
Old Mission Dam
The fun started in the parking lot, with a rock rose:

There is a matilija poppy plant, lots of California wild roses, and blackberries there too, but they weren't blooming. Neither was the yerba mansa near the water, just inside the gate. But many of the other common flowers were, and the wild cucumbers were fruiting.

Fiesta Flower

Wild cucumbers

Encelia californica

Caterpillar phacelia
Cross the bridge, and you see even more:

Then follow the trail and watch for poison oak.

Ground Pink


Morning glories

Wishbone bush


Wild hyacinth

California poppy

Camas

Checkerbloom

I was so happy to find the ceanothus was still blooming. It is the smell of springtime to me.


As you continue toward Oak Canyon, you see even more...

Seep monkeyflower

Bush monkeyflower


Nuttall's Snapdragon


Miner's lettuce

Wild peas


Jepsonia, a.k.a. Indian potatoes. This odd plant has an underground corm that is edible. It puts out a flower in the fall and a single leaf in the spring.

Ladyfinger Dudleya. Edible but not delicious.



Parry phacelia



(In case it's not obvious, I love this flower)
And up to the Fortuna Saddle...

Fuchsia flowered goosberry

Woodland star
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