Monday, April 19, 2010

Spring wildflowers

Flowers from today's site visit in Napa/Sonoma.


Poison oak is such a handsome plant - Toxicodendron diversilobum

Who can resist a California poppy? Eschscholzia californica

Owl clover - Castilleja spp.

Zigadenus lily - Zigadenus fremontii

Naturalists among goldfields and blue dicks

Iris

Baby blue eyes - Nemopila insignis

Hound's tongue - Cynoglossum grande

Mule's ears - Wyethia mollis

Blue eyed grass - Sisyrinchium bellum

Sun cups - Camissonia ovata

Our prize: the endangered Clara Hunt's milkvetch

Lovely day, lots of flowers!  Walking through the goldfields.

Parting shot of the endangered Astragalus clarianus

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