Sunol Wildflowers A photographic guide to showy wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness 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]. All photographs are © 2006 Wilde Legard, all rights reserved. revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness White Page 1 of 26 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 Western Virgin's Bower Poison Hemlock Cow Parsnip Shepherd's Needle Clematis ligusticifolia Conium maculatum Heracleum lanatum Scandix pecten-veneris Native Perennial Introduced Biennial Native Perennial Introduced Annual Buttercup Family Carrot Family Carrot Family Carrot Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness White Page 2 of 26 Dense-flower Willowherb Hillside Gooseberry Canyon Gooseberry Common / California Manroot Epilobium densiflorum Ribes californicum var. californicum Ribes menziesii Marah fabaceus Native Annual Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Evening Primrose Family Gooseberry Family Gooseberry Family Gourd Family Blue Elderberry White Fairy Lantern Oakland Star Tulip White Butterfly Mariposa Lily Sambucus mexicana Calochortus albus Calochortus umbellatus Calochortus venustus Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Honeysuckle Family Lily Family Lily Family Lily Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness White Page 3 of 26 Common Soap Plant Starry False Solomon's Seal Hidden-flower Cheeseweed Santa Clara Thornmint Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum Smilacina stellata Malva parviflora Acanthomintha lanceolata Native Perennial Native Perennial Introduced Annual Native Perennial Lily Family Lily Family Mallow Family Mint Family Common Horehound Climbing Morning Glory Shortstem Morning Glory Field Bindweed Marrubium vulgare Calystegia purpurata ssp. purpurata Calystegia subacaulis ssp. subacaulis Convolvulus arvensis Introduced Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Introduced Perennial Mint Family Morning-Glory Family Morning-Glory Family Morning-Glory Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness White Page 4 of 26 Milkmaids White Water Cress Hairy Fringepod Blue Gum Cardamine californica Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Thysanocarpus curvipes Eucalyptus globulus Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Annual Introduced Perennial Mustard Family Mustard Family Mustard Family Myrtle Family Small-flower Nightshade Pinklobe Linanthus Bicolor Linanthus Mouse-ear Chickweed Solanum americanum Linanthus androsaceus Linanthus bicolor Cerastium glomeratum Native Annual-Perennial Native Annual Native Annual Introduced Annual Nightshade Family Phlox Family Phlox Family Pink Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness White Page 5 of 26 Windmill Pink Common Chickweed California Dwarf Plantain English Plantain Silene gallica Stellaria media Plantago erecta Plantago lanceolata Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Native Annual Introduced Annual Pink Family Pink Family Plantain Family Plantain Family Cream Cups Creambush / Ocean Spray Oso Berry Pacific Ninebark Platystemon californicus Holodiscus discolor Oemleria cerasiformis Physocarpus capitatus Native Annual Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Poppy Family Rose Family Rose Family Rose Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness White Page 6 of 26 Western Chokecherry Himalayan Blackberry Native California Blackberry Woodland Star Prunus virginiana var. demissa Rubus discolor Rubus ursinus Lithophragma affine Native Perennial Introduced Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Rose Family Rose Family Rose Family Saxifrage Family California Saxifrage Yarrow Blow Wives Mayweed Saxifraga californica Achillea millefolium Achyrachaena mollis Anthemis cotula Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Annual Introduced Annual Saxifrage Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness White Page 7 of 26 Mulefat California Everlasting Hayfield Tarweed Slender Cottonweed Baccharis salicifolia Gnaphalium californicum Hemizonia congesta ssp. luzulaefolia Micropus californicus var. californicus Native Perennial Native Biennial Native Perennial Native Annual Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family California White Chicory Longhorn Plectritis Variable-leaf Nemophila Wild Heliotrope Phacelia Rafinesquia californica Plectritis macrocera Nemophila heterophylla Phacelia distans Native Annual Native Annual Native Annual Native Annual Sunflower Family Valerian Family Waterleaf Family Waterleaf Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness White Page 8 of 26 Rock Phacelia White Fiesta Flower Phacelia imbricata ssp. imbricata Pholistoma membranaceum Native Perennial Native Annual Waterleaf Family Waterleaf Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness Yellow Page 9 of 26 Lindley Blazing Star Common Fiddleneck California Buttercup Prickleseed Buttercup Mentzelia lindleyi Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia Ranunculus californicus Ranunculus muricatus Native Annual Native Annual Native Perennial Introduced Annual Blazing-Star Family Borage Family Buttercup Family Buttercup Family Sweet Fennel Pacific Woodland Sanicle Yellow Mariposa Lily Erect-pod Winter Cress Foeniculum vulgare Sanicula crassicaulis Calochortus luteus Barbarea orthoceras Introduced Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Perennial Carrot Family Carrot Family Lily Family Mustard Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness Yellow Page 10 of 26 Black Mustard Yellow Field Mustard Tree Tobacco Bermuda Buttercup Brassica nigra Brassica rapa Nicotiana glauca Oxalis pes-caprae Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Introduced Perennial Introduced Perennial Mustard Family Mustard Family Nightshade Family Oxalis Family Deerweed California Lotus Gully Lupine California Bur Clover Lotus scoparius var. scoparius Lotus wrangelianus Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus Medicago polymorpha Native Perennial Native Annual Native Annual Introduced Annual Pea Family Pea Family Pea Family Pea Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness Yellow Page 11 of 26 Sour Clover Shamrock Clover Birch-leaf Mt. Mahogany Sharp Point Fluvellin Melilotus indica Trifolium dubium Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides Kickxia elatine Introduced Annual-Biennial Introduced Annual Native Perennial Introduced Annual Pea Family Pea Family Rose Family Snapdragon Family Bush Monkey Flower Golden Monkey Flower Yellow Johnny-tuck Common Woolly Mullein Mimulus aurantiacus Mimulus guttatus Triphysaria eriantha ssp. eriantha Verbascum thapsus Native Perennial Native Perennial Native Annual Introduced Biennial Snapdragon Family Snapdragon Family Snapdragon Family Snapdragon Family revision 2/23/2007 Wildflowers of Sunol Regional Wilderness Yellow Page 12 of 26 Large-flower Native Dandelion Tocalote Yellow Star Thistle Pineapple Weed Agoseris grandiflora Centaurea melitensis Centaurea solstitialis Chamomilla suaveolens Native Perennial Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Introduced Annual Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Sunflower Family Brass Buttons Golden Yarrow Western Goldenrod Rosilla Cotula coronopifolia Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum Euthamia occidentalis