The Wild Flowers Yellow/Orange Flowers Not Pictured:
Coast Tarweed (Hemizonia corymbosa) of Jacks Peak Park Common Madia (Madia elegans) Deerweed (Lotus scoparius) Gambleweed or Pacific Sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis) Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum) Hairy Cat’s Ear (Hypochaeris radicata)* Lizard-tail or Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum staechadifolium) Lotus (Lotus sp.) Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)* Small-leaved Lomatium or Parsnip (Lomatium parvifolium) Smooth Cat’s Ear (Hyopochaeris glabra)* Whispering Bells (Emmenanthe penduliflora) Yellow Bush or Tree Lupine (Lupinus arboreus)
White Flowers Not Pictured:
Broad-leaved Lupine (Lupinus latifolius) Giant Trillium (Trillium chloropetalum) Hound’s Tongue (Cynoglossum grande) Indian Thistle (Cirsium brevistylum) Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum)* Mission Bells or Checker Lily (Fritillaria affinis) Nightshade (Solanum sp.) Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum) Deerweed (Lotus scoparius) “*” Means the plant is nonnative to our area. This is a publication of the This brochure pictures the common and not so common wild Monterey County Parks Department. flowers found at Jacks Peak Park (trees, ferns, grasses, and most shrubs may be found in the Botanical List). Most of the flowers bloom around springtime at Jacks Peak, so the best time to go looking for them is usually late February to June. But if it is not springtime don’t let that stop you from looking for flowers. Some plants bloom during summer, fall, or winter.
Rev. 2/2011
We ask your cooperation in following park rules and regulations during your visit. All plants and animals, including flowers, are protected and may not be picked, collected, or disturbed. Please stay on the trails, watch for poison oak, don’t litter, and refrain from smoking.
Please return this guide to the brochure box or park staff when you are finished so others may use it. Enjoy your hunt for flowers!
BOTANICAL LIST
Trees Wild Cucumber or Man-Root California Blackberry California Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) (Marah fabaceus) (Rubus ursinus) Gourd Family Rose Family Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) Flower: white Flower: white Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) Bloom: March-July Bloom: March-July
Shrubs Blue Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) California Coffeeberry (Rhammus california) Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculata) Chaparral Currant (Ribes malvaceum) Coast or California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica) Coyote Brush or Chaparral Broom (Baccharis pilularis) Evergreen Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum) Hooker’s Manzanita (Arctostaphylos hookeri) Poison Oak (Toxidendron diversilobum) Shaggy-barked manzanita (Arctostaphylos tomentosa) Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
Ferns California Maidenhair Fern Hedge-Nettle or Wood Mint Douglas Iris Gold-back Fern (Pentagramma triangularis) (Stachys bullata) (Iris douglasiana) Sword Fern (Polystickum munitum) Mint Family Iris Family Western Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum) Flower: purple with white Flower: violet with white Wood Fern (Dryopteris arguta) Bloom: April-September Bloom: March-May
Yellow/Orange Flowers
California Poppy Johnny Jump-Up or Wild Pansy California Buttercup Sticky Monkey (Eschscholzia California) (Viola pedunculata) (Ranunculus California) (Mimulus aurantiacus) Poppy Family Flower: yellow with dark brown Buttercup Family Figwort Family Flower: orange patch Flower: glossy yellow Flower: dark to pale orange Bloom period: February-September Bloom period: February-April Bloom period: February-May Bloom period: April-August
Golden Brodiaea or Pretty Face Golden Eggs or Suncups Footsteps of Spring (Triteleia ixioides) (Camissonia ovata) (Sanicula arctopoides) Lily Family Evening Primrose Family Carrot Family Flower: golden yellow Flower: bright yellow Flower: yellow Bloom period: April-August Bloom period: March-June Bloom period: February-April
White Flowers Grasses English or Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne)* Giant Ryegrass (Leymus condensaturs) Rattlesnake Grass (Briza maxima)* Slender Wild Oat (Avena barbata)* Western Ryegrass (Elymus glaucus)
The flowers are listed by color in four categories: Red to Pink, Purple to Blue, Yellow to Orange and White. Some plants of the same species will bloom in different colors. For example, some Black Sage (Salvia mellifera) shrubs may bloom white while some shrubs may bloom lavender. So, if a flower is not in one color category it might be in another category, because the plants in this brochure will only be pictured once. Coast Morning-Glory Star Lilly (Convolvulus macrostegia (Zigadenus fremontii) Most of the plants listed are native. The nonnative plants are marked ssp. cyclostegia) Lily Family with an asterisk (*). All the blooming times are approximate and the Morning-Glory Family Flower: white to cream with color of the flowers may vary. Also, the pictures are not to scale.
Flower: white to red yellow center Bloom period: March-October Bloom period: February-April Red or Pink Flowers
Fuchsia-Flowered Gooseberry Checker Bloom Pacific or Wild Pea Sky Lupine (Ribes speciosum) (Sidalcea malvaeflora) (Lathyrus vestitus) (Lupijnus nanus) Saxifrage Family Mallow family Pea Family Pea Family Flower: red Flower: dark to pale pink Flower: purple to blue with Flower: dark blue to violet Bloom period: January-May Bloom period: February-June pink and white with white Bloom period: March-July Bloom period: spring