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Early April WILDFLOWERS
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Southern California Wildflowers rival any that can be found in the garden. Delicate delights for the eyes and nose, you are invited to experience the wondrous vistas awaiting with our spectacular year-round shows. Although spring is best. All year you can find amazing floral treats. Thanks to Bob Allen, Janet Cupples, Dr. Moe, Eve Laeger, and Leslie Lipton for helping with some plant ID's. All photos by Alison Sheehey © Nature Ali All rights reserved. February Wildflowers - Early March Wildflowers - Late March Wildflowers - Late April Wildflowers Kern County Spring Landscapes - Kern, Inyo, and Tulare County Wildflower Reports: 2003 Season Wildflower Reports |
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 Pine Forest Larkspur
Delphinium
gracilentum 10 Apr 03 |
 Fiesta Flower Pholistoma auritum var. auritum Photographed Lower Kern Canyon 10 Apr 03 |
 Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa Photographed Lower Kern Canyon 10 Apr 03 |
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Cobweb Thistle Circium occidentale Photographed Lower Kern Canyon 10 Apr 03 |
Cobweb Thistle Circium occidentale Photographed Lower Kern Canyon 10 Apr 03 |
Chia Salvia columbaria Photographed Lower Kern Canyon 10 Apr 03 |
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Annual Mountain Dandelion Photographed Lower Kern Canyon 10 Apr 03 |
 flower Asteraceae Photographed Lower Kern Canyon 10 Apr 03 |
 flower Asteraceae Photographed Lower Kern Canyon 10 Apr 03 |
 Purple Milkweed Asclepias cordifolia Photographed Lower Kern Canyon 10 Apr 03 |
 Narrow-leaved Meconella Meconella linearis Photographed Lower Kern Canyon 10 Apr 03 |
 Mustang Clover
Linanthus montanus 10 Apr 03 |
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Great Horned Owl (not a wildflower) Bubo virginianus Photographed Sierra Way 7 Apr 03 |
Next year's wildflowers Astercaceae Photographed Sierra Way 7 Apr 03 |
Caterpillar Scorpionweed
Phacelia cicutaria 10 Apr 03 |
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Popcorn Flower Plagiobothrys sp. Photographed Brush Creek, Tulare County 7 Apr 03 |
Giant Deathcamas Zigadenas exaltatus Photographed Brush Creek, Tulare County 7 Apr 03 |
Wooly Pod Milkvetch Astragalus purshii Photographed Brush Creek, Tulare County 7 Apr 03 |
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Beavertail Cactus Opuntia basilaris Photographed Kelso Valley Road 5 Apr 03 |
Red Maids Calandrinia ciliata Photographed Brush Creek, Tulare County 7 Apr 03 |
Douglas' Violet Viola douglasii Photographed Brush Creek, Tulare County 7 Apr 03 |
 Sierran Tidytips Layia pentachaeta ssp. albida Photographed Kelso Valley Road 5 Apr 03 |
Silver Cholla Opuntia echinocarpa Photographed Kelso Valley Road 5 Apr 03 |
Purple Mat Nama demissum Photographed Kelso Valley Road 5 Apr 03 |
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Gilia Gilia sp. Photographed Mountain Mesa 5 Apr 03 |
Smallflower Woodlandstar Lithophragma parviflorum Photographed Mountain Mesa 5 Apr 03 |
California Milkweed Asclepias californicus Photographed Mountain Mesa 5 Apr 03 |
 Vetch Fabaceae Photographed Lake Isabella 1 Apr 03 |
 Fleabane Erigeron sp. Photographed Lake Isabella 1 Apr 03 |
 White Owl's Clover Castilleja sp. Photographed Mountain Mesa 5 Apr 03 |
