Here is another list of places to see wildflowers in Central California. This one is from the California Fish and Wildlife Service. Some of the links are bad but the list includes many locations. I have added a link to the site on Links to California Wildflower Websites section on the Wildflower Reports: What’s Blooming Where page of Natural History Wanderings.
Wildflowers in the Central Region of California
CENTRAL COAST
COAST RANGES
- Carrizo Plain National Monument
- Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve
- Cuesta Ridge Botanical Area in Los Padres National Forest
- Henry W. Coe State Park
- Highway 58 between McKittrick and Santa Margarita (Kern and San Luis Obispo Counties)
- Pinnacles National Monument
- San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area
DESERT
HIGH SIERRA
- Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park
- Sequoia National Forest
- Sierra National Forest
- Stanislaus National Forest
- Yosemite National Park
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
- Buttonwillow Ecological Reserve — Note
- Carrizo Plain National Monument
- Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve — Note
- Yettem Unit of Stone Corral Ecological Reserve — Note
SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS
- Kern Canyon
- Red Hills of Tuolumne County
- Highway 190 from Porterville to Springville and Bear Creek Road (Tulare County)
- Tuolumne County
SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA RANGE
TRANVERSE RANGES (mountains between Bakersfield and Los Angeles)
Related articles
- Central and Southern California Wildflower Location Guide (naturalhistorywanderings.com)
Natural History Wanderings 
Sandy, not a bad start for a list but there are many, many more locations that are wildflower hotspots in central Calif. I can send you a copy of my book that list about 60 locations, some included on this listing, for you to review. I never had the book published by the way. let me know. Spencer
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By: Spencer Westbrook on February 24, 2013
at 12:30 PM
Thanks for mentioning the wildflower show. I will be posting more information on the show in the next week.
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By: Sandy Steinman on February 23, 2013
at 1:04 PM
Sandy, Check out the upcoming wildflower show at the Huntington Library “When they were wild” Spencer
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By: Spencer Westbrook on February 23, 2013
at 12:22 PM