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon crassifolium
             Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon crassifolium
Purple Vetch
Vicia villosa
             Purple Vetch
Vicia villosa
Vinegar Weed
Trichostema lanceolatum
             Vinegar Weed
Trichostema lanceolatum
Willow Herb
Epilobium ciliatum
             Willow Herb
Epilobium ciliatum
* = non-native

"Full bloom" means the majority of the plants are in full bloom.
"Beginning" means that some plants are blooming somewhere.
"Ending" means that the majority of plants have finished blooming, although some plants in some locations may still be in full bloom.
"Gone" means we haven't seen any in bloom anywhere.


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