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Wildflower Mount Diablo Curvepod Yellowcress Scientific Name: Rorripa curvisilique Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) Blooms: May-Aug Color: Yellow-Orange Annual or perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald

Wildflower Mount Diablo Coast Arnica, Rayless Arnica Scientific Name: Arnica discoidea Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: May - Jun Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Kevin Hintsa

Wildflower Mount Diablo Woolly Sunflower, Common Woolly Sunflower Scientific Name: Eriophyllum lanatum Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Blooms: Mar - Jun Color: Yellow-Orange Perennial herb Native 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 Fourspot Clarkia Scientific Name: Clarkia purpurea Family: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family) Blooms: Apr-Jul Color: Red-Pink Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants

Wildflower Mount Diablo California Goosefoot Scientific Name: Chenopodium californicum Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink Family) Blooms: 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

Wildflower Mount Diablo Spiny-fruit Buttercup Scientific Name: Ranunculus muricatus Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family) Blooms: Apr - Jun Color: Yellow-Orange Annual or perennial herb Introduced Toxicity: Mild dermatitis Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Hema Shah

Wildflower Mount Diablo Short Spike Hedge Nettle Scientific Name: Stachys pycnantha Family: Lamiaceae (Mint Family) Blooms: May - Aug Color: White Perennial herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Kevin Hintsa

Lovely-tailed Mourning Bee Melecta separata callura Apidae Melecta Description Melecta separata callura is a medium-to-large (~15 mm), beautiful cuckoo bee: it parasitizes the nest of Anthophora (Digger) bees by laying an egg in the completed, provisioned nest. Forewings have 3 submarginal cells. The abdomen is black, with white patching, and legs are white-patched. Females lack scopae (they don't provision nests). Nectar/ Pollen Plants Nectar generalists, without care for pollen. Habits Cleptoparasitic, these bees sneak into completed Anthophora nests (by digging down through the sealed burrows) and lay an egg on the nest cell cap. Its larva hatches, drains the Anthophora egg using its sickle like mandibles, and then eats the nest provisions. The larva pupates in the cell and emerges in Spring. Season March - May Size Medium (8-15 mm)

Lovely-tailed Mourning Bee Melecta separata callura Apidae Melecta Description Melecta separata callura is a medium-to-large (~15 mm), beautiful cuckoo bee: it parasitizes the nest of Anthophora (Digger) bees by laying an egg in the completed, provisioned nest. Forewings have 3 submarginal cells. The abdomen is black, with white patching, and legs are white-patched. Females lack scopae (they don't provision nests). Nectar/ Pollen Plants Nectar generalists, without care for pollen. Habits Cleptoparasitic, these bees sneak into completed Anthophora nests (by digging down through the sealed burrows) and lay an egg on the nest cell cap. Its larva hatches, drains the Anthophora egg using its sickle like mandibles, and then eats the nest provisions. The larva pupates in the cell and emerges in Spring. Season March - May Size Medium (8-15 mm)

Lovely-tailed Mourning Bee Melecta separata callura Apidae Melecta Description Melecta separata callura is a medium-to-large (~15 mm), beautiful cuckoo bee: it parasitizes the nest of Anthophora (Digger) bees by laying an egg in the completed, provisioned nest. Forewings have 3 submarginal cells. The abdomen is black, with white patching, and legs are white-patched. Females lack scopae (they don't provision nests). Nectar/ Pollen Plants Nectar generalists, without care for pollen. Habits Cleptoparasitic, these bees sneak into completed Anthophora nests (by digging down through the sealed burrows) and lay an egg on the nest cell cap. Its larva hatches, drains the Anthophora egg using its sickle like mandibles, and then eats the nest provisions. The larva pupates in the cell and emerges in Spring. Season March - May Size Medium (8-15 mm)

Lovely-tailed Mourning Bee Melecta separata callura Apidae Melecta Description Melecta separata callura is a medium-to-large (~15 mm), beautiful cuckoo bee: it parasitizes the nest of Anthophora (Digger) bees by laying an egg in the completed, provisioned nest. Forewings have 3 submarginal cells. The abdomen is black, with white patching, and legs are white-patched. Females lack scopae (they don't provision nests). Nectar/ Pollen Plants Nectar generalists, without care for pollen. Habits Cleptoparasitic, these bees sneak into completed Anthophora nests (by digging down through the sealed burrows) and lay an egg on the nest cell cap. Its larva hatches, drains the Anthophora egg using its sickle like mandibles, and then eats the nest provisions. The larva pupates in the cell and emerges in Spring. Season March - May Size Medium (8-15 mm)

Lovely-tailed Mourning Bee Melecta separata callura Apidae Melecta Description Melecta separata callura is a medium-to-large (~15 mm), beautiful cuckoo bee: it parasitizes the nest of Anthophora (Digger) bees by laying an egg in the completed, provisioned nest. Forewings have 3 submarginal cells. The abdomen is black, with white patching, and legs are white-patched. Females lack scopae (they don't provision nests). Nectar/ Pollen Plants Nectar generalists, without care for pollen. Habits Cleptoparasitic, these bees sneak into completed Anthophora nests (by digging down through the sealed burrows) and lay an egg on the nest cell cap. Its larva hatches, drains the Anthophora egg using its sickle like mandibles, and then eats the nest provisions. The larva pupates in the cell and emerges in Spring. Season March - May Size Medium (8-15 mm)