Bloom Identification Guide For The Santa Rosa Plateau - Pink, Red and Orange Blooms

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PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPlant
 
Pink Flowers
Checker Bloom or
Checker Mallow
Sidalcea malvaeflora
   full         Checker Bloom or
Checker Mallow
Sidalcea malvaeflora
Ground Pink
Linanthus dianthiflorus
   full         Ground Pink
Linanthus dianthiflorus
Red Maids
Calandrinia ciliata
   full         Red Maids
Calandrinia ciliata
Rose
Rosa californica
             Rose
Rosa californica
Wishbone Bush
California Four O'Clock
Mirabilis californica
             Wishbone Bush
California Four O'Clock
Mirabilis californica
Red Flowers
California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum ssp. canum
             California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum ssp. canum
Indian Pink
Silene californica
             Indian Pink
Silene californica
Bush Monkeyflower
Mimulus puniceus
Mimulus aurantiacus (species were combined in the 1993 Jepson Manual)
   full         Bush Monkeyflower
Mimulus puniceus
Mimulus aurantiacus (species were combined in the 1993 Jepson Manual)
Scarlet Monkeyflower
Mimulus cardinalis
             Scarlet Monkeyflower
Mimulus cardinalis
California Sycamore
Platanus racemosa
             California Sycamore
Platanus racemosa
Orange Flowers
Calif. Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
  beginningfull         Calif. Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Dodder
California dodder, Cuscuta californica var. californica; papillate dodder, Cuscuta californica var. papillosa "orange spaghetti" (flower is white, but rarely seen)
             California dodder, Cuscuta californica var. californica; papillate dodder, Cuscuta californica var. papillosa "orange spaghetti" (flower is white, but rarely seen)
Scarlet Pimpernel*
Anagallis arvensis
             Scarlet Pimpernel*
Anagallis arvensis
* = 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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Updated 1 March 2006.