Description
Book SynopsisLearn to identify Northern California’s wildflowers.
At the cabin, in the park, or on a hike, keep this tabbed booklet close at hand. Featuring only wildflowers of Northern California, this booklet by George Oxford Miller is organized by color for quick and easy identification. When you see a wildflower in nature, open the correct colored tab and view photographs of just a few wildflowers at a time. The easy-to-use format and detailed photographs, with key markings of more than 150 species, help to ensure positive ID for even casual observers. The pocket-sized format is much easier to use than laminated foldouts, and the tear-resistant pages help to make the book durable in the field.
Table of ContentsSpecies List
Achillea millefolium - Yarrow
Aconitum columbianum - Monkshood
Ageratina occidentalis - Western Snakeroot
Agoseris aurantiaca - Orange-flowered Dandilion
Agoseris grandiflora - Giant Dandelion
Allium campanulatum - Sierra Onion
Anaphalis margaritacea - Pearly Everlasting
Anemone occidentalis - Western Pasque flower
Anemopsis californica - Yerba Mansa
Angelica lineariloba - Sierra Angelica
Angelica lucida - Seacoast Angelica, Wild Celery
Antennaria corymbosa - Flat-topped Pussytoes
Apocynum androsaemifolium - Indian Hemp, Dogbane
Aquilegia formosa - Western Columbine
Argemone munita - Prickly Poppy
Aristolochia californica - Pipevine
Arnica cordifolia - Heartleaf Arnica
Arnica mollis - Hairy Arnica
Aruncus dioicus - Bride’s Feathers, Goat's Beard
Asarum caudatum - Creeping wild ginger
Asclepias cordifolia - Purple Milkweed, Heartleaf Milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis - Narrow-leaf Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa - Showy Milkweed
Astragalus lentiginosus - Freckled Milkvetch Asyneuma prenanthoides,
Balsamorhiza sagittata - Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Berberis aquifolium - Oregon Grape
Bidens laevis - Bur Marigold
Bistorta bistortoides - American Bistort
Brickellia californica - California Brickellbush
Brodiaea elegans - Harvest Brodiaea
Calochortus amabilis - Golden Fairy Lantern
Calochortus leichtlinii - Leichtlin’s Mariposa Lily
Calochortus luteus - Yellow Mariposa Lily
Calochortus tolmiei - Hairy Star Tulip
Calochortus venustus - Butterfly Mariposa Lily
Caltha leptosepala - Marsh Marigold
Castilleja arachnoidea - Cobwebby Paintbrush
Castilleja chromosa - Desert Paintbrush
Castilleja exserta - Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja linariifolia - Wyoming Paintbrush
Castilleja miniata - Scarlet Paintbrush
Chamerion angustifolium - Fireweed
Cirsium occidentale - Cobweb Thistle
Cirsium arvense - Canada Thistle
Clarkia amoena - Farewell to Spring
Clarkia purpurea - Winecup Clarkia
Claytonia lanceolata - Western (Lanceleaf) Spring Beauty
Clematis ligusticifolia - Western Virgin's Bower
Collinsia heterophylla - Chinese Houses
Corallorhiza maculata - Spotted Coralroot Orchid
Corallorhiza striata - Spotted Coralroot Orchid
Cypripedium montanum - Mountain Lady’s Slipper
Darlingtonia californica - California Pitcher Plant
Datura wrightii - Sacred Datura
Daucus pusillus - Wild Carrot
Dicentra formosa - Bleeding Heart
Dieteria cancesens - Purple Aster
Delphinum hesperium ssp. pallescens - Pale Western Larkspur
Dichelostemma capitatum - Blue Dicks
Dichelostemma ida-maia - Firecracker Flower
Diplacus aurantiacus ssp. aurantiacus - Sticky Monkeyflower
Drymocallis glandulosa - Sticky Cinquefoil
Ehrendorferia chrysantha - Golden Eardrops
Epilobium canum - California Fuchsia
Epipactis gigantea - Stream Orchid
Erigeron divergens - Spreading Fleabane
Erigeron glacialis - Wandering Fleabane
Erigeron glaucus - Seaside Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus - Philadelphia Fleabane
Ericameria nauseosa - Rabbitbrush
Eriogonum nudum - Naked Buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium - Cushion Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum - Sulphur Flower Buckwheat
Eriogonum wrightii - Wright’s Buckwheat
Eriophyllum lanatum - Common Woolly Sunflower
Erysimum capitatum - Western Wallflower
Erythronium grandiflorum - Glacier Lily
Erythronium californicum - California Fawn Lily
Eschschoizia californica - California Poppy
Fragaria vesca - Wild Strawberry
Frasera speciosa - Monument Plant
Fritillaria affinis - Checker Lily
Galium aparine - Cleavers
Gaultheria shallon - Salal
Gentiana newberryi - Alpine Gentian
Gilia capitata - Bluehead Gilia
Geum trifolium - Prairie Smoke
Glycyrrhiza lepidota - Wild Licorice
Goodyera oblongifolia - Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid
Heracleum maximum - Common Cow Parsnip
Holocarpha virgata - Yellow-flowered Tarweed
Hymenopsis hoopesii - Sneezeweed
Ipomopsis aggregata - Skyrocket
Iris douglasiana - Douglas Iris
Layia platyglossa - Coastal Tidytips
Leontodon saxatilis - Hairy Hawkbit
Lepidium virginicum - Virginia Pepperweed
Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-eye Daisy
Lilium pardalinum - Leopard Lily
Linanthus pungens - Granite Prickly Phlox
Linnaea borealis - Twinflower
Linum lewisii - Blue Flax
Lonicera hispidula - Pink Honeysuckle
Lupinus argenteus - Silver Lupine
Lupinus latifolius - Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus lepidus - Dwarf Lupine
Marah oregana - Coastal Manroot
Mentzelia laevicaulis - Giant Blazing Star
Mertensia ciliata - Streamside Bluebells
Maianthemum racemosum - False Solomon’s seal
Maianthemum stellatum - Star Solomon’s Seal
Mimulus bicolor - Yellow and White Monkeyflower
Mimulus cardinalis - Scarlet Monkeyflower
Mimulus guttatus - Seep Monkeyflower
Mimulus lewisii - Lewis Monkeyflower
Nemophila maculata - Five Spot
Nemophila menziesii - Baby Blue Eyes
Oenothera elata - Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Opuntia basilaris - Beavertail Prickly Pear
Opuntia polyacantha - Mojave Prickly Pear
Orthilia secunda - Sidebells Wintergreen
Parnassia palustris - Grass of Parnassus
Pedicularis densiflora - Indian Warrior
Pedicularis groenlandica - Elephant Head
Penstemon davidsonii - Davidson Penstemon
Penstemon newberryi - Mountain Pride
Penstemon rupicola - Cliff Penstemon
Penstemon rydbergii - Rydberg's Penstemon
Penstemon speciosis - Royal Penstemon
Perideridia kelloggii/parishii - Yampah
Phacelia hydrophylloides - Waterleaf Phacelia
Phyllodoce breweri - Brewer’s Mountain Heather
Phyllodoce empetriformis - Pink Mountain Heath
Phlox diffusa - Spreading Phlox
Sidalcea sp. - Checkermallow
Platanthera dilatata - White-flowered Bog Orchid
Polemonium plucherrimum - Beautiful Jacob’s Ladder
Potentilla anserina - Silverweed Cinquefoil
Potentilla flabellifolia - Fan-leaf Cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis - Graceful Cinquefoil
Primula tetrandra, hendersonii, jefferyi - Shooting Star
Primula suffrutescens - Sierra Primrose
Pseudostellaria jamesiana - Tubular Starwort
Prunella vulgaris - Self-heal
Pterospora andromedea - Pinedrops
Rhodiola integrifolia - Rosy Sedum
Ribes montigenum - Mountain Gooseberry
Ribes roezii - Sierra Gooseberry
Rosa californica - California Rose
Rubus parviflorus - Thimbleberry
Rubus spectabilis - Salmonberry
Rudbeckia californica - California Cone Flower
Sarcodes sanguinea - Snow Plant
Scutellaria californica - California Skullcap
Scutellaria tuberosa - Danny’s Skullcap Sedum spathulifolium
Senecio triangularis - Arrowhead Ragwort
Silene laciniata - Cardinal Catchfly
Sisyrinchium bellum - Western Blue-eyed Grass
Sium suave - Water Parsnip
Solanum elaeagnifolium - Silverleaf Nightshade
Solanum xanti - Purple Nightshade
Solidago velutina - Three-nerve Goldenrod
Spiraea splendens - Mountain Spiraea
Spiranthes romanzoffiana - Hooded Ladies tresses
Stachys mexicana - Mexican Hedgenettle
Streptopus amplexifolius - Claspleaf Twistedstalk
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius - Mountain Snowberry
Tiarella trifoliata - Bugbane, Three-leaf Foamflower
Trifolium longipes - Longstalk Clover
Toxicoscordion fremontii - Fremont’s Death Camas
Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Foothill Death Camas
Toxicoscordion venenosum - Meadow Death Camas
Valeriana californica - California Valerian
Valeriana sitchensis - Sitka Valerian
Veratrum californicum - Corn Lily
Verbascum thapsus - Woolly Mullein
Veronica wormskjoldii - American Alpine Speedwell
Viola adunca - Western Dog Violet, Hooked-spur Violet
Viola purpurea - Mountain Violet
Wyethia angustifolia - Narrow Leaf Mule Ears
Wyethia mollis - Mountain Mule Ears
Xanthrum strumnarum - Cocklebur
Xerophyllum tenax - Beargrass
Zeltnera venusta - California Centaury
