Wildflowers 2025 - Part 3

 On Saturday 4/19 we took another drive up Figueroa Mountain Road to check the current state of the wildflowers.  We saw a typical progression of what was blooming and noticed lots more Blue Dicks, Mariposa Lilies, Globe Gilia and Chia.  It did seem that things would be drying out quickly this year, but a chance of rain this coming Saturday may extend things a little.

 

Grass Mountain was still green with a little color from poppies.

 
Hummingbird Sage blossoms

A Small Blue Butterfly checking out some flowers

 

Blue Dicks (aka Wild Hyacinth)

Johnny Jump Up

Winecup Clarkia

 

Indian Paintbrush

Yellow Wild Mustard painting the hills

 
Blue-eyed Grass

Purple Crinkled Onions and Yellow Goldfields

 

Buttercups

 

Catalina Mariposa Lilies

Lanceleaf Liveforever succulent starting to bloom

 

Goldfields

 

 

Poppies and possibly pink False Babystars

 

 

Western Wallflower

 

 

Wild Onion

 

  

Burned trees with new growth from roots

 

Burned trees with new growth from branches

 

 

There were still some groups of Shooting Stars

 

 

A view of Hurricane Deck with the Sierra Madre Mountains behind.

 

Burned trees with a carpet of wildflowers.

 

Lupines

 

 

Chia plant

 

 

Chia blossoms closeup

Globe Gilias

 

 

 

Wildflowers 2025 - Part 2

 On Friday April 11th, we took another drive to check out the wildflowers.  This time we drove the loop by taking Happy Canyon Road up to Cachuma Saddle and then Figueroa Mountain Road across and coming out at Los Olivos.

As we  started up the mountain, we spotted this ground squirrel keeping a lookout.

We found this combination of California Poppies, cacti and rocks unusual.

 

Purple Vetch

 

 Fiesta Flowers

 Chinese Houses

 Bush  Lupine

Sage blossoms

Bush Poppies

 

Phacelia

 Globe Gilia

Chia

 Indian Paintbrush

 Phacelia and Poppies on a burnt area

Scarlet Pimpernel

 Spring growth between burnt bushes

 

 

 Figueroa Mountain Road east of Ranger Peak

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Blue Eyes

 

 

Lots of Buttercups with a few other wildflowers

 

 

Poppies "painting" the mountainside

 

 

Poppies and Lupine

 

 

Tree burned by the Lake Fire showing new growth

 

 

A carpet of Lupine under burned trees

 

 

The hillside near the Catway Road turnoff 

 

 

 

 

 

Wallflower

 

 

 

 

Wild Onion

 

 A view from near the Tunnel Road turnoff

 

 

False Baby Stars

 

 

Catalina Mariposa Lillies and a Crab Spider

 

 

Grass Mountain side view