Wildflower Mount Diablo Clustered Clover Scientific Name: Trifolium glomeratum Family: Fabaceae Blooms: Mar - Jun Color: Red-Pink Annual herb Introduced Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Daniel Fitzgerald

Wildflower Mount Diablo Sheep Parsnip Scientific Name: Lomatium macrocarpum Family: Apiaceae (Parsley-Carrot Family) Blooms: Apr Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Kevin Hintsa

California Resin-Leafcutter Bee Trachusa perdita Megachilidae Trachusa Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Description Trachusa perdita is a black bee with pale stripes on abdomen and grayish hair elsewhere. Male bees have a white/cream-colored clypeus ("lower face"). They are ground-nesters, so can be confused with digger bees (look for pollen-carrying scopa on underside of abdomen in females, and pock-marked thorax). Nectar/ Pollen Plants Trachusa perdita is associated with Brodiaea , Lupinus , and Calochortus . It may visit other flowers. Habits Nest in the ground, with 6-inch tunnels having cells (~4) at the end. Cells are made with leaves cemented together with plant resin or pitch. These bees appear to remain at the nest and protect it (personal observation). Overall uncommon, but found in the Black Point and Rock City areas of Mount Diablo (and likely elsewhere). Season April - June

Wildflower Mount Diablo Western Waterleaf Scientific Name: Hydrophyllum occidentale Family: Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family) Blooms: Apr - Jun Color: White Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Kevin Hintsa

Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus Nymphalidae Brushfoots Flies All year Host Plant Nettle Nectar Plant Daniel Fitzgerald Liam O'Brien

Lark Sparrow Towhees, Sparrows, Juncos, and Longspurs Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus All Year Towhees, Sparrows, Juncos, and Longspurs Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald Open habitats with scattered trees or shrubs (e.g., oak-savannah habitats) are where you will encounter the Lark Sparrow. White and black tail pattern, central stick-pin on otherwise unstreaked breast, and boldly marked head make this sparrow easy to identify. Nests on the ground, sometimes in shrubs. Nest is a cup-shaped structure built from grasses, weed stems, and twigs. Seeds and insects are the mainstay of its diet.

Wildflower Mount Diablo Fringepod Scientific Name: Thysanocarpus curvipes Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) Blooms: Feb - May Color: White Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Lesser Baby Innocence Scientific Name: Tonella tenella Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family) Blooms: May Color: Blue-Purple Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steve Beatty Steve Beatty Leaf detail

Wildflower Mount Diablo Woolly-Tuft Malacothrix Scientific Name: Malacothrix floccifera Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: Apr - Jun Color: White Annual herb Native, endemic to California Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Splendid Mariposa Lily Scientific Name: Calochortus splendens Family: Liliaceae (Lily Family) Blooms: May - Jun Color: Blue-Purple Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Red Sand-spurry Invasive Scientific Name: Spergularia rubra Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink Family) Blooms: Jan - Dec Color: Red-Pink Annual or perennial herb Introduced Naturalized from Europe, per Errter & Bowerman Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Hank Fabian, iNaturalist

Wildflower Mount Diablo Woodland Layia Scientific Name: Layia gaillardioides Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: Apr - May Color: Yellow-Orange Annual herb Native, endemic to California Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Ruth Ann Kishi