For #scape Friday or #scapeFriday, here is a view of my native California garden with poppies and Lacy Phacelia in full bloom.
#nativeplants #nativecaliforniaplants #poppies #naturephotography

Amid the many wildflowers along Mitchell Canyon of Mt. Diablo State Park in Northern California was this lovely native Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), spread like a flowery wedding dress #wildflowers #nativecaliforniaplants #flowers #naturephotography

Orange poppies, yellow California Goldfields, and lupine grace a green hillside

Green hills and blue, cloud dusted, skies

Trails across green hills with large stone groupings

A long Blue Oak in its graceful majesty

Final photos of spring in Northern California at a local park. Shown are trails through hills filled with California Goldfields, poppies and lupine, plus a lone Blue Oak in its intricate beauty. #nativecaliforniaplants #flowers #hillsides #naturephotography #nature #greenhills

Tiny little Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) amid a bed of Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila maculata) atop #limeridgeopenspace on a lovely, sunny Saturday in Northern California #nativecaliforniaplants #nativeplants #flowers #photography

The trunk of my garden's bee-attracting Manzanita is such a rich red against the green of its leaves and white of its cascade of blossoms. #naturephotography #gardens #nativecaliforniaplants #Manzanita

The very common Arroyo Lupine making an appearance. Prolific re-seeders. They pop up everywhere in my yard. #nativeplants #nativecaliforniaplants

On day 10 of my #nativeplants posts, here is the delicate Mt. Diablo fairy-lantern or globe lily (Calochortus pulchellus), a rare native wildflower found only on and around Mt. Diablo in northern California. #naturephotography #photography #nativecaliforniaplants

Thorny, but delicate branch with bright green leaves and 2 maroon and white flowers.

Wandering in the Los Osos State Oaks Reserve, I found a massive patch of Ribes menziesii, Canyon Gooseberry. I love the reflexed sepals.
#nativecaliforniaplants
#california

Blue colored bell shaped flower

First wild flower of the year - California bluebell (Phacelia campanularia) a member of the borage family. I read it likes the Mojave Desert but seems to be happy here in zone 10b - Southern California. #nativeplants #nativecaliforniaplants

One of the mallows in the Niguel Botanical Preserve here in southern Orange County. I didn’t even know this place existed until a month ago! #nativeplants #nativecaliforniaplants

Came across this beautiful native manzanita while hiking. Was so inspired by it that I had to paint it. Original painting is 18x24in on canvas titled Rockville Hills

#NativeCaliforniaPlants #OilPainting #LandscapePainting #nature #art #painting #manzanita #RockvilleHills

McMinnville manzanita blooming in Southern California. Interesting to see what natives bloom at different times of year here in zone 10b. #nativecaliforniaplants #nativeplants #manzanita

Sharing one of my favorite #fritillaries with FRW's beauty! This is a N. California rare and threatened Fragrant Fritillary/ Fritillaria liliacea.💚
Thanks for your inspiration @frwildflowers.bsky.social!

#Botany #NaturePhotography #iNat #NativePlants #NativeCaliforniaPlants 📷🌱

Close-up of tiny green with brown butterfly nectaring on small white flowers with blurred grass in background.

#WeekGforGreen Lotus Hairstreak/Callophrys dumetorum nectaring on native Rusty Popcornflower/Plagiobothrys nothofulvus. - Mayacamas Mountains, Ca. 💚

#AlphabetChallenge #iNat #NaturePhotography #Butterflies #NativePlants #NativeCaliforniaPlants #Bloomscrolling 📷🌿

Macro of tiny tube-shaped pink, maroon, yellow and white bloom with blurred green leaves and brown dirt in background.

Another macro of a group of same flower in same setting.

For #MacroMonday here are some Tricolor Monkeyflowers/Diplacus tricolor from late Spring, last year. This stand was growing in a seasonal vernal pool in Sonoma County. 💚
#NativePlants #NativeCaliforniaPlants #Wildflowers #NaturePhotography #Macro #OriginalContent #Bloomscrolling #iNat 📷🌿

Close-up of deep pink and light pink blooms at tops of short stems.

Close-up of bright pink blossom with off-white center at end of leafy stem.

Close-up of group of long pink buds and one open pink flower at the end of vining leafy stem.

Close-up of three light pink and white round clusters of tiny blooms at ends of long pink-ish fuzzy stems.

For #PinkWednesday here are some #NativePlants blooming in Point Reyes last week. 1) Purple Owl's-clover 2)Salmonberry 3)Pink Honeysuckle 4) San Francisco Spineflower/ Chorizanthe cuspidata - An Endangered species in Buckwheat family.💚 #NativeCaliforniaPlants #Nature #Photography #OriginalContent 📷🌱

Close-up of scattered round clusters of pink blooms atop long stems, surrounded by small gold/yellow flowers, with blurred ocean in background.

California Thrift/Armeria maritima ssp. californica among California Goldfields/Lasthenia californica at Sonoma Coast State Park last month.💚 #WaterWednesday #Ocean #NativePlants #NativeCaliforniaPlants #Bloomscrolling #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent 📷🌱

Tall plant with whorled green leaves, and cluster of showy pink and white blooms and buds at top, being viewed from above.

Another Redwood Lily, but this one has cluster of light and dark pink blooms in foreground, and blurry burnt trunks of Redwoods in background.

Redwood Lily/Lilium rubescens - Sonoma County, Ca. - June 24, 2023 💚
#NativePlants #NativeLilies #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #NativeCaliforniaPlants #AYAT #AYearAgoToday #Hiking #Redwoods #Botany #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent 📷🌱

Close-up of four showy white blooms with yellow centers. (These white Drummond's Anemone blooms are sepals and not petals.)

Macro of four tiny purple buds with pink stems, emerging from sandy ground with dried pine needles.

Macro of tiny flowers with newly opened blooms which are white on upper surface and purple underneath.

On our recent #HighSierra trip, we came upon a large stand of Drummond's Anemone/Anemone drummondii. Interesting that their buds' purple(2nd photo) only persists under their blooms once they've opened (3rd photo).💚 #NativePlants #NativeCaliforniaPlants #Macro #Nature #Photography #OriginalContent 📷🌱

Purple Douglas Iris bloom with backside view of Yellow-faced Bumblebee who is nectaring on it.

Close-up of pink and gold blooms of Seaside Daisies, with a Black-tailed Bumblebee nectaring on one.

Another bloom of Seaside Daisy with a Yellow-faced Bumble Bee nectaring on it.

Close-up of spike of pink blooms of Coastal Hedgenettle, with a Yellow-faced Bumble Bee nectaring on one. Also fuzzy leaves of Seaside Buckwheat in background.

From our gorgeous hike along the Sonoma Coast last weekend, here are some of the many native plants with native bees that we saw. 💚 #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Bees #Pollinators #Nature #Photography #NativeBees #OriginalContent #NativeCaliforniaPlants #NaturePhotography 🌱📷

Macro view from top of lobed tiny yellow flowers surrounding and between light green bracts (modified leaves) tipped with white.

Close-up of group of eight of same flower, among smaller golden flowers and green leaves.

Larger group of same flower on a vertical sandy soil surface, among varied green leaves of other small plants, and tiny golden flowers.

Macro side view of same plant with tiny yellow lobed flowers among light green bracts with white tips.

Paintbrush Owl's-clover/Castilleja ambigua ssp. ambigua blooming near Sonoma Coast on Sunday. 💚
#Wildflowers #NativeCaliforniaPlants #NativePlants #Macro #Nature #Photography #OriginalContent

Pink California Thrift blossoms in foreground with yellow Goldfield blooms behind. Beyond flowers is blurred Pacific Ocean under foggy sky.

Macro image of golden yellow and light pink blooms of Witches Teeth/Hosackia gracilis.

Close-up of three hot pink blooms of Dwarf Checkerbloom/Sidalcea malviflora ssp. malviflora.

Close-up of purple Douglas Iris/Iris douglasiana bloom with bud, leaves, and spent flower blurred in background.

From our lovely Mothers Day outing along the Sonoma Coast yesterday. 💚 Nature is so amazing!
#Wildflowers #NativeCaliforniaPlants #NativePlants #Nature #Photography #OriginalContent

Close-up of upright stalk with rounded white flowers among purple flat bracts, with more blooms and grasses in background.

Same species as first photo, but this group has bracts that are more pink than purple.

Another group of same species with light pink bracts, and more yellow in rounded flowers.

Close-up of three stalks of same species, but this one has white bracts and white flowers, with hints of pink and yellow.

Denseflower Paintbrush/Castilleja densiflora, Sonoma County, Ca.- This wildflower can be found in chaparral biome, but I found all of these plants in grasslands (some coastal, some inland). #NativeCaliforniaPlants #NativePlants #Photography #Nature #OriginalContent #Wildflowers

Long view of dark cloudy skies above hillsides with trees.

Close-up of dark-eyed Red-bellied newt walking towards camera.

Close-up of golden-yellow Diogene's Lantern blooms, wet with raindrops.

Close-up of shiny Banana slug munching on dead leaf among Redwood duff.

From Saturday's rainy hike at Bouverie Preserve in Glen Ellen, Ca. 💚 #Wildlife #NativeCaliforniaPlants #NativePlants #Nature #Photography #OriginalContent #Salamanders #Newts #Hiking