Vernal Pool Buttercup
Vernal Pool Buttercup is a member of the buttercup family. The small flowers have tiny yellow petals. The head of seeds is much larger than the flower was and resembles…
Vernal Pool Goldfields
Vernal Pool Goldfields are a member of the sunflower family. Each flowerhead is actually made up of 20-100 individual yellow flowers. The outer ray flowers look like petals while the…
Filaree or Storksbill
Filaree is a member of the geranium family. The flowers have five pink petals. Each flower produces five seeds, attached to a long stalk. As the seeds dry, they detach…
Red Maids
Red Maids are a member of the purslane family. The bright red-pink flowers with five petals and numerous stamens are distinctive (unlike any others). The plants are sprawling….
Vernal Pool Monkeyflower
Vernal Pool Monkeyflower is a member of the figwort family. The bright red-pink-and-yellow flowers are tube-shaped at the base and have five irregular lobes or petals. The Vernal Pool Monkeyflower…
Little Quaking Grass
…into clusters called florets. Because grasses are wind-pollinated, they do not need showy flowers to attract insects. In fact, petals could block the wind and prevent pollination. The rattle-like florets…
Medusahead
Medusahead is a member of the grass family. Grass flowers are smaller versions of regular flowers but without the petals. In Medusahead, each floret (cluster of flowers) is made up…
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…