Wildflower Mount Diablo Giant Trillium Scientific Name: Trillium chloropetalum Family: Melanthiaceae (Bunchflower Family) Blooms: Mar - May Color: Red-Pink Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Sharp-shinned Hawk Diurnal Birds of Prey Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Winter Diurnal Birds of Prey Daniel Fitzgerald This long-tailed bird hawk has a dark back and rusty barred breast. Immatures have rusty streaked underparts. This hawk is very similar to the Cooper’s Hawk but slightly smaller.

Wildflower Mount Diablo Common Plantain Invasive Scientific Name: Plantago major Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family) Blooms: April - Sep Color: White Perennial herb Introduced Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Ken-ichi Ueda, iNaturalist

Wildflower Mount Diablo Velvety Goldenrod Scientific Name: Solidago velutina Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: Aug-Oct Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald

Wildflower Mount Diablo Chinese Houses Scientific Name: Collinsia heterophylla Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family) Blooms: Apr - Jun Color: Blue-Purple Annual herb Native Flowers can also be red-pink. Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Pestle Parsnip, Barestem biscuitroot Scientific Name: Lomatium nudicale Family: Apiaceae (Parsley-Carrot Family) Blooms: May Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steven Beatty Steven Beatty Leaf detail

California Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor hirsuta Papilionidae Swallowtails Flies February to November Host Plant Pipevine Nectar Plant California buckeye Daniel Fitzgerald Male Daniel Fitzgerald Underwing Daniel Fitzgerald Female

Wildflower Mount Diablo Short Spurred Plectritis Scientific Name: Plectritis macrocera Family: Valerianaceae (Valerian Family) Blooms: Mar - May Color: Red-Pink Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Golden Aster, Sessileflower False Goldenaster Scientific Name: Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. echioides Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: Mar - Oct Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Ken-ichi Ueda, iNaturalist

Wildflower Mount Diablo Purple Spot Gilia, Grassland Gilia Scientific Name: Gilia clivorum Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Familiy) Blooms: Mar - Apr Color: Blue-Purple Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo California Milkweed Scientific Name: Asclepias californica Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family) Blooms: Apr - May Color: Red-Pink Perennial herb Native Toxicity: minor, dermatitis. Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Brickell bush, California brickellbush, California brickellia Scientific Name: Brickellia californica Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: August Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steven Beatty