Sunday, 28 June 2009:
Given that this hike was nearly 3 months ago, I will let the photos tell the story of a lovely little walk Sarah & I did with our friend Linda. We were happy to see a fairly large number of late-season wildflowers blooming among the dry grasses covering the hillsides.
Trail
Centaury / Centaurium sp.
Royal Rein Orchid / Piperia transversa
Junction
Elegant Brodiaea / Brodiaea elegans
Yellow Mariposa / Calochortus luteus
Dry grass
California Milkwort / Polygala californica
Redwoods
Trail
Goldwire / Hypericum concinnum
Trail
Newt crossing
Lake Lagunitas
Stonecrop / Dudleya farinosa(?)
Sticky Monkeyflower / Mimulus aurantiacus
Redwood grove
Oceanspray / Holodiscus discolor
Lake Lagunitas
Lake Lagunitas & Mt. Tamalpais
Distance: ~2.7mi
Wildflowers seen:
- California Milkwort
- California Poppy
- Centuary sp.
- Chia
- Elegant Brodiaea
- Farewell-to-spring
- Goldwire
* Oceanspray
- Royal Rein Orchid
- Sticky Monkeyflower
- Stonecrop
- Yellow Mariposa
* = life flower
The Elegant Brodiaea is just that: elegant.
An aptly-named flower to be sure!
How cool — all that is very close to where I live — I have my favorite places, but I just don’t walk those trails enough… Appreciate the names of the wildflowers — I should have started learning them years ago…
What are your favorite places in that area? Bon Tempe Lake is probably my fav in the MMWD area.
Never too late to learn flowers, although it can certainly be frustrating and time-consuming. Thanks to these interwebs, though, it’s made much easier courtesy of things like Flickr’s ID Please group.