Common California Aster Aster Chilensis |
Beach Primrose Cammisonia cheiranthifolia |
Golden Yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
Indian Warriors Pedicularis densiflora |
Shooting Stars (with Indian Warriors) Dodecatheon hendersonii |
Pacific Hound's Tongue Cynoglossum grande |
Flowering Currant Ribes [glutinosum?] |
Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa |
Shooting Stars Dodecatheon hendersonii |
Climbing Morning Glory Convulvus [accidentalis?] |
Blue Witch Solanum sp.) |
Powdery Dudleya Dudleya farinosa |
Milk Thistle Silybum marianum |
Western Coltsfoot Petasites frigidus |
Giant Horsetail Equisetum telmateia |
Fetid Adder's Tongue Scoliopus bigelovii |
Yellow Violets Viola glabella |
Cow Parsnip Heracleum maximum |
Western Trillium Trillium ovatum |
Horsetail Ferns Equisetum telmateia |
Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor |
Redwood Wood Sorrel Oxalis oregana |
Wild Strawberry Fragaria chiloensis |
Douglas's Iris Iris douglasiana |
Coast Paintbrush Castilleja sp. |
Sunflowers |
Bushmallow, Tree Mallow Lavatera arborea |
Sticky Monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus |
Pink Mallow or Hollyhock Malva sp. |
Tidy Tips Layia platyglossa |
Douglas Iris Iris douglasiana |
Yellow-Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium californicum |
Pitcher Sage Lepechinia calycina |
Giant Trillium Trillium chloropetalum) |
Five-fingered Fern Adiantum aleuticum |
Twinberry Lonicera involucra |
Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis Margaritacea |
Crimson Columbine Aquilegia formosa |
Yellow Skunk Cabbage Lysichiton americaus |
Mediterranean Lineseed Bellardia trixago |
Rattlesnake Grass Briza maxima |
Bull Mallow Malva nicaeensis |
Dwarf Brodiaea Brodiaea terrestris |
Coast Paintbrush Castilleja wightii |
Water Mint Mentha aquatica |
Sun Cup Camissonia ovata |
Butterfly Mariposa Lily Calochortus venustus |
Yellow Monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus |
Gold Nuggets Calochortus luteus |
Morning Glory Calystegia purpurata |
Redwood Sorrel Oxalis oregana |
Red Clintonia Clintonia andrewsiana |
Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare |
Bermuda Buttercup Oxalis pes-caprae |
Indian Warrior Pedicularis Densiflora |
Goose-tongue Plantago maritima |
Red-flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum |
Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus |
California Blackberry Rubus ursinus |
Red Elderberry Sambucas racemosa |
Checker Mallow Sidalcea glaucescens |
Western Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum |
Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinal |
Poison Oak Toxicodendron diversilobum |
Bull Clover Trifolium fucatum |
Chain Fern Woodwardia fimbriata |
Periwinkle Vinca major |
Yellow Pansy Viola pedunculata |
Fernald's Iris Iris fernaldi |
Beach Strawberry Fragaria chiloensis |
Sticky Monkeyflower Mimulus auranticus |
Pineapple Weed Chamomilla suaveolens |
Golden Fields Lasthenia californica |
Sea Rocket Cakile maritima |
Milkmaids Cardamine californica |
Fringe Cups Tellima grandiflora |
Miniature Lupine Lupinus bicolor |
Wood Rose Rosa gymnocarpa |
Beach Knotweed Polygonum paronychia |
These pictures were taken in parks and open areas within a short distance from our home in Half Moon Bay. Parks include Edgewood Park, Butano State Park, and various preserves of the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST).