National Park Service Point Reyes National Seashore U.S. Department of the Interior

Splashes of Color on the Landscape

lowers are the culmination of a year’s work for and their attempt at success. Point Reyes FNational Seashore is home to nearly 850 species whose seeds will offer us the possibilities of future flowers and splashes of color. While the height of the wildflower season is in the early spring flowers flourish nearly year-round. Look for wildflowers at Chimney Rock, Tomales Point, and along trails throughout the Seashore, but help us protect them by leaving all wildflowers undisturbed.

Gumplant Buttercup Coast Buckwheat Ithuriel's Spear Hedge Nettle Cobweb Thistle Seaside Daisy Grindelia stricta Ranunculus californicus Eriogonum latifolium Triteleia laxa Stachys ajugoides Cirsium occidentale var. Erigeron glaucus (Asteraceae) (Ranunculaceae) (Polygonaceae) (Themidaceae) (Lamiaceae) occidentale (Asteraceae) (Asteraceae)

Footsteps-of-Spring Morning Glory Sanicula arctopoides Calystegia purpurata (Apiaceae) (Convolvulaceae)

Douglas Iris Goldfields Tidy Tips Iris douglasiana Lasthenia californica ssp. californica Layia platyglossa (Iridaceae) (Asteraceae) (Asteraceae)

Wight's Paintbrush Cow Clover Castilleja wightii Trifolium wormskioldii () (Fabaceae)

Baby Blue Eyes Indian Paintbrush Yellow Bush Lupine Checkerbloom Pussy Ears Nemophila menziesii var. Castilleja affinis Lupinus arboreus calycosa tolmiei atomaria (Orobanchaceae) (Fabaceae) () () (Boraginaceae)

Cow Parsnip Sun Cup California Poppy Narrow Mule Ears Brownie Thistle Seaside Fiddleneck Sky Lupine Heracleum maximum Taraxia ovata Eschscholzia californica Wyethia angustifolia Cirsium quercetorum Amsinckia spectabilis Lupinus nanus (Apiaceae) (Onagraceae) (Papaveraceae) (Asteraceae) (Asteraceae) (Boraginaceae) (Fabaceae)

California Blackberry Headland Wallflower Field Chickweed California Man-root Owl's-clover Phacelia Coastal Larkspur Rubus ursinus (aka Bluff Wallflower) Cerastium arvense (aka Wild Cucumber) floribunda Phacelia insularis var. Delphinium decorum (Roseaceae) Erysimum concinnum (Caryophyllaceae) Marah fabacea (Orobanchaceae) continentis (Ranunculaceae) (Brassicaceae) (Cucurbitaceae) (Boraginaceae)

Common Phacelia Beach Strawberry Cream Cups Checker Lily Dwarf Brodiaea Blue Blossom Western Dog Violet (aka Distant Phacelia) Fragaria chiloensis Platystemon californicus (aka Mission Bells) Brodiaea terrestris Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. (aka Blue Violet) Phacelia distans (Roseaceae) (Papaveraceae) Fritillaria affinis ssp. terrestris thyrsiflorus Viola adunca (Boraginaceae) (Liliaceae) (Themidaceae) (Rhamnaceae) (Violaceae) Wildflowers are reminders of the vitality and fragility that all species share.