Brushy Peak Wildflowers

A photographic guide to showy wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve

Sorted by Flower Color

Photographs by Wilde Legard Botanist, East Bay Regional Park District Revision: February 23, 2007 More than 2,000 species of native and naturalized plants grow wild in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most are very difficult to identify without the help of good illustrations. This is designed to be a simple, color photo guide to help you identify some of these plants.

The selection of showy wildflowers displayed in this guide is by no means complete. The intent is to expand the quality and quantity of photos over time. The revision date is shown on the cover and on the header of each photo page. A comprehensive plant list for this area (including the many species not found in this publication) can be downloaded at the East Bay Regional Park District’s wild plant download page at: http://www.ebparks.org.

This guide is published electronically in Adobe Acrobat® format to accommodate these planned updates. You have permission to freely download and distribute, and print this pdf for individual use. You are not allowed to sell the electronic or printed versions.

In this version of the guide, only showy wildflowers are included. These wildflowers are sorted first by flower color, then by plant family (similar flower types), and finally by scientific name within each family. Under each photograph are four lines of information, based on the current standard wild plant reference for California: The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, 1993.

Common Name These non-standard names are based on Jepson and other local references. Scientific Name Scientific names revised since 1993 are NOT included in this edition. Origin & Longevity Native or Introduced. Annual, Biennial, Perennial, or a combination. Family Name The common plant family name according to Jepson.

For readers that prefer a more comprehensive guide, sorted by scientific name, please download the “wild plants” version of this guide.

Readers are encouraged to email any suggestions or corrections to [email protected].

Seaside Heliotrope Nievitas Popcorn Flower California Buckeye Common Yard Knotweed Heliotropium curassavicum Plagiobothrys nothofulvus Aesculus californica Polygonum arenastrum Native Perennial Native Annual Native Perennial Introduced Annual Borage Family Borage Family Buckeye Family Buckwheat Family

Shepherd's Needle Common / California Manroot Oregon / Coast Manroot Blue Elderberry Scandix pecten-veneris Marah fabaceus Marah oreganus Sambucus mexicana Introduced Annual Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Carrot Family Gourd Family Gourd Family Honeysuckle Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve White Page 2 of 18

White Fairy Lantern Common Soap Plant Yerba Mansa Alkali Mallow Calochortus albus Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum Anemopsis californica Malvella leprosa Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Lily Family Lily Family Lizard's-Tail Family Mallow Family

Common Horehound Black Sage Climbing Morning Glory Shortstem Morning Glory Marrubium vulgare Salvia mellifera Calystegia purpurata ssp. purpurata Calystegia subacaulis ssp. subacaulis Introduced Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Mint Family Mint Family Morning-Glory Family Morning-Glory Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve White Page 3 of 18

Field Bindweed White Water Cress Hairy Fringepod Blue Gum Convolvulus arvensis Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Thysanocarpus curvipes Eucalyptus globulus Introduced Perennial Native Perennial Native Annual Introduced Perennial Morning-Glory Family Mustard Family Mustard Family Myrtle Family

White Sweet Clover Mouse-ear Chickweed Windmill Pink Common Chickweed Melilotus alba Cerastium glomeratum Silene gallica Stellaria media Introduced Annual-Biennial Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Pea Family Pink Family Pink Family Pink Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve White Page 4 of 18

California Dwarf Plantain English Plantain Cream Cups Creambush / Ocean Spray Plantago erecta Plantago lanceolata Platystemon californicus Holodiscus discolor Native Annual Introduced Annual Native Annual Native Perennial Plantain Family Plantain Family Poppy Family Rose Family

Western Chokecherry Woodland Star California Saxifrage Valley Tassels Prunus virginiana var. demissa Lithophragma affine Saxifraga californica Castilleja attenuata Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Annual Rose Family Saxifrage Family Saxifrage Family Snapdragon Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve White Page 5 of 18

Yarrow Blow Wives Mayweed Variable-leaf Nemophila Achillea millefolium Achyrachaena mollis Anthemis cotula Nemophila heterophylla Native Perennial Native Annual Introduced Annual Native Annual Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Waterleaf Family

Wild Heliotrope Phacelia White Fiesta Flower Phacelia distans Pholistoma membranaceum Native Annual Native Annual Waterleaf Family Waterleaf Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Yellow Page 6 of 18

Common Fiddleneck California Buttercup Prickleseed Buttercup Sweet Fennel Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia Ranunculus californicus Ranunculus muricatus Foeniculum vulgare Native Annual Native Perennial Introduced Annual Introduced Perennial Borage Family Buttercup Family Buttercup Family Carrot Family

Pacific Woodland Sanicle Black Mustard Yellow Field Mustard Bird's-foot Deerweed Sanicula crassicaulis Brassica nigra Brassica rapa Lotus corniculatus Native Perennial Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Introduced Perennial Carrot Family Mustard Family Mustard Family Pea Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Yellow Page 7 of 18

California Lotus Gully Lupine California Bur Clover Sour Clover Lotus wrangelianus Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus Medicago polymorpha Melilotus indica Native Annual Native Annual Introduced Annual Introduced Annual-Biennial Pea Family Pea Family Pea Family Pea Family

Shamrock Clover Common Purslane Bush Monkey Flower Golden Monkey Flower Trifolium dubium Portulaca oleracea Mimulus aurantiacus Mimulus guttatus Introduced Annual Introduced Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Pea Family Purslane Family Snapdragon Family Snapdragon Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Yellow Page 8 of 18

Yellow Johnny-tuck Large-flower Native Dandelion Glue-seed Tocalote Triphysaria eriantha ssp. eriantha Agoseris grandiflora Blennosperma nanum var. nanum Centaurea melitensis Native Annual Native Perennial Native Annual Introduced Annual Snapdragon Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family

Yellow Star Thistle Pineapple Weed Brass Buttons Interior Golden Bush Centaurea solstitialis Chamomilla suaveolens Cotula coronopifolia Ericameria linearifolia Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Introduced Perennial Native Perennial Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Yellow Page 9 of 18

Smooth Cat's-ear Goldfields Bristly Ox-tongue Common Groundsel Hypochaeris glabra Lasthenia californica Picris echioides Senecio vulgaris Introduced Annual Native Annual Introduced Annual-Biennial Introduced Annual Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family

Prickly Sow Thistle Common Sow Thistle Common Dandelion Gray Mule's Ear Sonchus asper ssp. asper Sonchus oleraceus Taraxacum officinale Wyethia helenioides Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Introduced Biennial-Perennial Native Perennial Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Yellow Page 10 of 18

Johnny-Jump-Up / Wild Pansy Viola pedunculata Native Perennial Violet Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Pink/Purple Page 11 of 18

Rattlesnake Weed Purple Sanicle Small Clarkia Panicled / Weedy Willowherb Daucus pusillus Sanicula bipinnatifida Clarkia affinis Epilobium brachycarpum Native Annual Native Perennial Native Annual Native Annual Carrot Family Carrot Family Evening Primrose Family Evening Primrose Family

Alkali Heath Long-beaked Filaree Red-stem Filaree White-stem Filaree Frankenia salina Erodium botrys Erodium cicutarium Erodium moschatum Native Perennial Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Frankenia Family Geranium Family Geranium Family Geranium Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Pink/Purple Page 12 of 18

Purpletip Cut-leaf Geranium Hairy Dove's Foot Geranium Pink / Serrated Onion Ithuriel's Spear Geranium dissectum Geranium molle Allium serra Triteleia laxa Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Native Perennial Native Perennial Geranium Family Geranium Family Lily Family Lily Family

Grass Poly Loosestrife Blue Field Madder Whorled/Narrow-leaf Milkweed Wild Radish Lythrum hyssopifolium Sherardia arvensis Asclepias fascicularis Raphanus sativus Introduced Annual-Perennial Introduced Annual Native Perennial Introduced Annual Loosestrife Family Madder Family Milkweed Family Mustard Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Pink/Purple Page 13 of 18

Blue Bush / Silver Lupine Pinpoint Clover Rose Clover Small-head Clover Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons Trifolium gracilentum var. gracilentum Trifolium hirtum Trifolium microcephalum Native Perennial Native Annual Introduced Annual Native Annual Pea Family Pea Family Pea Family Pea Family

Tomcat Clover Mosquitobills Shooting Star Magenta Red Maids California Wild Rose Trifolium willdenovii Dodecatheon hendersonii Calandrinia ciliata Rosa californica Native Annual Native Perennial Native Annual Native Perennial Pea Family Primrose Family Purslane Family Rose Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Pink/Purple Page 14 of 18

Bellardia Purple Owl's Clover Chinese Houses Italian Thistle Bellardia trixago Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta Collinsia heterophylla Carduus pycnocephalus Introduced Annual Native Annual Native Annual Introduced Annual Snapdragon Family Snapdragon Family Snapdragon Family Sunflower Family

Bull Thistle Cardoon / Artichoke Thistle Weedy Cudweed Milk Thistle Cirsium vulgare Cynara cardunculus Gnaphalium luteo-album Silybum marianum Introduced Biennial Introduced Perennial Introduced Annual Introduced Annual-Biennial Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Pink/Purple Page 15 of 18

Robust Vervain Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida Native Perennial Vervain Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Blue Page 16 of 18

Blue Dicks Blue Witch Miniature Dove Lupine Douglas Sky Lupine Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Solanum umbelliferum Lupinus bicolor Lupinus nanus Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Annual Native Annual Lily Family Nightshade Family Pea Family Pea Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Red/Orange Page 17 of 18

California Fuchsia California Poppy Scarlet Pimpernel Venus / Cobweb Thistle Epilobium canum ssp. canum Eschscholzia californica Anagallis arvensis Cirsium occidentale var. venustum Native Perennial Native Perennial Introduced Annual Native Biennial Evening Primrose Family Poppy Family Primrose Family Sunflower Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Green/Brown Page 18 of 18

Stinkbells Fritillaria agrestis Native Perennial Lily Family