Guide to Common Wildflowers of Pepperwood By Linda & Steve Barnhart Death Camas Woodland Star Wake Robin Toxicoscordion fremontii Lithophragma affine Trillium albidum February - June March - April February - June

Blue Eyed Grass (White) Jepson’s Leptosiphon White Brodiaea, Fool’s Onion Sisyrinchium bellum Leptosiphon jepsonii Triteleia hyacinthina March - May April - May March - July

Starflower Yarrow Star Tulip Lysimachia latifolia Achillea millefolium vestae April - July April - September May - July

Miner’s Lettuce Lobb’s Aquatic Buttercup Woodland Nemophila Claytonia perfoliata Ranunculus lobbii Nemophila heterophylla January - May March - May February - June

Rusty Popcorn Flower Buckeye Hillside Pea Plagiobothrys nothofulvus Aesculus californica Lathyrus vestitus March - May May - June February - July Q-Tips Meadowfoam Milk Maids Micropus californicus Limnanthes douglasii Cardamine californica April - June March - May January - May

Poison Oak Valley Tassels Common Chickweed Toxicodendron diversilobum Castilleja attenuata Stellaria media April – June (Shrub) March - May February - September

Windmill Pink Pacific Madrone Silene gallica Arbutus menziesii February - July March – May (tree)

Apple Serpentine Hogparsnip White Baby Blue Eyes Malus pumila Lomatium dasycarpum Nemophila menziesii April - May (Strebel) March - June February - June

Mount Saint Helena Morning Glory Wood Strawberry Subterranean Clover Calystegia collina Fragaria vesca Trifolium subterraneum April - June January - July March - April False Solomon’s Seal Western Buttercup Sticky Monkeyflower Maianthemum stellatum Ranunculus occidentalis Mimulus aurantiacus April - June March-July March – June

Cream Cups Sun Cups Diogenes’ Lantern Platystemon californicus Taraxia ovata Calochortus amabilis March - May March - June April - June

Yellow Mariposa Lily Goldfields Butter & Eggs Lasthenia californica Triphysaria eriantha April - June February - June April - June

Liveforever Cut-Leaf Sanicle Hairy Hawkbit Dudley cymosa Sanicula laciniata Leontodon saxatillis May – July March - May June - October

Yellow Gland Weed Hog Parsnip Bull Clover Parentucellia viscosa Lomatium utriculatum Trifolium fucatum April - June February - May April - June Mules Ears Yellow Iris Gum Wyethia angustifolia Iris fernaldii Grindelia camporum April - August April May - November

Daffodil Cream Sacs Yellow Star-Thistle Narcissus pseudonarcissus Castilleja rubicundula Centaurea solstitialis Spring–Strebel Homestead April - June May – October (Invasive weed)

Seep Spring Monkeyflower Fitch Spikeweed Gold Wire Mimulus guttatus Centromadia fitchii Hypericum concinnum March - June May - November May - August

California Buttercup Blow Wives Ranunculus californicus Achyrachaena mollis March - August March - June

Deervetch Lepard Lily Fiddleneck Acmispon brachycarpus Lilium pardalinum Amsinckia intermedia March - June May - August March - June California Poppy Poker Plant Wild Pea Eschscholzia californica Kniphofia uvaria Lathyrus sphaericus February - September April – July (McCann & Goodman Homestead) April - May

Scarlet Pimpernel Columbine Scarlet Larkspur Lysimachia arvensis Aquilegia formosa Delphinium nudicaule March - May April - September March - June

California Pink Sheep Sorrel Spicebush or Sweet-Shrub Silene laciniata Rumex acetosella Calycanthus occidentalis April - August April - July (invasive weed) March – August (Shrub)

True Baby Stars Henderson’s Shooting Star Tomcat Clover Leptosiphon bicolor Primula hendersonii Trifolium willdenovii March - June March - July March - June

Storksbill or Filaree Rosy Sand-Crocus Owl’s Clover Erodium botrys Romulea rosea Castilleja densiflora March - July May - April (invasive weed) March - May Wicker Buckwheat Fringed Checkerbloom Pink Miner’s Lettuce Eriogonum vimineum Sidalcea diploscypha Claytonia gypsophiloides May - September April - May March - May

Checkerbloom Proliferous Pink Four-Spot Sidalcea malviflora Petrorhagia dubia Clarkia purpurea March - June March - June April - August

Mouse-ears Dwarf Sack Clover Warrior’s Plume Mimulus douglasii Trifolium depauperatum Pedicularis densiflora February - April March - May March - May

Rose Clover Wood Rose Naked Ladies Trifolium hirtum Rosa gymnocarpa Amaryllis belladonna April - May April - July July - September

Common Geranium Cherry Geranium molle Prunus avium February - August McCann Homestead (tree) Pennyroyal Purple Sanicle Bird’s Eye Gilia Mentha pulegium Sanicula bipinnatifida Gilia tricolor July – October (invasive weed) March - May March - May

Sky Lupine White-tip Clover Hedge-Nettle Lupinus nanus Trifolium variegatum Stachys rigida March - June March - June July - August

Baby Blue Eyes Hound’s Tongue Blue-Eyed Grass Nemophila menziesii Cynoglossum grande Sisyrinchium bellum February - June February - May March - May

Blue Eyed Mary Chicory Collinsia sparsiflora Cichorium intybus March - April April - October

Blue Dicks Long-tubed Iris Dichelostemma capitatum Iris macrosiphon March - June March - May Spreading Larkspur Buck–brush Ookow Delphinium patens Ceanothus cuneatus Dichelostemma congestum March - June February - May March - June

Miniature Lupine Harvest Brodiaea Ithuriel’s Spear Lupinus bicolor Brodiaea elegans Triteleia laxa March - June April - August April - June

Spring Vetch False Baby Stars Vicia sativa Leptosiphon androsaceus May - July April - June

Checker Lily Dwarf Plantain California Bay Fritillaria affinis Plantago erecta Umbellularia californica March - June March - May November - May

Rattlesnake Grass Orchid Briza maxima Piperia elongata April - June May - July Linda Barnhart Pepperwood Steward

Linda Barnhart is one of the original Pepperwood Stewards. She has actively taken

If I were painting a landscape of Pepperwood, it would include the following so othersphotos ofwould the wildflowers be inspired ofto Pepperwoodcatch the vision. since 2007.

Flowers – to remind them to enjoy the journey. The Sun – to give them warmth and hope. A Horizon – it would remind others of the incredible possibilities for the future. Mountains – to represent the challenges ahead. Birds – to inspire them to soar like eagles. A Path – to offer direction and security. Myself – to demonstrate my commitment to the dream and to them. Them Share the Dream from the book “ Your Road Map to Success”. – to show where they fit in and to communicate my belief in them. I am willing to share my dream by helping others to see the need for tending our land and providing educational programs for children and adults as well as science solutions to our very own community. Our mission is to advance science-based conservation throughout our region and beyond.

Steve Barnhart Academic Dir. Emeritus Santa Rosa Junior College – Botany Instructtor, 38 years - Retired Education Director, Pepperwood, 8.5 years - Retired

2017 First Edition Photos by: Linda & Steve Barnhart Plant ID by: Peter Warner & Steve Barnhart

“Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.” Luke 12:27 NLT