Wildflower Mount Diablo Small-flowered Fiddleneck Scientific Name: Amsinckia menziesii Family: Boraginaceae (Borage Family) Blooms: Feb - Jun Color: Yellow-Orange Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Kevin Hintsa

Wildflower Mount Diablo Dwarf Flax Scientific Name: Hesperevax sparsiflora var. sparsiflora Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: Mar-Jun Color: Green Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steven Beatty

Wildflower Mount Diablo Hooker's Evening Primrose Scientific Name: Oenothera elata hookerii Family: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family) Blooms: Aug-Sep Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steve Beatty

Wildflower Mount Diablo American Brooklime Scientific Name: Veronica americana Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family) Blooms: July - August Color: Blue-Purple Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steven Beatty

Wildflower Mount Diablo Torrey's willowherb, Narrow boisduvalia Scientific Name: Epilobium torreyi Family: Onagraceae Blooms: Apr-Jul Color: Red-Pink Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants

Cellophane and Masked Bees Colletes Cellophane Bees Colletes March - Fall Read More Hylaeus Masked Bees Hylaeus April - September Read More

Common Checkered-Skipper Burnsius communis Hesperiidae Skippers Flies February to November Host Plant Mallow Nectar Plant Daniel Fitzgerald Male Bob Hislop Underwing

Wildflower Mount Diablo Hairy Bird’s Beak Scientific Name: Cordylanthus pilosus ssp. pilosus Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family) Blooms: July Color: White Annual herb Native, endemic to California Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steven Beatty

Wildflower Mount Diablo Chaparral Clarkia Scientific Name: Clarkia affinis Family: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family) Blooms: April - July Color: Red-Pink Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald

Nuttall's Woodpecker Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii All Year Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald Partial to forested or open oak or pine-oak woodland habitats. Note dark spotting on sides and flanks; white underparts. Wings and back are black, with white spotting on wings and white barring on back. Nests in tree cavities,. Eats insects and arthropods such as beetles, ants, caterpillars, flies, and spiders.

Western Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus iroides Lycaenidae Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks Flies February to July Host Plant Dodder, Soap Plant, Manzanitas, Madrones, California Lilac, Yerba Santa Nectar Plant Oregon Sunshine, Diablo helianthella, Horehound Daniel Fitzgerald Underwing

Wildflower Mount Diablo Pacific Aster Scientific Name: Symphyotrichum chilensis Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: August Color: White Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steven Beatty