Brushy Peak Wildflowers A photographic guide to showy wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Sorted by Flower Color Photographs by Wilde Legard Botanist, East Bay Regional Park District Revision: February 23, 2007
More than 2,000 species of native and naturalized plants grow wild in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most are very difficult to identify without the help of good illustrations. This is designed to be a simple, color photo guide to help you identify some of these plants. The selection of showy wildflowers displayed in this guide is by no means complete. The intent is to expand the quality and quantity of photos over time. The revision date is shown on the cover and on the header of each photo page. A comprehensive plant list for this area (including the many species not found in this publication) can be downloaded at the East Bay Regional Park District s wild plant download page at: http://www.ebparks.org. This guide is published electronically in Adobe Acrobat format to accommodate these planned updates. You have permission to freely download and distribute, and print this pdf for individual use. You are not allowed to sell the electronic or printed versions. In this version of the guide, only showy wildflowers are included. These wildflowers are sorted first by flower color, then by plant family (similar flower types), and finally by scientific name within each family. Under each photograph are four lines of information, based on the current standard wild plant reference for California: The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, 1993. Common Name These non-standard names are based on Jepson and other local references. Scientific Name Scientific names revised since 1993 are NOT included in this edition. Origin & Longevity Native or Introduced. Annual, Biennial, Perennial, or a combination. Family Name The common plant family name according to Jepson. For readers that prefer a more comprehensive guide, sorted by scientific name, please download the wild plants version of this guide. Readers are encouraged to email any suggestions or corrections to wlegard@ebparks.org. All photographs are 2006 Wilde Legard, all rights reserved.
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve White Page 1 of 18 Seaside Heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum Borage Family Nievitas Popcorn Flower Plagiobothrys nothofulvus Borage Family California Buckeye Aesculus californica Buckeye Family Common Yard Knotweed Polygonum arenastrum Buckwheat Family Shepherd's Needle Scandix pecten-veneris Carrot Family Common / California Manroot Marah fabaceus Gourd Family Oregon / Coast Manroot Marah oreganus Gourd Family Sambucus mexicana Blue Elderberry Honeysuckle Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve White Page 2 of 18 White Fairy Lantern Calochortus albus Lily Family Common Soap Plant Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum Lily Family Yerba Mansa Anemopsis californica Lizard's-Tail Family Alkali Mallow Malvella leprosa Mallow Family Common Horehound Marrubium vulgare Introduced Perennial Mint Family Black Sage Salvia mellifera Mint Family Climbing Morning Glory Calystegia purpurata ssp. purpurata Morning-Glory Family Calystegia subacaulis ssp. subacaulis Shortstem Morning Glory Morning-Glory Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve White Page 3 of 18 Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Introduced Perennial Morning-Glory Family White Water Cress Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Mustard Family Hairy Fringepod Thysanocarpus curvipes Mustard Family Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus Introduced Perennial Myrtle Family White Sweet Clover Melilotus alba -Biennial Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium glomeratum Pink Family Windmill Pink Silene gallica Pink Family Stellaria media Common Chickweed Pink Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve White Page 4 of 18 California Dwarf Plantain Plantago erecta Plantain Family English Plantain Plantago lanceolata Plantain Family Cream Cups Platystemon californicus Poppy Family Creambush / Ocean Spray Holodiscus discolor Rose Family Western Chokecherry Prunus virginiana var. demissa Rose Family Woodland Star Lithophragma affine Saxifrage Family California Saxifrage Saxifraga californica Saxifrage Family Castilleja attenuata Valley Tassels Snapdragon Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve White Page 5 of 18 Yarrow Achillea millefolium Blow Wives Achyrachaena mollis Mayweed Anthemis cotula Variable-leaf Nemophila Nemophila heterophylla Waterleaf Family Wild Heliotrope Phacelia Phacelia distans Waterleaf Family Pholistoma membranaceum White Fiesta Flower Waterleaf Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Yellow Page 6 of 18 Common Fiddleneck Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia Borage Family California Buttercup Ranunculus californicus Buttercup Family Prickleseed Buttercup Ranunculus muricatus Buttercup Family Sweet Fennel Foeniculum vulgare Introduced Perennial Carrot Family Pacific Woodland Sanicle Sanicula crassicaulis Carrot Family Black Mustard Brassica nigra Mustard Family Yellow Field Mustard Brassica rapa Mustard Family Lotus corniculatus Bird's-foot Deerweed Introduced Perennial
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Yellow Page 7 of 18 California Lotus Lotus wrangelianus Gully Lupine Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus California Bur Clover Medicago polymorpha Sour Clover Melilotus indica -Biennial Shamrock Clover Trifolium dubium Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea Introduced Perennial Purslane Family Bush Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus Snapdragon Family Mimulus guttatus Golden Monkey Flower Snapdragon Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Yellow Page 8 of 18 Yellow Johnny-tuck Triphysaria eriantha ssp. eriantha Snapdragon Family Large-flower Native Dandelion Agoseris grandiflora Glue-seed Blennosperma nanum var. nanum Tocalote Centaurea melitensis Yellow Star Thistle Centaurea solstitialis Pineapple Weed Chamomilla suaveolens Brass Buttons Cotula coronopifolia Introduced Perennial Ericameria linearifolia Interior Golden Bush
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Yellow Page 9 of 18 Smooth Cat's-ear Hypochaeris glabra Goldfields Lasthenia californica Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides -Biennial Common Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Prickly Sow Thistle Sonchus asper ssp. asper Common Sow Thistle Sonchus oleraceus Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Introduced Biennial-Perennial Wyethia helenioides Gray Mule's Ear
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Yellow Page 10 of 18 Viola pedunculata Johnny-Jump-Up / Wild Pansy Violet Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Pink/Purple Page 11 of 18 Rattlesnake Weed Daucus pusillus Carrot Family Purple Sanicle Sanicula bipinnatifida Carrot Family Small Clarkia Clarkia affinis Evening Primrose Family Panicled / Weedy Willowherb Epilobium brachycarpum Evening Primrose Family Alkali Heath Frankenia salina Frankenia Family Long-beaked Filaree Erodium botrys Geranium Family Red-stem Filaree Erodium cicutarium Geranium Family Erodium moschatum White-stem Filaree Geranium Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Pink/Purple Page 12 of 18 Purpletip Cut-leaf Geranium Geranium dissectum Geranium Family Hairy Dove's Foot Geranium Geranium molle Geranium Family Pink / Serrated Onion Allium serra Lily Family Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa Lily Family Grass Poly Loosestrife Lythrum hyssopifolium -Perennial Loosestrife Family Blue Field Madder Sherardia arvensis Madder Family Whorled/Narrow-leaf Milkweed Asclepias fascicularis Milkweed Family Raphanus sativus Wild Radish Mustard Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Pink/Purple Page 13 of 18 Blue Bush / Silver Lupine Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons Pinpoint Clover Trifolium gracilentum var. gracilentum Rose Clover Trifolium hirtum Small-head Clover Trifolium microcephalum Tomcat Clover Trifolium willdenovii Mosquitobills Shooting Star Dodecatheon hendersonii Primrose Family Magenta Red Maids Calandrinia ciliata Purslane Family Rosa californica California Wild Rose Rose Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Pink/Purple Page 14 of 18 Bellardia Bellardia trixago Snapdragon Family Purple Owl's Clover Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta Snapdragon Family Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla Snapdragon Family Italian Thistle Carduus pycnocephalus Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare Introduced Biennial Cardoon / Artichoke Thistle Cynara cardunculus Introduced Perennial Weedy Cudweed Gnaphalium luteo-album Silybum marianum Milk Thistle -Biennial
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Pink/Purple Page 15 of 18 Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida Robust Vervain Vervain Family
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Blue Page 16 of 18 Blue Dicks Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Lily Family Blue Witch Solanum umbelliferum Nightshade Family Miniature Dove Lupine Lupinus bicolor Lupinus nanus Douglas Sky Lupine
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Red/Orange Page 17 of 18 California Fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. canum Evening Primrose Family California Poppy Eschscholzia californica Poppy Family Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis Primrose Family Cirsium occidentale var. venustum Venus / Cobweb Thistle Native Biennial
Wildflowers of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve Green/Brown Page 18 of 18 Fritillaria agrestis Stinkbells Lily Family