Wildflowers of Bell Springs Mountain

Janurary through March - Gallery 1

 

Snow may cover the ground for weeks while the earliest of the wildflowers begin to grow. The first flowers appear while the ground is saturated and continue blooming for months during snow, rain, frost and crisp sunny days.

Manzanita flowers (Arctostaphylos)

Milkmaids, Dentaria californica (Cruciferae)

Grand Hounds Tongue, Cynoglossum grande (Boraginaceae)

Lupine and clover, lupinus subvexus (Leguminosae)

Henderson's Shooting Star, Dodecatheon hendersonii (Primulaceae)

Giant Trillium, Trillium chloropetalum (Liliaceae)

Bull Clover, Trifolium fucatum (Leguminosae)

Western Buttercup, Ranunculus occidentalis (Ranunculaceae)

Long-tailed Wild Ginger, Asarum caudatum (Aristolochiaceae)

Mission Bell buds, Fritillaria lanceolata (Liliaceae)

Tower Butterweed, Senecio integerrimus (Compositae)

Giant Trillium, Trillium chloropetalum (Liliaceae)

Long-tailed Wild Ginger, Asarum caudatum (Aristolochiaceae)

Giant Trillium, Trillium chloropetalum (Liliaceae)

Tower Butterweed, Senecio integerrimus (Compositae)

Coast Delphinium, delphinium decorum (Ranunculaceae)

Calypso Orchid, Calypso bulbosa (Orchidaceae)

 

 

Coast Delphinium, delphinium decorum (Ranunculaceae)

Valley Lupine, lupinus subvexus (Leguminosae)

Canon Delphinium or Scarlet Larkspur, Delphinium nudicaule (Ranunculaceae)

Canon Delphinium or Scarlet Larkspur, Delphinium nudicaule (Ranunculaceae)

Popcorn Flower, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus (Boraginaceae)

Coast Delphinium, delphinium decorum (Ranunculaceae)

Fawn Lily, erythronium californicum (Liliaceae)

Grand Hounds Tongue, Cynoglossum grande (Boraginaceae)

Spreading Rock Cress, Arabis divaricarpa (Cruciferae)

Clover, Trifolium fucatumand and Lupin, lupinus subvexus (Leguminosae)

Spring Gold, Crocidium multicaule (Compositae)

Indian Warrior and Swallowtail, Pedicularis densiflora (Scrophulariaceae)

Baby White Eyes, Nemophila menziesii ssp.atomaria (Hydrophyllaceae)

Calypso Orchid, Calypso bulbosa (Orchidaceae)

Indian Warrior, Pedicularis densiflora (Scrophulariaceae)

Grand Hounds Tongue plant, Cynoglossum grande (Boraginaceae)

Henderson's Shooting Star, Dodecatheon hendersonii (Primulaceae)

Bigleaf Maple flowers and foliage, Acer macrophyllum (Aceraceae)