Life in Mendocino County, California: Plants
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Anisocarpus madioides
Woodland maddia
Asarum hartwegii
Hartweg’s wild ginger or Wild ginger
This species occurs only farther north and east of here but it flowers this time of year.
Cardamine californica var. integrifolia
Coast milkmaids
Calochortus species
The Mariposa lillies
There are many different species of these in California and a couple of them live near here.
Dudleya cymosa
Canyon live-forever
Eriophyllum ambiguum
Beautiful Woollysunflower
Erythronium californicum
Trout lilly or California fawn-illy
Eschscholzia californica
California poppy
Fragaria vesca
Wild strawberry
These will be flowering soon!
Genista monspessulana
French broom
Geranium molle
Dove’s-foot crane’-bill; a wild Geranium
Hypericum perforatum
Common St. Johnswort or Klamath Weed
Iris douglasiana
Coast Iris or Douglas’ Iris
possible hybrid with I. purdyi?
Iris fernaldii
another local wild iris
Iris purdyi
another local wild iris
natural Wild Iris Hybrids are very common.
This bearded Iris is not a native Iris species
Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus
Woodland pea
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum
False Solomon Seal
Mimulus aurantiacus
Sticky Monkey Flower
Monardella purpurea
Siskiyou monardella, serpentine monardella & Serpentine Coyote Mint
Pleuricospora fimbriolata
“fringed pine-saps”
NEEDS OWN PAGE
Polygonum californica
California milkwort
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas-fir
Rhus diversiloba
Poison oak
It is still too early for flowers on this underappreciated beauty.
another image from earlier
Ribes sangineum var. glutinosa
Pink-Flowered Currant
Scoliopus bigelovii
Fetid Adder’s Tongue
Silene laciniata ssp. californica
California Indian Pinks
Slime molds
Many
Spartium junceum
Spanish broom
Trientalis latifolia
Pacific Starflower
Trillium ovatum
Pacific Trillium
Triteleia laxa
Ithuriel’s spear
Whipplea modesta
Yerba del Selva
