Yerba buena’s trailing stems and small white flowers carpet the shaded forest floor wherever it grows wild. Photo: Alan Schmierer, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Showy penstemon in full spring bloom along a Southern California hillside trail. Photo: cultivar413, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Penstemon spectabilis, commonly called showy
A wild population of meadowfoam (here the golden-flowered ssp. sulphurea) carpeting a coastal meadow at Point Reyes, California. Photo: John Rusk, via Wikimedia Commons (CC
The striking blue-to-violet flowers of foothill penstemon, one of the most vividly colored wildflowers of the California foothills. Photo: Stickpen, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
The dense, pincushion-like flower head of coyote mint, photographed in the wild. Photo: Eugene Zelenko, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Monardella villosa, commonly called
Sky lupine blooming along CA-1 near Cambria, California. Photo: Peter D. Tillman (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons Lupinus nanus, commonly called sky lupine (also
Ithuriel’s spear in bloom at Del Valle Regional Park, Livermore, California. Photo: Franco Folini (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons Triteleia laxa, known as Ithuriel’s
Firecracker flower’s nodding umbel of tubular crimson blooms, each tipped in cream-green. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons Dichelostemma ida-maia, commonly called
A stand of bird’s eyes in bloom at Almaden Quicksilver County Park, San Jose, California. Photo: Eugene Zelenko (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons Gilia
Arroyo lupine’s dense flower spike, deep purple-blue with pale throat markings. Photo: Sgerbic (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons Lupinus succulentus, known as arroyo lupine
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