Marin CNPS reportedon a CNPS field trip on California native coastal prairie and dune willdflowers at Abbotts Lagoon along the public trail to the Lagoons, dunes, and up on the bluff.
Some of the species in flower that were seen were Lupinus polyphyllus var. polyphyllus (giant marsh lupine), Claytonia sibirica (candy flower), Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus (large marsh buttercup), Lathyrus littoralis (beach pea), Layia carnosa (beach layia), and one new plant for the list, Acmispon strigosus (an annual lotus).
see photos at 2015 May 10 Field Trip to Abbotts Lagoon – CNPS Marin.
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