Some of the pictures on this page were not located on the Sugarloaf Mountain Trail, but rather along the road (2N93) that leads up to the Wild Horse Meadows trailhead and in the meadow area itself. I have indicated those with a + sign. The trail was somewhat drier than I expected, perhaps because of the lack of late spring rains, and there was very little in bloom around the summit. 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.

Rose sage
Salvia pachyphylla
Lamiaceae

Southern mountain woolstar +
Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum
Polemoniaceae

Martin's paintbrush
Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii
Scrophulariaceae

Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
Asteraceae

Mountain sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
Asteraceae

Ashy gray paintbrush
Castilleja cinerea
(Maroon form)
Scrophulariaceae

Davidson's buckwheat +
Eriogonum davidsonii
Polygonaceae

Spineless horsebrush
Tetradymia canescens
Asteraceae

Big Bear Valley phlox
Phlox dolicantha
Polemoniaceae

Parish's catchfly
Silene parishii
Caryophyllaceae

San Bernardino beardtongue
Penstemon caesius
Scrophulariaceae

Beaked penstemon
Penstemon rostriflorus
Scrophulariaceae

Chicalote +
Argemone munita
Papaveraceae

Brewer's fleabane
Erigeron breweri var. breweri
Asteraceae

Bush chinquapin
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Fagaceae

Rydberg's horkelia +
Horkelia rydbergii
Scrophulariaceae

Tiling's monkeyflower +
Mimulus tilingii
Scrophulariaceae

Grinnell's penstemon
Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii
Scrophulariaceae

San Bernardino Mountains alumroot
Heuchera parishii
Saxifragaceae