White-tipped Clover
…flowers are deep purple with white or pale pink tips. White-tipped Clover is the only native perennial (not dying off each year) clover at Mather Field. It grows in large…
Pale Spikerush
Pale Spikerush is a member of the rush family. Rushes are closely related to grasses. Each flower is made up of a tiny bract and the stamens and pistil. The…
Purple Needlegrass
…they do not need showy flowers to attract insects. In fact, petals could block the wind and prevent pollination. At Mather Field, Purple Needlegrass is the only bunchgrass (perennial grass…
Soap Plant or Soaproot
Soap Plant is a member of the lily family. The flowers have three petals and three sepals which are similarly colored and make the plant appear to have six petals. …
White Hyacinth
White Hyacinth is a member of the lily family. Each flower has three petals and three sepals. But in Triteleia the sepals are colored like the petals so that the…
Biscuit Root or Lomatium
Biscuit Root is a member of the carrot family. The tiny flowers have five petals. They are arranged in clusters called umbels. The leaves have delicate fern-like divisions. The plant…
Hawkbit
Hawkbit is a member of the sunflower family. Each flowerhead is actually made up of 5-50 individual yellow flowers. In Hawkbit, all of the flowers making up the flowerhead are…
Narrow-leaf Mule’s Ear
Narrow-leaf Mule’s Ear is a member of the sunflower family. Each flowerhead is actually made up of 20-100 individual flowers. The outer ray flowers look like petals while the inner…
Elegant Brodiaea
Brodiaeas are members of the lily family. Each flower has three petals and three sepals. In Brodiaea, the sepals are colored like the petals, so that the flower appears to…
Field Cluster Lily
Field Cluster Lilies are a member of the lily family. Each flower has three petals and three sepals. In Dichelostemma the sepals are colored like the petals so that the…