Wildflowers of the Backbone Trail
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California peony   Black mustard*   Bigpod ceanothus   Yellow star-thistle*
California
peony
 
Black mustard
 
Big-pod
ceanothus
 
Tocalote
Blue dicks   Windmill pink*   Yellow monkeyflower   Blue-eyed grass
Blue dicks
 
Windmill pink
 
Yellow
monkeyflower
 
Blue-eyed
grass
Bur-chervil   Wild rose   Wooly blue curls   Bull mallow*
Bur-chervil
 
Wild rose
 
Wooly
blue curls
 
Bull mallow
Bush mallow   Black sage   Bush monkeyflower   Blue larkspur
Bush mallow
 
Black sage
 
Bush
monkeyflower
 
Blue larkspur
Wild radish*   California blackberry   Heartleaf penstemon   California buckwheat
Wild radish
 
California
blackberry
 
Heartleaf
penstemon
 
California
buckwheat
Wild heliotrope   Whispering bells   California everlasting   Verbena
Wild
heliotrope
 
Whispering
bells
 
California
everlasting
 
Verbena
Broadleaved lupine   White pincushion   California plantain   California chicory
Broad-leaved
lupine
 
White
pincushion
 
California
plantain
 
Narrow-leaved
milkweed
Wild cucumber   California thistle   Canyon sunflower   Canyon sweet pea
Wild
cucumber
 
California
thistle
 
Canyon
sunflower
 
Chaparral
current
Castor bean*   California milkweed   Water cress*   Chaparral current
Castor bean
 
California
milkweed
 
Watercress
 
Canyon
sweet pea
Catalina mariposa lily   Chinese houses   Chaparral pea   Narrowleaved milkweed
Catalina
mariposa lily
 
Chinese
houses
 
Chaparral
pea
 
California
chicory
Coast figwort   Caterpillar phacelia   Chamise   Cliff aster
Coast
figwort
 
Caterpillar
phacelia
 
Chamise
 
Cliff aster
Common linanthus   Common sunflower   Coulter's lupine   Datura
Common
linanthus
 
Deerweed
 
Coulter's
lupine
 
Datura
Creek monkeyflower   Crimson pitcher sage   Deerweed   Elegant clarkia
Creek
monkeyflower
 
Crimson
pitcher sage
 
Common
sunflower
 
Elegant
clarkia
Dodder   Farewell-to-spring   Fiesta flower   English plantain*
Dodder
 
Farewell-to-spring
 
Fiesta flower
 
English
plantain
Dove lupine   Fairy lantern   French broom   Foothill lupine
Dove lupine
 
Fairy lantern
 
French broom
 
Foothill lupine
Fragrant pitcher sage   Foothill penstemon   Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry   Golden yarrow
Fragrant
pitcher sage
 
Foothill
penstemon
 
Fuchsia-flowered
gooseberry
 
Golden yarrow
Gumweed   Greenbark ceanothus   Hawkweed   Hedge nettle
Gumweed
 
Greenbark
ceanothus
 
Hawkweed
 
Hedge nettle
Italian thistle*   Indian paintbrush   Milkmaids   Indian pink
Italian thistle
 
Indian
paintbrush
 
Milkmaids
 
Indian pink
Lanceleaf dudleya   Large-flowered phacelia   Lemonadeberry   Mexican elderberry
Lanceleaf
dudleya
 
Large-flowered
phacelia
 
Lemonadeberry
 
Mexican
elderberry
Morning glory   Mountain dandelion   Mustard evening primrose   Milk thistle*
Morning glory
 
Mountain
dandelion
 
Mustard
evening primrose
 
Milk thistle
Phlox-leaved bedstraw   Owl's clover   Popcorn flower   Poison hemlock
Phlox-leaved
bedstraw
 
Owl's clover
 
Popcorn
flower
 
Poison
hemlock
Parry's phacelia   Prickly sow-thistle*   Peninsular onion   Santa Susana tarweed
Parry's
phacelia
 
Prickly
sow thistle
 
Peninsular
onion
 
Santa Susana
tarweed
Silver puffs   Purple clarkia   Slender sunflower   Purple nightshade
Silverpuffs
 
Purple clarkia
 
Slender
sunflower
 
Purple
nightshade
Purple sage   Silver lotus   Rose snapdragon   Southern California locoweed
Purple sage
 
Silver lotus
 
Rose
snapdragon
 
Southern Cal.
locoweed
Stinking gourd   Sticky cinquefoil   Two-tone everlasting   Spanish broom*
Stinking gourd
 
Sticky
cinquefoil
 
Twotone
everlasting
 
Spanish
broom
Sugarbush   Snowberry   Sourclover*   Star lily
Sugarbush
 
Snowberry
 
Sourclover
 
Star lily
Scarlet pimpernel*   Snakeroot   Southern honeysuckle   Speedwell*
Scarlet
pimpernel
 
Snakeroot
 
Southern
honeysuckle
 
Speedwell
Sow-thistle*   Speckled clarkia   Spanish clover   White sweetclover*
Sow thistle
 
Speckled clarkia
 
Spanish clover
 
White
sweetclover
Turkish rugging   Bristly ox-tongue*   Ashyleaf buckwheat   Slender tarweed
Turkish rugging
 
Bristly
ox-tongue
 
Ashyleaf
buckwheat
 
Slender
tarweed
Southern tauschia   Long-beaked filaree*   Telegraph weed   California poppy
Southern
tauschia
 
Long-beaked
filaree
 
Telegraph weed
 
California
poppy
Humboldt lily   Tree tobacco*   Mountain phacelia   Poison oak
Humboldt lily
 
Tree tobacco
 
Mountain
phacelia
 
Poison oak
Hoaryleaf ceanothus   Chalk liveforever   Redstem filaree   Coast goldfields
Hoaryleaf
ceanothus
 
Chalk
liveforever
 
Redstem
filaree
 
Coast
goldfields
Yellow salsify*   Red maids   Lace-pod   Hairyleaf ceanothus
Yellow salsify
 
Redmaids
 
Lacepod
 
Hairyleaf
ceanothus
California saxifrage   Slender cottonweed   Wooly lomatium   Winter cress
California
saxifrage
 
Slender
cottonweed
 
Wooly
lomatium
 
Winter cress
Bush sunflower   Willow-herb clarkia   Miner's lettuce   Scarlet monkeyflower
Bush
sunflower
 
Willow-herb
clarkia
 
Miner's
lettuce
 
Scarlet
monkeyflower
Wooly aster   Golden star   Chaparral yucca   Cobweb thistle
Wooly aster
 
Golden star
 
Chaparral yucca
 
Cobweb thistle
Woodland stars   Salsify*   Bush poppy   Cheeseweed*
Woodland star
 
Salsify
 
Bush poppy
 
Cheeseweed
California buttercup   Angel's gilia   Garden pea*   Bull thistle*
California
buttercup
 
Angel's gilia
 
Garden pea
 
Bull thistle
Dove's foot geranium*   Showy penstemon   Eucrypta   Yellow mariposa lily
Dove's foot
geranium
 
Showy
penstemon
 
Eucrypta
 
Yellow
mariposa lily
Chickweed*   Hollyleaf cherry   Sticky madia   Wild brodiaea
Chickweed
 
Hollyleaf
cherry
 
Sticky madia
 
Wild brodiaea
Pineapple weed*   Periwinkle*   Horehound*   Hedge mustard*
Pineappleweed
 
Periwinkle
 
Horehound
 
Hedge mustard
Mulefat   Rock-rose   Spring vetch*   Pink rockrose*
Mulefat
 
Rush-rose
 
Spring vetch
 
Tomcat clover
Strigose lotus   Rattlesnake weed   White snapdragon   Yellow pincushion
Strigose
lotus
 
Rattlesnake
weed
 
White
snapdragon
 
Yellow
pincushion
Thick-leaved yerba santa   White nightshade   Tomcat clover   American wild carrot
Thick-leaved
yerba santa
 
White
nightshade
 
Pink
rock-rose
 
American
wild carrot
Winter vetch*   Western ragweed   Yarrow   Suncups
Winter vetch
 
Western
ragweed
 
Yarrow
 
Suncups
Sweet fennel*   Shooting stars   Chocolate lily   Twining snapdragon
Sweet fennel
 
Shooting star
 
Chocolate lily
 
Twining
snapdragon
Wishbone bush   Coyote brush   Fleabane aster   Shrubby butterweed
Wishbone bush
 
Coyote brush
 
Fleabane aster
 
Shrubby
butterweed
California brickelbush   Leather root   Sawtooth goldenbush   Bigberry manzanita
California
brickellbush
 
Leather root
 
Sawtooth
goldenbush
 
Bigberry
manzanita
Bush lupine   Gumplant   Horseweed   Collarless california poppy
Bush lupine
 
Gumplant
 
Horseweed
 
Collarless
California poppy
Large-flowered lotus   Mayweed   Meadow rue   Milk wort
Large-flowered
lotus
 
Mayweed
 
Meadow rue
 
Milkwort
Prickly phlox   Red-skinned onion   Prickly lettuce*   Mugwort
Prickly phlox
 
Red-skinned
onion
 
Prickly lettuce
 
Mugwort
Fiddleneck   Chicory-leaved stephanomeria   Baby blue eyes   Bladderpod
Fiddleneck
 
Chicory-leaved
stephanomeria
 
Baby blue eyes
 
Bladderpod
Ground pink   Willow herb   Tall stephanomeria   Stinging lupine
Ground pink
 
Willow-herb
 
Tall
stephanomeria
 
Stinging
lupine
White sage   California fuchsia   Chia   Carolina geranium
White sage
 
California
fuchsia
 
Chia
 
Carolina
geranium
Bermuda buttercup*   Globe gilia   Cream cups   Wind poppy
Bermuda
buttercup
 
Globe gilia
 
Cream cups
 
Wind poppy
Lilac mariposa lily   Bleeding hearts   Alfalfa*   Toyon
Lilac
mariposa lily
 
Bleeding heart
 
Alfalfa
 
Toyon
Wild oxalis   Scarlet larkspur   Matilija poppy   Fire poppy
Wild oxalis
 
Scarlet
larkspur
 
Matilija poppy
 
Fire poppy
Indian warrior   Little horseweed*   Johnny jump-up   Plummer's mariposa lily
Indian warrior
 
Small
horseweed
 
Johnny-jump-up
 
Plummer's
mariposa lily
Scalebroom   Prickly poppy   Mouse-eared chickweed*   Doveweed
Scalebroom
 
Prickly poppy
 
Wedge-leaf
Horkelia
 
Doveweed
Butterfly mariposa lily   Canchalagua   Tidy tips   Checkerbloom
Butterfly
mariposa lily
 
Canchalagua
 
Tidy tips
 
Checkerbloom
Common madia   Scarlet bugler   Chicory*   Stream orchid
Common madia
 
Scarlet bugler
 
Chicory
 
Stream
orchid
Vinegar weed   Laurel sumac   Curly dock   Canterbury bells
Vinegar weed
 
Laurel sumac
 
Curly dock
 
Canterbury
bells
Dandelion*   California loosestrife   Longstem buckwheat   Soap plant
Dandelion
 
California
loosestrife
 
Longstem
buckwheat
 
Soap plant
Violet snapdragon   White clover*   Navarettia   Wild licorice
Violet
snapdragon
 
White clover
 
Navarretia
 
Wild
licorice
Indian tobacco   Bird's beak   Pin-point clover   Snakeweed
Indian tobacco
 
Bird's beak
 
Pin-point
clover
 
Snakeweed
           
Nevin's
brickellbush