Wildflowers of Early Spring - Summary of April

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Table Mountain, Oroville - April 1, 2012
Kellogg Monkey Flower	Kellogg Monkey Flower	Lobb's Poppy	Douglas Violet Viola douglasii
Goldfields	Gold hill	Colorful hillside	Bitterroot
Birds-Eye Gilia Gilia tricolor	Birds-Eye Gilia Gilia tricolor	Onion	Onion
Parking Lot	Blennosperma nanum
Elk Grove - April 2, 2011
Tryphysaria erianthus Butter and Eggs	Tryphysaria erianthus Butter and Eggs	Long Beaked Storksbill Erodium botrys	Long Beaked Storksbill Erodium botrys
Redstem Storksbill Erodium cicutarium	Long Beaked Storksbill Erodium botrys	Redstem Storksbill Erodium cicutarium	Long Beaked Storksbill Erodium botrys
Rancho Murieta - April 4, 2009
Wild radish Raphanus sativus	Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa	Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa	Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa
Lupine and oaks	Meadow mix	A closer view	Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa
Valley Lupine Lupinus subvexus	Valley Lupine Lupinus subvexus	Valley Lupine Lupinus subvexus	Valley Lupine Lupinus subvexus
Valley Lupine Lupinus subvexus	Bush Lupine Lupinus albifrons	Bush Lupine Lupinus albifrons	Spider Lupine Lupinus benthamii
Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria	Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria	Butter and Eggs Tryphysaria erianthus	Winter Vetch Vicia villosa
White Meadow Foam Limnanthes alba	Goldfields & Tidy Tips	Goldfields & Tidy Tips	Goldfields & Tidy Tips
Goldfields Lasthenia fremontii	Tidy Tips Layia fremontii	Tidy Tips Layia fremontiis
Rancho Murieta - April 7, 2011
Blue Dicks Dichelostemma capitatum	Blue Dicks Dichelostemma capitatum	Blue Dicks Dichelostemma capitatum	Chris Wassermann Tidying the scene
Mini Lupine Lupinus bicolor	Mini Lupine Lupinus bicolor	Green Palette	Bush Lupine Lupinus albifrons
Mini Lupine Lupinus bicolor	California Manroot Marah fabaceus	California Manroot Marah fabaceus	Sticky Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus
Raptors Sunning	White Weed
Tomcat Clover Trifolium willdenovii	Tomcat Clover Trifolium willdenovii	Tomcat Clover Trifolium willdenovii	Tomcat Clover Trifolium willdenovii
Tomcat Clover Trifolium willdenovii	White Tipped Clover Trifolium variegatum	White Tipped Clover Trifolium variegatum	White Tipped Clover Trifolium variegatum
Sky Lupine Lupinus Nanus	Shining Peppergrass Lepidium nitidum	Pacific Snakeroot Sanicula crassicaulis	Valley Tassels Castilleja attenuata
Douglas Pogogyne Pogogyne douglasii	Glass Lily Triteleia lilacina	Glass Lily Triteleia lilacina
Elk Grove - April 13, 2011
Rose Clover Trifolium hirtum	Rose Clover Trifolium hirtum	Rose Clover Trifolium hirtum	Rose Clover Trifolium hirtum
Rose Clover Trifolium hirtum	Rose Clover Trifolium hirtum	Valley Tassels Castilleja attenuata	Valley Tassels Castilleja attenuata
Valley Tassels Castilleja attenuata
Rancho Murieta - April 16, 2011 - RVGC Tour
Winter Vetch Vicia villosa	Winter Vetch Vicia villosa	Spring Vetch Vicia sativa	Spring Vetch Vicia sativa
Chris Wassermann and Vetches	Valley Lupine Dichelostemma capitatum	The Trail	Pipevine Swallowtail on Ithuriel's Spear
Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa	Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa	Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa	Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa
Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria	Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria	Marianna Hashorva and the Memorial Bench	Globe Gilia Gilia capitata
Globe Gilia Gilia capitata	Globe Gilia/Tufted Poppy	Tufted Poppy Eschscholzia caespitosa	Tufted Poppy Eschscholzia caespitosa
Tufted Poppy Eschscholzia caespitosa	Cosumnes River	Raptor Sunning	Raptors
Chris and Students	Henbit Lamium amplexicaule	Henbit Lamium amplexicaule	Lovely Trail
Wild Carnation Tunica prolifera	Wild Carnation Tunica prolifera	Wild Carnation Tunica prolifera	Seep Monkey Flower Mimulus guttatus
Veronica Anagallis aquatica	Veronica and Seep Monkey Flower	Seep Monkey Flower Mimulus guttatus	Veronica Anagallis aquatica
Bush and Spider Lupines	Chris Wassermann	Spider Lupine Lupinus benthamii	Spider Lupine Lupinus benthamii
Patty Peterson	Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum	Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum	Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum
Rancho Murieta - April 17, 2010 - RVGC Tour
Royal Larkspur Delphinium variegatum	Royal Larkspur Delphinium variegatum	Royal Larkspur Delphinium variegatum	Royal Larkspur Delphinium variegatum
Royal Larkspur Delphinium variegatum	Royal Larkspur Delphinium variegatum	Tidy Tip Layia fremontii	Tidy Tip Layia fremontii
Tidy Tip Layia fremontii	Live Forever Dudleya cymosa	CA Poppy & Rosy Clover Eschscholzia californica	Rosy Clover Trifolium Hirtum
Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa	Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa	Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum	Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum
Valley Lupine Lupinus subvexus	Valley Lupine Lupinus subvexus	Valley Lupine Lupinus subvexus	Valley Lupine Lupinus subvexus
Spider Lupine Lupinus benthamii	Spider Lupine Lupinus benthamii	Lupine & Poppies	Bush & Spider Lupine Lupinus albifrons & benthamii
Globe Gilia Gilia capitata	Globe Gilia Gilia capitata	Wild Carnation Tunica prolifera	Wild Carnation Tunica prolifera
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica	California Poppy Eschscholzia californica	Sticky Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus	Sticky Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica	Dutchman's Pipe Aristolochia californica	Pipevine Swallowtail	Pipevine Swallowtail
Rancho Murieta - April 21, 2012 - RVGC Tour
Heading Out	Blue Belly Lizard	Blue Belly Lizard	Pipevine Swallowtails
Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum	Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum	Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum	Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum
Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum	Mini Quaking Grass Briza media	Mini Quaking Grass Briza media	Wild Carnation Petrorhagia dubia
Wild Carnation Petrorhagia dubia	Wild Carnation Petrorhagia dubia	Wild Carnation Petrorhagia dubia	Wild Carnation Petrorhagia dubia
Common Catchfly Silene gallica	Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla	Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla	Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla
Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla	Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla	Cow's Udder Clover Trifolium depauperatum	Ferns & Moss
Fiddle Neck Amsinckia intermedia	Fiddle Neck Amsinckia intermedia	Mystery Grass	Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa
Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa	Spring Vetch Vicia sativa	Spring Vetch Vicia sativa	Spider & Bush Lupines
Bush Lupine Lupinus albifrons	Bush Lupine Lupinus albifrons	Bush Lupine Lupinus albifrons	Mini Lupine Lupinus bicolor
Spider, Mini and Bush Lupine	Spider Lupine Lupinus benthamii	Spider Lupine Lupinus benthamii	Spider Lupine Lupinus benthamii
Spider Lupine Lupinus benthamii	Spider Lupine Lupinus benthamii	Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata	Live Oak Flowers
Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria	Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria	Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria	Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria
Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria	Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria	California Poppy Eschscholzia californica	California Poppy Eschscholzia californica
Tufted Poppy Eschscholzia caespitosa	Tufted Poppy Eschscholzia caespitosa	Tufted Poppy Eschscholzia caespitosa	Tufted Poppy Eschscholzia caespitosa
Winter Vetch Vicia villosa
Elk Grove - April 23, 2011
Brass Buttons Cotula coronopifolia	Brass Buttons Cotula coronopifolia	Field Owls Clover Castilleja campestris	Field Owls Clover Castilleja campestris
Rancho Murieta - April 24, 2009
False Dandelion Leontodon taraxcoides	False Dandelion Leontodon taraxcoides	Gold Nugget Calochortus luteus	Gold Nugget Calochortus luteus
Purple Brodiaea Brodiaea elegans	Purple Brodiaea Brodiaea elegans	Purple Brodiaea Brodiaea elegans	White Tipped Clover Trifolium varietagum
White Tipped Clover Trifolium varietagum	White Tipped Clover Trifolium varietagum	Meadow	White Brodiaea Triteleia hyancinthia
White Brodiaea Triteleia hyancinthia	Larkspur & Dandelion	Royal Larkspur Delphinium variegatum	Larkspur & Dandelion
Larkspur & Dandelion	Larkspur, Dandelion & Checkerbloom	Dandelion & Checkerbloom Sidalcea hartvegii	Larkspur & Dandelion
Nimbus Dam Overlook - April 25, 2010
Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla	Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla	Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla	Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla
Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla	Flower Detail Collinsia heterophylla	Purple Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla	Live Forever Dudleya cymosa
Live Forever Dudleya cymosa	Live Forever Dudleya cymosa	Live Forever Dudleya cymosa	Live Forever Dudleya cymosa
Live Forever Dudleya cymosa	Live Forever Dudleya cymosa	Live Forever Dudleya cymosa	Flower Detail Dudleya cymosa
Meadow Flowers	Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa	Meadow Flowers

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