Thanks to Dean Harpster for the ID
Thanks to Dean Harpster for the ID
The Mount Hamilton, California area has a wide variety of wildflowers that I have been learning and photographing for a couple years now. I've done my best to properly identify the flowers. The area includes the region of the Diablo range from roughly the bottom of Mount Hamilton (Alum Rock and Quimby Roads in San Jose), through Lick Observatory at the peak of Mount Hamilton at over 4200 feet elevation, to about the Junction in the San Antonio Valley.
Please let me know if there are any errors in my identifications. While I've had considerable help from many people in learning the flowers, it is possible I've gotten something wrong.
All images are copyright 2007 by Elinor Gates. Contact me if you want a higher resolution image.
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Santa Clara Thornmint | Acanthomintha lanceolata |
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Yarrow, Common Yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
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Blow-wives | Achyrachaena mollis |
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Spearleaf Mountain Dandelion | Agoseris retrorsa |
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Pennisular Onion | Allium peninsulare |
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Dense False Gilia | Allophyllum gilioides ssp. violaceum |
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Common Fiddleneck | Amsinckia menziesii |
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Scarlet Pimpernel | Anagallis arvensis |
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Sail-flower Snapdragon | Antirrhinum vexillo-calyculatum |
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Tower Mustard (with Canyon Dodder) | Arabis glabra |
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Bigberry Manzanita | Arctostaphylos glauca |
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Heart-leaf Arnica | Arnica cordifolia |
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California Mugword | Artemisia dauglasiana |
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California Milkweed | Asclepias californica |
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Roughleaf Aster, Broadleaf Aster | Aster radulinus |
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Milkvetch | Astragalus lentiginosus or astragalus breweri |
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Erectpod Winter Cress | Barbarea orthosceras |
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Elegant Brodiaea | Brodiaea elegans |
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Red Maids | Calandrinia ciliata |
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White Globe Lily, Fairy Lantern | Calochortus albus |
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Butterfly Mariposa Lily | Calochortus venustus |
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Suncup | Camissonia ovata |
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Sharsmith's Harebelle | Campanula sharsmithiae |
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Shepherd's Purse | Capsella bursa-pastoris |
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Common Milkmaids | Cardamine californica |
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Few-Seeded Bittercress | Cardamine oligosperma |
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Heartpod Hoary Cress | Cardaria draba |
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Purple Owl's Clover | Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta |
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Wooly Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja foliolosa |
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Buckbrush | Ceanothus cuneatus |
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Blueblossom | Ceanothus thyrsiflorus |
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Mountain Mahogany | Cercocarpus betuloides |
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Common Pineappleweed, Pineapple Weed | Chamomilla suaveolens |
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Pink Spineflower | Chorizanthe membranacea |
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Rabbitbrush (and Yellow-Jacket) | Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. mohavensis |
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Venus Thistle | Cirsium occidentale var. venustum |
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. | Clarkia sp. |
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. | Clarkia sp. |
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. | Clarkia sp. |
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Redribbons | Clarkia concinna |
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Winecup Clarkia | Clarkia purpurea |
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Tongue Clarkia | Clarkia rhomboidea |
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Serpentine Springbeauty | Claytonia exigua |
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Serpentine Spring Beauty | Claytonia exigua |
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Miner's Lettuce | Claytonia parviflora |
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Miner's Lettuce | Claytonia perfoliata |
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Pipestems | Clematis lasiantha |
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Chinese Houses | Collinsia heterophylla |
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Sticky Blue-Eyed Mary | Collinsia ratanii |
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Spinster's Blue-Eyed Mary | Collinsia sparsiflora |
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Large-flowered Collomia | Collomia grandiflora |
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Western Hound's Tongue | Coynoglossum grande |
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Smooth Hawksbeard | Crepis capillaris |
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. | Cryptantha sp. |
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Minature Popcorn Flower | Cryptantha sp. micromeres? |
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Canyon Dodder (on Tower Mustard) | Cuscuta subinclusa |
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Rattlesnake Weed | Daucus pusillus |
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Red Larkspur | Delphinium nudicaule |
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Spreading Larkspur | Delphinium patens |
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Blue Dicks | Dichelostemma capitatum |
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Ookow | Dichelostemma congestum |
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Shooting Stars | Dodecatheon clevelandii |
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Whitlowgrass | Draba verna |
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Diablo Range Dudleya | Dudleya cymosa ssp. paniculata |
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California Fuschia | Epilobium canum |
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Turkey Mullein | Eremocarpus setigerus |
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Interior Goldenbush | Ericameria linearifolia |
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Rock Daisy | Erigeron petrophilus var. petrophilus |
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Naked-stem Buckwheat | Eriogonum nudum |
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Wright Buckwheat | Eriogonum wrightii |
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Golden Yarrow | Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
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Broadleaf Filaree | Erodium botrys |
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Red-Stemmed Filaree | Erodium cicutarium |
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Western Wallflower | Erysimum capitatum |
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Tufted Poppy | Eschscholzia caespitosa |
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California Poppy | Eschscholzia californica |
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California Fluffweed | Filago californica |
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Serpentine Bedstraw | Galium andrewsii ssp. gatense |
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Goosegrass, Bedstraw | Galium aparine |
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California Bedstraw | Galium californicum |
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Climbing Bedstraw | Galium porrigens |
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Dove's-Foot Geranium | Geranium molle |
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California Gilia | Gilia achilleifolia |
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Birdseye Gilia | Gilia tricolor |
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Bluecup | Githopsis specularioides |
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Hawkweed | Hieracium albiflorum |
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Mediterranean Mustard | Hirschfeldia icana |
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Leather-root | Hoita macrostachya |
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Creambush | Holodiscus discolor |
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Ground Iris | Iris macrosiphon |
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Western False Rue Anemone | Isopyrum occidentale |
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Red Beardtongue | Keckiella corymbosa |
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Clasping Henbit | Lamium amplexicaule |
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Goldfields | Lasthenia californica |
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Hillside Pea, Woodland Pea | Lathyrus vestitus |
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Tidytips | Layia platyglossa |
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Common Peppergrass | Lepidium nitidum |
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California Aster | Lessignia filaginifolia var. californica |
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Douglas' Meadowfoam | Limnanthes douglasii |
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Serpentine Linanthus | Linanthus ambiguus |
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Common Linanthus | Linanthus androsaceus |
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Bicolor Linanthus | Linanthus bicolor |
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Wiskerbrush Linanthus | Linanthus ciliatus |
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Woodland Star | Lithophragma affine |
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Hillside Star, Woodland Star | Lithophragma heterophyllum |
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Hog Fennel | Lomatium dasycarpum |
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Observatory Lomatium | Lomatium observatorium |
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Spring-Gold | Lomatium utriculatum |
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Colchita | Lotus humistratus |
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? Lupine | Lupinus sp. |
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Collin's Bush Lupine, Bay Area Silver Lupine | Lupinus albifrons var. collinus |
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Miniature Lupine | Lupinus bicolor |
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Broadleaf Lupine | Lupinus latifolius |
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Gully Lupine | Lupinus microcarpus ssp. densiflorus |
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Small Tarweed | Madia exigua |
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Slender Madia | Madia gracilis |
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Small Madia | Madia minima |
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Desert Dandelion | Malacothrix floccifera? |
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California Manroot | Marah fabaceus |
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California Burr Clover | Medicago polymorpha |
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Lindley's Blazingstar | Mentzelia lindleyi |
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Golden Blazing-Star | Mentzelia micrantha |
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Slender Cottonweed | Micropus californicus |
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Scarlet Monkeyflower | Mimulus cardinalis |
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Purple Mouse Ears | Mimulus douglasii |
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Common Monkeyflower, Seep Monkeyflower | Mimulus guttatus |
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False Monkeyflower, Downy Monkeyflower | Mimulus pilosus |
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Largeleaf Sandwort | Moehringia macrophylla |
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Coyote Mint | Monardella villosa |
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Baby Blue Eyes | Nemophila menziesii |
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Small-Flower Nemophila | Nemophila parviflora |
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Sweet-cicely | Osmorhiza chilensis |
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Indian Warrior | Pedicularis densiflora |
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Birdfoot Fern | Pellaca mucronata |
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Foothill Penstemon | Penstemon heterophyllus |
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California Yampah | Perideridia californica |
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? Phacelia | Phacelia sp. |
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? Phacelia | Phacelia sp. |
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Brewer's Phacelia, Brewer's Scorpionweed | Phacelia breweri |
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Wild Heliotrope, Distant Phacelia | Phacelia distans |
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. | Phacelia imbricata |
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Stinging Phacelia | Phacelia malvifolia |
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Slender Phlox | Phlox gracilis |
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Popcorn Flower | Plagiobothrys nothofulvus |
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California Plantain | Plantago erecta |
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Longspur Plectritis | Plectritis ciliosa ssp. ciliosa |
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Longhorn Plectritis | Plectritis macrocera |
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Thymelike Pogogyne | Pogogyne serpylloides |
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Sticky Cinquefoil | Potentilla glandulosa |
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Western Choke Cherry | Prunus virginiana var. demissa |
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? Oak | Quercus sp. |
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California Buttercup | Ranunculus californicus |
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Wild Radish | Raphanus sativus |
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Hillside Gooseberry, California Gooseberry | Ribes californicum |
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California Rose | Rosa californica |
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Himalayan Blackberry | Rubus discolor |
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California Blackberry | Rubus ursinus |
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Chia | Salvia columbariae |
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Purple Sanicle | Sanicula bipinnatifida |
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Turkey Sanicle | Sanicula tuberosa |
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California Saxifrage | Saxifraga californica |
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Shepherd's Needle | Scandix pecten-veneris |
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California Groundsel | Senecio arnicoides |
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Common Groundsel | Senecio vulgaris |
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Windmill Pink | Silene gallica |
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Blue Witch | Solanum umbelliferum |
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California Hedgenettle | Stachys bullata |
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Common Chickweed (on left) | Stellaria media |
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Tall Stephanomeria | Stephanomeria virgata |
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Mount Hamilton Jewelflower | Streptanthus callistus |
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Bristly Jewelflower | Streptanthus glandulosus |
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Wind Poppy | Stylomecon heterophylla |
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Hartweg's Tauschia | Tauschia hartwegii |
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False Lupine | Thermopsis macrophylla |
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Hairy Fringepod | Thysanocarpus curvipes |
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. | Tonella tenella |
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Poison Oak | Toxicodendron diversilobum |
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Indian Clover | Trifolium albopurpureum |
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Hop Clover, Golden Clover | Trifolium aureum |
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Notch-leaf Clover | Trifolium bifidum |
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Rose Clover | Trifolium hirtum |
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Smallhead Clover | Trifolium microcephalum |
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Tomcat Clover | Trifolium willdenovii |
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Butter-and-Eggs | Triphysaria eriantha |
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Ithuriel's Spear, Wally-baskets | Tritelei laxa |
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California Bay | Umbellularia californica |
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Stinging Nettle | Urtica dioica ssp. gracils |
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Silver Puffs | Uropappus lindleyi |
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Western Verbena | Verbena lasiostachys |
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Hairy Purslane Speedwell | Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis |
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Bird's Eye Speedwell, Persian Speedwell | Veronica persica |
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American Vetch | Vicia americana |
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Spring Vetch | Vicia sativa |
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Douglas' Violet | Viola douglasii |
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Johny-Jump-Up | Viola pendunculata |
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Oak Violet | Viola purpurea |
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Narrow-leaf Mule-ears, Narrow-leaf Sunflower | Wyethia angustifolia |
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Mule-Ears, Grey Mule-Ears, Mule's Ear Sunflower | Wyethia helenioides |
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?? | ?? |
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Dwarf Loco Weed Thanks to Dean Harpster for the ID |
Astagalus gambelianus |
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?? | ?? |
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Pacific Sanicle Thanks to Dean Harpster for the ID |
Sanicula crassicaulis |
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?? | ?? |