Plants

Life in Mendocino County, California: Plants

A link page to the cumulative local plant images on this website

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

some sort of wild Geranium

Hypericum perforatum
Common St. Johnswort or Klamath Weed

Iris douglasiana
Coast Iris or Douglas’ Iris

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

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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