{"id":2800,"date":"2014-04-26T09:24:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T16:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnpsslo.org\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2019-05-28T22:53:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T05:53:44","slug":"spring-wildflowers-la-purisima-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnpsslo.org\/2014\/04\/spring-wildflowers-la-purisima-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Wildflowers at La Purisima Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wildflowers\u00a0at La Purisima Mission<\/strong><\/h1>\n

“A Surprisingly Good Display of Spring Annuals”<\/p>\n

In spite of a very dry year, the March rains brought out a\u00a0respectable display of spring annuals in some of the\u00a0meadow areas on the La Purisima Mission grounds.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0Sunday, April \u00a06, 2014, Connie Geiger and I led our annual early\u00a0April field trip of around 25 people, this year along “Al’s\u00a0Flower Trail,” named for Al Thompson, for many years\u00a0the main Garden Docent at the mission. This trail runs\u00a0along a slope on the northeast side of the valley, starting\u00a0from a cistern by a stand of coast live oaks, and meets the\u00a0trail running along the creek to the “duck pond,” the\u00a0source on the early water system.<\/p>\n

Wildflowers Viewed<\/h1>\n

White flowers included white layia, Layia glandulosa,\u00a0popcorn flowers, Cryptantha & Plagiobothrys, spp.,\u00a0common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, honeydew (AKA\u00a0wedge-leaved Horkelia) , Horkelia cuneata, miner\u2019s lettuce,\u00a0Claytonia perfoliata, California croton, Croton californicus,\u00a0and morning-glories, Calystegia spp.<\/p>\n

Yellow\u00a0flowers included dwarf golden yarrow, Eriophyllum\u00a0pringlei; golden yarrow E. confertiflorum, Bigelow’s coreopsis,\u00a0Coreopsis bigelovii, and assorted DYCs.<\/p>\n

Blue to\u00a0lavender flowers included various Phacelia spp.<\/p>\n

Red to\u00a0pink flowers included purple owl’s clover, Castilleja\u00a0exserta, prickly phlox, Leptodactylon californiacum,\u00a0purple Chinese houses, Collinsia heterophylla, among\u00a0others.<\/p>\n

There were bush as well as forb lupines, including\u00a0silver bush lupine, Lupinus albifrons, costal bush lupine,\u00a0L. arboreus, dwarf lupine, L. bicolor, and collared lupine,\u00a0L. truncatus. Along the left side of the trail, were several\u00a0sand almonds, Prunus fasciculata var, punctata, some in\u00a0fruit.<\/p>\n

At the head of the trail were several stands of cream\u00a0cups, including the carnival poppy (a color variation alternating
\nwhite and yellow petals), Platystemon californicus.\u00a0Down the slope towards the creek was a stand of\u00a0goldfields, Lasthenia sp. By the trail up to the cross, were\u00a0a few black figworts, Scrophularia atrata, and some redberry bushes, Rhamnus crocea, with tiny flowers.<\/p>\n

All in all, a very rewarding tour.<\/p>\n

– Charlie Blair<\/p>\n

April, 2014<\/p>\n

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