White Meadowfoam
White Meadowfoam is a member of the meadowfoam family. The lower stems and leaves have long silky hairs. The outer sepals are also hairy. Note the distinctive venations (arrangements of…
Valley Tassels or Narrow Owl’s-Clover
Valley Tassels are a member of the figwort family. The flowers are long tubes with three inflated (balloon-like) sacks near the top. In Valley Tassels, the inflated sacks have a…
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…
Fremont’s Tidy-tips
Fremont’s Tidy-tips is a member of the sunflower family. Each flowerhead is actually made up of 20-40 individual flowers. The outer ray flowers look like petals, while the inner disk…
Vernal Pool Dodder
Vernal Pool Dodder is a member of the dodder family. The plant consists of a mass of orange stems which resemble string. If you look closely, you may see smaller…
Checkerbloom
Checkerbloom is a member of the mallow family. The flowers are made up of five petals and many stamens. The petals are pale pink to white. Leaves are often rounded…
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…
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…
Sacramento Beardstyle
Sacramento Beardstyle is a member of the mint family. The stems are square and reddish. The leaves have lots of stiff hairs sticking out from the edges. The very tiny,…
Itherial’s Spear or Wally Basket
Itherial’s Spear is a member of the lily family. Each flower has three petals and three sepals. In Triteleia, the sepals are colored like the petals, so that the flower…