The entrance road to the 5,200' Chilao area is along the Angeles Crest Highway about 26 miles from La Canada. There is a nice Visitor Center and a couple of campgrounds there. Trails extend in several directions to Charlton Flat and Mt. Hilyer. [NOTE: As of February, 2022, there are still closures in this area due to the devastating Bobcat Fire of 2021. Check before going.] An upside-down V next to the common name indicates a taxon that was new to me when I photographed it on this field trip.

Whiskerbrush
Linanthus ciliatus
Polemoniaceae

Mojave phacelia
Phacelia mohavensis
Hydrophyllaceae

Plain mariposa lily
Calochortus invenustus
Liliaceae

Douglas's violet
Viola douglasii
Violaceae
[Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834]

Groundsmoke
Gayophytum sp.
Onagraceae
[Named for naturalist Claude Gay, 1800-1873 ]

Davis's pitted onion
Allium lacunosum var. davisiae
Liliaceae
[Named for Nancy Jane Davis, 1833-1921]

Parry's collinsia
Collinsia parryi
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Zacheus Collins, 1764-1831]

Diamond-petalled clarkia
Clarkia rhomboidea
Onagraceae
[Named for explorer William Clark, 1770-1838]

Grant's carpet clover
Trifolium monanthum ssp. grantianum
Fabaceae
[Named for George Barnard Grant, 1849-1917]

Miniature lupine
Lupinus bicolor
Fabaceae

Dense false-gilia
Allophyllum gilioides ssp. gilioides
Polemoniaceae

Curved-stem phacelia
Phacelia curvipes
Hydrophyllaceae

Creek monkeyflower
Mimulus guttatus
Scrophulariaceae

Bajada lupine
Lupinus concinnus
Fabaceae

Canyon dodder
Cuscuta subinclusa
Cuscutaceae

Palmer's monkeyflower
Mimulus palmeri
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Edward Palmer, 1829-1911]

Lesser indian paintbrush
Castilleja minor ssp. spiralis
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793]

Southern mountain lupine
Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus
Fabaceae

Hairy yerba santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx
Hydrophyllaceae