On June 1st we took a short drive up on Figueroa Mountain Road to look for late season wildflowers.
At the bottom of the mountain we started seeing a lot more Farewell-to-Spring flowers.
The Golden Yarrow was still going strong.
Lots of Red-skinned Onions blooming
We found several Yellow Mariposa Lilies.
Lots of succulents blooming
Golden Stars
Lots of plants had gone to seed.
Deerweed
Purple Sage blossoms
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Phacelia
Chia
Bush Poppies
One section of Figueroa Mountain Road often has Bush Poppies and Bush Lupine blooming next to each other.
As we headed down towards Happy Canyon Road we found a wildflower we haven't often seen. This member of the lily family is called a Fairy Lantern.
Chinese Houses and Purple Vetch
A Delphinium called Parry's Larkspur
On May 8th we made our sixth trip up Figueroa Mountain Road to check the progression of the wildflower bloom.
The Chinese Houses were in full bloom.
We started seeing Farewell-To-Spring wildflowers blooming. These are an indicator that the wildflower bloom is coming to an end.
We saw a new flower blooming called the Wine Cup Clarkia.
Lots of Golden Yarrow
Blue-eyed Grass
Mariposa Lilies and Crinkled Onions
The succulents were now blooming.
The Bush Lupine along the road were in full bloom.
A variety of wildflowers making colored bands.
Indian Paintbrush
Scarlet Bugler Penstemon
