Natural History Wanderings

Marin CNPS has a new report for a trip out to West Marin and back on March 13

A variety of species in flower including, Fritillaria liliacea (fragrant fritillary) at Nicasio Reservoir, Ranunculus lobbii (Lobb’s aquatic buttercup) near Hicks Valley School, Iris longipetala (long-petaled iris) along Wilson Hill Rd., Lasthenia californica ssp. californica (California goldfields), Sidalcea malviflora (checkerbloom), and Triphysaria eriantha ssp. rosea (Pelican flower) at the Elephant Rocks on the Tomales – Dillon Beach Rd, and an unusually-dark color form of Delphinium nudicaule (red larkspur), Lithophragma affine (common woodland-star), and Romanzoffia californica (California mist-maiden) on the bluffs along Highway 1 south of Tomales.

See older reports at Recent Wildflower Reports – CNPS Marin.