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Common fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii)

Seen February, 2022

These are some of the blooming or otherwise noteworthy plants seen in February.

tufted poppy with yellow flower
Tufted poppy (Eschsholzia caespitosa)
western buttercup with shiny yellow flower
Western buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis)
woolly sunflower yellow daisylike flowers
Common woolly sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum var. achillaeoides)
fiddleneck with groups of small yellow flowers
Common fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii)
goosefoot violet, a yellow violet
Goosefoot violet (Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum)
Yellow flowers
purple garden vetch flower with compound leaves
Garden vetch (Vicia sativa ssp. nigra) non-native
henbit deadnettle, whorls of purple flowers
Henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule) non-native
blue dicks, cluster of purple flowers
Blue dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus formerly Dichelostemma c.)
longbeak stork's bill, small purple flower with rosette of highly divided leaves
Redstem stork’s bill (Erodium cicutarium) non-native
Pacific hound’s tongue (Cynoglossum grande)
shooting star with two purple flowers
Mosquito bills – shooting star ( Primula hendersonii formerly Dodecatheon h.)
Purple and blue flowers

milkmaids green compound leaves andseverl white flowers
Milkmaids (Cardamine californica)
Indian manzanita white flowers and gray-green leaves
Indian Manzanita (Arctostaphylos mewukka ssp. mewukka)
Mariposa manzanita pinkish flowers with larger leaves
Mariposa manzanita (Arctostaphylos viscida ssp. mariposa)
Sierra manroot stem with small white flower and unfurling leaf
Sierra manroot (Marah horridus)
tendrils of manroot reaching out across trail
Sierra manroot with tendrils reaching out over trail
Little western bittercress (Cardamine oligosperma)
spring draba, small white flowers from tiny rosettes of leaves
Spring draba (Draba verna)
Calfornia saxifrage, diffuse inflorescence of small white flowers
California saxifrage (Micranthes californica formerly Saxifraga c.)
Caterpillar phacelia (Phacelia cicutaria var. cicutaria)
White flowers

coffee cliffbrake fern a view of part of the frond
Coffee cliffbrake (Pellaea andromedifolia)
Goldback ferns with fronds uncurling
Goldback fern (Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis)
Licorice fern cluster of fronds deeply divided
Licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza)
Ferns

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This Post Has 2 Comments

  1. Donna Wilhelm March 14, 2022 Reply

    Your blog is a treasure. I love it.
    I remember years back walking this trail and the difference the trail is now.
    I appreciate this trail so much more looking and hearing about the beautiful plants. Some can be so small they can be missed so easily. Group on Thursdays has helped me to slow down and !

  2. Stefani March 14, 2022 Reply

    Thanks!

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