Natural History Wanderings

Endangered Plants of California reports

Seen in bloom today at Ten Mile Dunes Preserve, MacKerricher State Park, Ft. Bragg, Mendocino County:

• Menzies’ wallflower (Erysimum menziesii), FE, SE, CRPR 1B.1;
• round-headed Chinese houses (Collinsia corymbosa), CRPR 1B.2;
• Howell’s spineflower (Chorizanthe howellii), FE, ST, CRPR 1B.2;
• Mendocino paintbrush (Castilleja mendocinensis), CRPR 1B.2;
• dark-eyed gilia (Gilia millefoliata), CRPR 1B.2.
• All seen in coastal dune and bluff scrub habitat.

See photos at (4) Endangered Plants of California