Mary and Graham

Hillside walk, 25 May 2014

For the past two or three wieeks, the buzzing of bees has been so noticeable among the masses flowers of black sage (Salvia mellifera). That species is at its peak of blooming. It smells very nicely, too.

Another prominent species continuing in full bloom is the sticky monkeyflower (Diplacus longiflorus), which is having a wonderful season.

Today I saw a golden yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum) flowering in Canyon 5, the first of this species that I've seen anywhere on the hillsides. This is odd because the species is common in our back yard, where it is self sown, and flowering now. But I don't include backyard species in the hillside survey.


Black sage	Chaparral yucca	Dodder	Laurel sumac

Deerweed	Clustered tarweed	California everlasting	California plantain

Golden stars	Golden stars	White sage	White sage

White sage	California primrose	California bluebells	Sapphire woolly star

Sapphire woolly star	Southern honeysuckle	California coffeeberry	Deerweed

Popcorn flower	Leafy California buckwheat	Leafy California buckwheat	Spiny redberry

Laurel sumac	Laurel sumac	Sapphire woolly star	Narrow-leaf milkweed

Blue elderberry	Telegraphweed	Chaparral yucca	California coffeeberry

Holly leaf redberry	Golden yarrow	Bush monkey flower	A hole damp and green in the winter

California liverwort	Goldenback fern	Western nettle	Common eucrypta

Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry	Bush monkey flower	California everlasting	Chamise

Popcorn flower	Whispering bells	Bush monkey flower	Bush monkey flower

Caterpillar phacelia	Wishbone bush	Holly leaf cherry	Holly leaf cherry

Leafy California buckwheat	Narrow leaved bedstraw	Toyon	Puncture vine

Vasey's prickly pear	Cliff aster	Cobweb thistle	Morning glory

Whispering bells	Caterpillar phacelia