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Wildflower Mount Diablo Black Sage Scientific Name: Salvia mellifera Family: Lamiaceae (Mint Family) Blooms: April - July Color: Blue-Purple Schrub Native Blooming in hot chaparral areas, black sage is a tall shrub that attracts a multitude of insects in the summer. Found near the yerba santas on the chaparral portion of the Globe Lily Trail at Mitchell Canyon. Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants

Wildflower Mount Diablo Purple Salsify Invasive Scientific Name: Tragopogon porrifolius Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: May Color: Blue-Purple Perennial herb Introduced naturalized Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Peak Rush-rose Scientific Name: Crocanthemum scoparium Family: Cistaceae Blooms: July Color: Yellow-Orange Shrub Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steven Beatty

Bullok's Oriole Blackbirds, Orioles, and Meadowlarks Bullok's Oriole Icterus bullockii Summer Blackbirds, Orioles, and Meadowlarks Daniel Fitzgerald Found in open or dispersed woodlands, including riparian areas. Note male's black crown, throat, and eye-line, which contrast with orange face; broad white wing patch. Female's yellow colors are most apparent on head, upper breast, and undertail coverts; note pale gray back dull white or grayish-white belly and flanks. Nest is a pendulous-shaped structure built in trees from plant fibers and bark. Diet consists mostly of insects and spiders; also nectar and fruit.

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Tripartite Sweat Bee Halictus tripartitus Halictidae Halictus Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Description Halictus tripartitus has a dull green, metallic thorax, an abdomen with apical hair bands on top, and an arched basal vein in the forewing. For H. tripartitus , note head shape larger/broader than in most Dialictus , but lacking large genal projection (on the cheek) or tooth seen in large-headed Halictus ligatus . These are small bees (~5-6 mm in length). As with many female bees in Halictidae, there is a pseudopygidial groove at the abdomen tip (see red arrow above) - a good feature to narrow to family. Nectar/ Pollen Plants Like most Halictus , a generalist. Habits At least a partially-eusocial ground nester, with worker bees. Mated queens overwinter and begin new nests in Spring. Nests may have more than one entrance. Known to harmlessly lap sweat from human skin. Season March - November

Thicket Hairstreak Callophrys spinetorum Lycaenidae Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks Flies February to October Host Plant Pine Dwarf Mistletoe Nectar Plant Paul G. Johnson Underwing Daniel Fitzgerald Underwing

Wildflower Mount Diablo Bristly Phacelia Scientific Name: Phacelia nemoralis var. nemoralis Family: Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family) Blooms: May - Jun Color: White Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Chaparral Clematis, Old Man's Beard Scientific Name: Clematis lasiantha Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family) Blooms: Jun - Sep Color: White Perennial herb or vine Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steven Beatty Flower Form Mike Woodring Seed Form

Wildflower Mount Diablo California Pink Scientific Name: Silene laciniata ssp. californica Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink Family) Blooms: May - Jul Color: Red-Pink Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring