Wildflowers of Bell Springs Mountain

April through June - Gallery 2

 

Mid season wildflowers bloom during the longer warming days of Spring. The creeks are flowing. Oak leaves recur gradually shading the forest floor. Everywhere grasses are growing creating swaths of intense green

Forktooth ookow, dichelostemma congestum (Amaryllidaceae)

Cat's Ears, Calochortus tolmiei Dentaria californica (Liliaceae)

Wood Rose, Rosa gymnocarpa (Rosaceae)

Fawn Lily seedpod, erythronium californicum (Liliaceae)

Goldfields, Lasthenia chrysostoma (Asteraceae) with Red Clover

Striped Coralroot Orchid, Orchid Corallorhiza striata (Orchidaceae) flower bud emerging from shallow creek

Mock Orange, Philadelphus lewissi (Hydrangeaceae)

Cat's Ears, Calochortus tolmiei (Liliaceae)

Forktooth ookow, dichelostemma congestum (Amaryllidaceae)

 

Crimson Columbine, Aquilegia formosa (Ranunculaceae)

Merten's Saxifrange, Saxifraga mertensiana (Saxifragaceae)

Striped Coralroot Orchid, Corallorhiza striata (Orchidaceae)

 

California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica (Papaveraceae) with Forget-me-nots

Scarlet Fritillary, Fritillaria recurva (Liliaceae)

False Solomon's Seal, Smilacina racemosa (Liliaceae)

Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium bellum (Iridaceae)

Spotted Coralroot Orchid, Corallorhiza maculata (Orchidaceae)

California Waterleaf, Hydrophyllum occidentale (Hydrophyllaceae)

Meadow Foam, Limnanthes douglasii (Limnanthaceae) with Goldfields & Plectritis

Red Maids, Calandrinia ciliata (Portulacaceae)

Hooker's Fairybell, Disporum hookeri (Liliaceae)

 

Forktooth ookow, dichelostemma congestum (Amaryllidaceae)

Short-Spurred Plectritis, Plectritis congesta (Valerianaceae)

Redwood Lily, Lilium rubescens(Liliaceae) flower buds

Woodland Star, Lithophragma affine (Saxifragaceae)

Serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia (Rosaceae)

Mission Bell, Fritillaria lanceolata (lilaceae)

Meadow Foam, Limnanthes douglasii (Limnanthaceae)

Kellogg's Monkey Flower, Mimulus Kelloggii (Scrophulariaceae)

California Blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium bellum (Iridaceae)

Wood Rose, Rosa gymnocarpa (Rosaceae)

California Waterleaf, Hydrophyllum occidentale (Hydrophyllaceae)

Wood Rose, Rosa gymnocarpa (Rosaceae)

Striped Coralroot Orchid, Corallorhiza striata (Orchidaceae)

 

Short-Spurred Plectritis, Plectritis congesta (Valerianaceae)