Wildflower Identification Guide (Red)

Coarsegold, California
Revised 1-4-09

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Woodland Clarkia
(Closeup)

Woodland Clarkia, Leaves
Clarkia unguiculata
Evening Primrose family
    NOTES
Crimson Clover
Trifolium incarnatum
Pea family

Unidentified Clover, R02
(Closeup)

Unidentified Clover, R02
Trifolium sp.
Pea family
    NOTES
Chaparral Honeysuckle,
Berries
Lonicera interrupta
Honeysuckle family
    NOTES
Poison Oak, Fall
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Sumac family

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Scarlet Monkeyflower*
(Closeup)

Scarlet Monkeyflower*
AKA Crimson Monkeyflower
Mimulus cardinalis
Figwort family
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Hollyleaf Redberry
(Closeup)

Hollyleaf Redberry
AKA Hollyleaf Coffeeberry,
Evergreen Buckthorn
Rhamnus ilicifolia
Buckthorn family

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Purple Sanicle
(Closeup)

Purple Sanicle
AKA Snakeroot
Sanicula bipinnatifida
Carrot family

Sea Urchin
(Closeup)

    NOTES
Sea Urchin (Oak Leaf Gall)
Caused by Cynipid wasp
(Not a berry or wildflower!)

    NOTES
Squawbush, Berries
AKA Skunkbrush, Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
Sumac family
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Tocolote
(Closeup)

Tocolote
Centaurea melitensis
Sunflower family

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Spring Vetch
(Closeup)

Spring Vetch
Vicia sativa
Pea family
    NOTES
Indian Warrior
(Closeup)

Indian Warrior
Pedicularis densiflora
Figwort family

UID R03

UID W30, Flowers

UID W30, Leaves

UID W30, Stalks

NOTES:

Chaparral Honeysuckle

Bloom: May–July
Description: Deciduous vine or sprawling shrub with yellow honeysuckle flowers. It has edible but bitter berries. Hummingbirds like the flowers.
Special: Native; limited to California.   BACK
Crimson Clover
Bloom: April–August
Description: Annual herb, ½–2'. Flower heads are bright red in long cylinders. Leaflets are wedge-shaped.
Special: Not native.   BACK
Hollyleaf Redberry
Bloom: Spring
Description:   Evergreen shrub to 12'. Flowers are yellow. Berries are bright clear red. Grey bark, stiff branches, upright. Hummingbirds and insects collect nectar from the flowers. Many birds love the berries.
Special: Native. Can cause minor dermatitis.   BACK
Indian Warrior
Bloom: January–June
Description: Perennial herb. Stalks 4–20". Leaves finely dissected like fern leaves, 4–7", covered with soft brown hairs. Flowering stalks have dense spikes of dark wine-red flowers with a stout straight upper beak & a lower lip of 3 small lobes halfway back on the tube, 1½".
Special: Native. Like all species of Pedicularis, this is a green root-parasite, supplementing its photosynthesis with thievery. Leaves may have been used to make a tea.   BACK
Poison Oak
Bloom: April–June
Description: Woody shrub or climbing vine, 1–9'. Lobed leaflets in threes (center leaf is long-stalked). Bright green in the early season, reddish later. Flowers are greenish white clusters, forming white berries.
Special: Native. The plant should be avoided in all seasons; its oil causes an irritating dermatitis.   BACK
Purple Sanicle
Bloom: March–May
Description: Perennial herb, ½–2'. Flowers are purple (or yellow) balls with long, feathery stamens. Seeds are round & spiny. Leaf petiole conspicuously broad with spiny margins.
Special: Native.   BACK
Scarlet Monkeyflower
Bloom: April–October
Description: Perennial herb. Showy, 2–4'. Hairy & glandular, prostrate or erect, toothed, sticky, & hairy leaves, oblong or ovate, somewhat clasping, in pairs. Three to five palmate veins in leaves. Red flowers are 2", tubular in pairs with 5 lobes, 2 lips. Throat has yellow hairy ridges. Grows in wet areas.
Special: Native. BACK
Sea Urchin (Gall)
Description: Strange shape formed by the Blue Oak in response to the egg laying of nonstinging Cynipid wasps. Eggs may be laid on leaves or other parts of the tree, and the oak responds by forming this particular color and shape of gall, which in turn protects the larva. In fall, the insect chews its way out. BACK
Spring Vetch

Bloom:   April–July.
Description: Annual herb, vine, 1–3'. Vine. 1–2 red-purple flowers near the base of each leaf. 4–8 pairs of narrow leaves are blunt-tipped with tiny bristles.
Special:   Not native. Photographed at Oak Creek. BACK

Squawbush
Bloom: February–June
Description: Deciduous shrub with clumping habit.
Special: Native. Related to Poison Oak, but does not cause rash for most people. Brilliant yellow to red fall color.   BACK
Tocolote

Bloom: May–January
Description: Annual herb, 1–5'. Yellow flower heads (½–¾"), with long spines (½") below. Cottony-haired leaves linear, extending down the stem. Well branched.
Special: Not native. Very similar to Yellow Star Thistle.   BACK
Woodland Clarkia
Bloom: May–June
Description: Annual herb, 1–3'. Pink outer petal lobe with a darker red spot, rectangular to round on a threadlike base. 8 anthers.
Special: Native; limited to California.   BACK

NOTES Woodland Clarkia (Closeup)	Woodland Clarkia, Leaves Clarkia unguiculata Evening Primrose family	NOTES Crimson Clover Trifolium incarnatum Pea family
Unidentified Clover, R02 (Closeup)	Unidentified Clover, R02 Trifolium sp. Pea family	NOTES Chaparral Honeysuckle, Berries Lonicera interrupta Honeysuckle family	NOTES Poison Oak, Fall Toxicodendron diversilobum Sumac family
NOTES Scarlet Monkeyflower* (Closeup)	Scarlet Monkeyflower* AKA Crimson Monkeyflower Mimulus cardinalis Figwort family	NOTES Hollyleaf Redberry (Closeup)	Hollyleaf Redberry AKA Hollyleaf Coffeeberry, Evergreen Buckthorn Rhamnus ilicifolia Buckthorn family
NOTES Purple Sanicle (Closeup)	Purple Sanicle AKA Snakeroot Sanicula bipinnatifida Carrot family	Sea Urchin (Closeup)	NOTES Sea Urchin (Oak Leaf Gall) Caused by Cynipid wasp (Not a berry or wildflower!)
NOTES Squawbush, Berries AKA Skunkbrush, Skunkbush Sumac Rhus trilobata Sumac family		NOTES Tocolote (Closeup)	Tocolote Centaurea melitensis Sunflower family
NOTES Spring Vetch (Closeup)	Spring Vetch Vicia sativa Pea family	NOTES Indian Warrior (Closeup)	Indian Warrior Pedicularis densiflora Figwort family
UID R03	UID W30, Flowers	UID W30, Leaves	UID W30, Stalks