Wildflowers

"The earth laughs in flowers". - Ralph Waldo Emerson

What is a wildflower?

It is a flower that grows freely without cultivation. Wildflowers indigenous to the continent are called "natives".

Golden and Yellow Wildflowers

California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica

Fremont's Goldfields, Lasthenia fremontii

Sierra Tidy Tips, Layia pentachaeta

Coreopsis, Coreopsis douglasii

Tidy Tips

Coreopsis

Goldfields

Golden poppies

White Wildflowers

Fivespot, Nemophila maculata

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium

Meadowfoam, Linnanthes alba

White Chinese houses, Collinsia

White poppies


White yarrow

Meadowfoam

White poppy

Purple and White Wildflowers

Purple Chinese houses, Collinsia heterophylla

Fivespot, Nemophila maculata

Chinese houses

Five spot

Blue Wildflowers

Baby Blue eyes, Nemophila menziesii

Douglas lupine, Sky lupin, Lupinus nanus

Bird’s Eye gilia, Tricolor gilia, Gilia tricolor

Bachelor Button , Centaurea cyanus (non-native)

Globe gilia, Blue Field Gilia, Gilia capitata

Desert bluebells, Phacelia campanularia

Globe gilia

Birds eye gilla

Bachelor buttons

Desert bluebells

Baby blue eyes

Arroyo lupine

Pink and Purple Wildflowers

Elegant Clarkia, Clarkia unguiculata

Owl's Clover, Orthocarpus purpurascens

Elegant clarkia

Owls clover

Lavendar Flower

Parry's Phacelia,Purple or lacy phacelia, Phacelia parryi