March 2008 Archives

Common Name: Pretty Face
Location: Desolation Wilderness
Date: July 22, 2006
Color: Yellow
Details: Triteleia ixioides

Common Name: Mountain Violet
Location: Jennie Lakes Wilderness
Date: June 16, 2007
Color: Yellow
Details: Viola purpurea

Common Name: California Tiger Lily / Leopard Lily
Location: Cascade Valley
Date: August 9, 2007
Color: Orange
Details: Lilium pardalinum

Common Name: Sky Pilot / Polemonium
Location: Pinchot Pass
Date: August 8, 2006
Color: Blue
Details: Polemonium eximium.  Grows at high altitude.

Common Name: California Filaree
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: Pink
Details: Erodium cicutarium

Common Name: Indian Warrior
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: Red
Details: Pedicularis densiflora

Common Name: Hill Lotus
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: Yellow
Details: Lotus humistratus

Common Name: California Poppy
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: Yellow/Orange
Details: Eschscholzia californica

Common Name: Wooly Indian Paintbrush
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: Red
Details: Castilleja foliolosa

Common Name: Bush Lupine
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: Purple
Details: Lupinus albifrons

Common Name: Milk Maids
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: White
Details: Cardamine californica

Common Name: Bush Poppy
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: Yellow
Details: Dendromecon rigida

Common Name: Wild Cucumber
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: White
Details: Echinocystis lobata

Common Name: Miner's Lettuce
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: White
Details: Claytonia perfoliata

Common Name: Fiddleneck
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: Yellow/Orange
Details: Amsinckia menziesii

Common Name: Purple Nightshade
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 8, 2008
Color: Purple/Blue
Details: Solanum xanti

Common Name: Blue Dicks
Location: Pinnacles National Monument
Date: March 9, 2008
Color: Blue
Details: Dichelostemma capitatum

Common Name: Monk's Hood
Location: Eastern Yosemite
Date: July 28, 2007
Color: Purple
Details: Aconitum columbianum

Common Name: Crimson Columbine
Location: Eastern Yosemite
Date: July 28, 2007
Color: Red
Details: Aquilegia formosa

Common Name: Mariposa Lily
Location: Southern Yosemite
Date: July 4, 2007
Color: White
Details: Calochortus leichtlinii

Common Name: Alpine Pink Columbine (Hybrid)
Location: 20 Lakes Basin (east boundary of Yosemite)
Date: July 28, 2007
Color: White/Pink
Details: This is a hybrid between the crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa) and the alpine columbine (Aquilegia alpina) and they are unable to reproduce. This is a rare find and can be found in the High Sierra. This photo was taken at approximately 10,000 ft.

Common Names: Yellow Pansy, Johnny Jump-Up, California Golden Violet
Location: Calero Reservoir County Park
Date: March 2008
Color: Yellow
Details: Viola pedunculata