Natural History Wanderings

Henry Coe State Park has a new wildflower bloom update today at the Pine Ridge Association website.  Here is the list of current blooms:

• Bladder Parsnip, Common Lomatium Scientific Name: Lomatium utriculatum
• Blue Witch, Blue Nightshade Scientific Name: Solanum umbelliferum
• Buttercup, California Buttercup Scientific Name: Ranunculus californicus
• Chaparral Currant Scientific Name: Ribes malvaceum var. malvaceum
• Golden Fleece Scientific Name: Ericameria arborescens
• Gooseberry, Fuchsia-Flowered Gooseberry Scientific Name: Ribes speciosum
• Gooseberry, Hillside Gooseberry, California Gooseberry Scientific Name: Ribes californicum var. californicum
• Hound’s Tongue, Western Hound’s Tongue Scientific Name: Cynoglossum grande
• Indian Warrior Scientific Name: Pedicularis densiflora
• Interior Goldenbush, Narrowleaf Goldenbush Scientific Name: Ericameria linearifolia
• Manzanita, Bigberry Manzanita Scientific Name: Arctostaphylos glauca
• Milkmaids, Toothwort Scientific Name: Cardamine californica
• Pacific Pea, Hillside Pea, Woodland Pea Scientific Name: Lathyrus vestitus
• Poppy, California Poppy Scientific Name: Eschscholzia californica
• Shooting Star, Lowland Shooting Star, Padre’s Shooting Star Scientific Name: Dodecatheon clevelandii ssp. patulum
• Sticky Monkeyflower, Bush Monkeyflower Scientific Name: Mimulus aurantiacus
• Violet, Johnny-Jump-Up, California Golden Violet, Yellow Pansy Scientific Name: Viola pedunculata
• Wild Cucumber, California Manroot, Common Manroot Scientific Name: Marah fabaceus

To see  photos of flowers in bloom go to: Henry W. Coe – Wildflower Guide.