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Wildflower Mount Diablo California Buttercup Scientific Name: Ranunculus californicus var. californicus Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family) Blooms: Feb - Mar Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Native 9-17 petals Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

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 California Everlasting Scientific Name: Pseudognaphalium californicum Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: Jun - Jul Color: White Annual or perennial herb Native Also called cudweed. During the dry summer months this everlasting smells like sweet maple syrup. Everlastings can be found throughout the mountain, especially along the road to the summit. Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Hank Fabian, iNaturalist

Wildflower Mount Diablo Ferdler’s Meadow Rue Scientific Name: Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum Family: Ranunculaceae Blooms: Apr-May Color: Red-Pink Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald

Wildflower Mount Diablo California Barberry Scientific Name: Berberis pinnata Family: Berberidaceae Blooms: Mar Color: Yellow-Orange Shrub Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Rock Phacelia Scientific Name: Phacelia imbricata ssp. Imbricata Family: Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family) Blooms: Jun Color: White Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Bitterroot Scientific Name: Lewisia rediviva var. rediviva Family: Montiaceae (Spring Beauty Family) Blooms: Apr - Jun Color: White Perennial herb Native The scientific name originates from Meriweather Lewis of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804. Lewisia is also the state flower of Montana. Found at higher elevations on the mountain, especially in rocky scree. Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Ruth Ann Kishi

Wildflower Mount Diablo Mount Diablo Sunflower Scientific Name: Helianthella castanea Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: Apr - Jun Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Native, endemic to California California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere ). This plant is rare in Mount Diablo State Park. See full list Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Kevin Hintsa

Wildflower Mount Diablo Silver Puffs Scientific Name: Uropappus lindleyi Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: Nov - Mar Color: Yellow-Orange Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring Flower Mike Woodring Seed pod

Wildflower Mount Diablo California Poppy Scientific Name: Eschscholzia californica Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy Family) Blooms: Mar - Jun Color: Yellow-Orange Annual or perennial herb Native The California Poppy is our state flower, but you knew that. But did you know that it was named by a German, for an Estonian doctor, sailing on a Russian ship, exploring San Francisco Bay? German botantist and poet Adelbert von Chamisso hopped off the Russian exploration ship Ryurik in 1816 to find the hills of San Francisco gleaming with golden poppies. He collected specimens, named the flower after his friend, Estonian ship's doctor Johann Escholtz and then took those specimens back to Russia. Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Kevin Hintsa Terese Dixon

Wildflower Mount Diablo California Pitcher Sage Scientific Name: Lepechinia calycina Family: Lamiaceae (Mint Family) Blooms: Apr - Jun Color: White Shrub Native, endemic to California Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo St. John's Wort Scientific Name: Hypericum perforatum Family: Hypericaceae Blooms: May-Sep Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Introduced Possible skin irritation from touching any part of this plant. Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants