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…
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….
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…
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…
Purple Needlegrass
Purple Needlegrass is a member of the grass family. Each grass flower is made up of a pair of tiny bracts and the stamens and pistil. Because grasses are wind-pollinated,…
Botta’s Pocket Gopher
Botta’s Pocket Gopher is tan to medium brown and often the color of the local soil. The gopher uses its short, powerful front legs and neck to “swim” through soil…
California Vole
The California Vole is covered with grayish-brown fur. Its ears and legs are short and it has pale feet. It has a cylindrical shape (like a toilet paper roll) with…