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Dick's Wildflower Pictures Page 2 |
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| Wildflowers Page 1 Domestic Flowers Oak Trees Conifers | ||
| New photos here July 29 and here August 25, 2025 (captions in red) | ||
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| Unknown
flowers at the west end of the San Joaquin River Trail |
Phecelia, a wide-spread foothill flower | Fiesta flowers and
fiddlenecks make an impressive display |
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| Lupines were spectacular on the west end of the San Joaquin River Trail in the spring of 2017 | ||
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| A thick
patch of birds eye gilia near Eastman Lake |
Cream cups | Unidentified, but the flowers look like a lupine relative |
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| Chlorophyll-free
snow plant emerges before the last snow melts |
A tiny spider occupies this bright yellow flower | Mustang
clover is at its peak at the San Joaquin Gorge |
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| This natural bouquet includes
madia, mustang clover and golden brodiaea |
Buckeye blossom, just getting started | Buckeye in full bloom |
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| Harlequin
lupines, one of the more unusual varieties |
Buttercups
are recognized by the shiny yellow of the blossoms |
A
never-before-seen mutant |
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| Blazing Star, a spectacular flower about four inches across |
A different angle | Farewell-to-Spring
along Trimmer Springs Road |
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| Lupines were spectacular in the hills of Madera County in May of 2017 | ||
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| This
flower, at Ahwahnee Hills Park, was one I'd never seen before |
This one too | Owl clover in the hills of Madera County |
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| The rare yellow variety of Mariposa lily | White owl clover, not really a clover | This
delightful flower is the yellow-throated gilia |
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| A
flower I'd never seen before, near Millerton Lake |
Elegant clarkia near Millerton | These flowers grow
on a low bush that was plentiful near Millerton |
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| Chaparral in the Sierra foothills | Another of those famous "Unknowns" | Lupines by Highway 33 |
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can never have too many pictures of Mariposa lilies |
See what I mean? | Pink-tinted white lupine |
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Yellow violets in Sequoia National Park |
Completing
the three colors found in the Sierra, a purple Mariposa lily |
Mariposa Lily 2018 by Wes Thiessen |
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This small but
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An unusual flower seen near Black Rock Reservoir on the Kings North Fork |
Unknown flowers along |
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| We
spotted this lovely specimen in Nelder Grove |
Azalea bush in full bloom at California Flats | Close-up of a blossom |
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| Western
wall flowers range from yellow to deep orange |
Bridge
penstemon seem to appear in every rock crevice |
Wavyleaf Indian paint brush |
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| Flower along Feather River | Another
unidentified flower in the Feather River Canyon |
Flowers along the
road through Lassen National Park |
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| A dramatic flower, name unknown | Flower in Russian Gulch State Park near Mendocino | In
Jug Handle State Park, Mendocino County |
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| Blackberry
blossoms in northern California's King Range |
These flowers decorate the Mendocino Headlands State Park | Another of the famous "unknown" flowers |
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| Tall lupine along the trail above Kaiser Pass (by Wes Thiessen) | Redwood sorrel | Datura at Hensley Reservoir |
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| Fiddleneck close-up | Chinese houses and daisies |
Common madea with a purple brodiaea for contrast |
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| This flower needs to be identified | Globe lilies | Flowering bush along Trimmer Springs Road |
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| Snow plant at Wawona Meadow | Unidentified flowers near the edge of town (Parkfield CA) | Rare white variation of farewell-to-spring, possibly a mutation |
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A
spectacular late spring |
Suggested names welcome | Mountain pride or bridge penstemon |
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| Who can identify this unusual plant? (Seen at Buffin Meadow near Fish Camp) | Another flower needing a name | Western columbine along the McGurk Meadow Trail in Yosemite National Park |
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| Larkspur at McGurk Meadow | A delicate white meadow flower | Applegate's paintbrush in McGurk Meadow |
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| Mountain phlox | A big bunch of western wall flowers | Columbine in Nelder Grove |
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| Massive
field of shooting stars in a Yosemite meadow |
Lavender lupine | Fantastic unknown flower in Nelder Grove |
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| Lassen paintbrush, a species unique to Lassen National Park | Another striking flower in Lassen Park | Lupines at Green Cabin Flat campground by the Kings River |
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| Poppies and Pine Flat Lake | Fiddlenecks and Little Dry Creek | Popcorn flowers turn the field white |
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| A rarely seen flower, ham & eggs | Close-up | Chinese Houses and Common Madea |
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| Foothill gilia | The rarely seen Five Spot | A bunch of them, at Striped Rock Ranch Preserve, Mariposa County |
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| Cream cups | Dogwoods just forming buds | An invasive species, but beautiful |
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| Red clover | Mustang clover | We
found this unknown flower near the top of Buena Vista Peak in Kings Canyon National Park |
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The last of the azaleas in Nelder Grove, July 2019 |
Wild rose in Nelder Grove | Redbud by the road to the San Joaquin Gorge |
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Bush lupine near Winton Park in Fresno County |
Lupine close-up | A rare white shooting star |
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| A fantastic display of bush lupines | ||
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| A fantastic display of fringed redmaids | Fiddlenecks by Pine Flat Lake | A rare flower known as "ham & eggs" |
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| Fiddlenecks and popcorn flowers at Sycamore Picnic Area by Pine Flat | Fiddlenecks,
purple vetch and phecelia by Pine Flat Lake |
Looking down at redbud and the Kings River |
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| Poppies paint the hillsides above the upper Kings River | Close-up | |
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| Popcorn
flowers beside Trimmer Springs Road |
Succulent in rock cliff above the Kings | Available
in white or yellow, these flowers grow thick along urban trails and suburban roads |
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| This little flower has a precarious spot in a parking lot by Pine Flat Lale | Poppies
were late but ultimately sensational in the spring of 2020 |
Mustang clover and poppies |
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| Lupines
and poppies vie for dominance along Mill Flat Creek |
We need help identifying this showy flower | Here's a close-up |
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| These orange succulents were thick in the rock cliffs near the Kings River | Is this a mutant blue lupine? Or just faded? | Another spotted variation of farewell-to-spring |
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| This
appears to be an unusual variation of farewell-to-spring |
A nice crop of blazing star | Yerba santa, AKA wild peach |
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| Yerba santa up close | Dogwood along Highway 41 | Snow plants at Gray's Mountain Camp |
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| Dandelions at Gray's Mountain | An unidentified 1-inch blossom | Chaparral at Nelder Grove |
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| These
flowers look like someone scattered pink dust across the ground |
A closer view | These
high elevation lupine plants grow up to six feet tall |
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| Flowers near Mariposa Gorve in Yosemite | Flowers by Rock Creek near Dinkey Creek | Plant from a Star Trek planet? |
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| Yellow bush lupines near the California coast | Close up of lupines | Flower near Mendocino |
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| Purple flowers on Point Cabrillo | More Point Cabrillo flowers | Flower in Richardson Redwood Grove |
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| Dove Lupines at San Joaquin Gorge | Spring 2021 at Little Dry Creek | Madea
and Chinese houses along Trimmer Springs Road |
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Each petal on these flowers |
These
charming flowers were thick in Sierra meadows in 2021 |
Rangers Buttons by Big Meadow Road |
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| Fiddlenecks at Sky Harbor | Fiddlenecks by Pine Flat Lake | Manzanita
blossom up close (by Wes Thiessen) |
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| Unknown | Indian paint brush | Birds eye gillia |
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Lupines scattered down a hillside near Pine Flat Lake |
Lupines and poppies near Big Creek | Bush lupines in fine form |
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| Evening primrose, Arches National Park | Milk vetch | High desert flowers near Mono Lake |
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| Another Mono Lake flower | Probably monkey flowers | The ubiquitous "daisy-like" flower |
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A never-before seen flower on Highway 168 below Shaver Lake |
A closer look | Fire weed |
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| Poppies and blue dicks by Pine Flat Lake | More blue dicks | Another unknown flower |
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Wes Thiessen has an app on his
phone that allows extreme close-ups, like the two unknown yellow flowers, blue dick, and bird's eye gillia |
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| Ground lupine |
Another Thiessen masterpiece, the delicate dove lupine |
Extreme close-up of a fringed redmaid |
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| Sierra star | Chinese houses | Common madea |
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| Fiesta flower | Globe lily | Lupines by Pine Flat Lake |
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| Unidentified flowering tree | A wider view | Mustang clover |
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| A variation of farewell-to-spring | A whole bunch of globe lilies | Foothill gilia |
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| A variation of yellow-throated gilia | Wild iris | Indian pnks |
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| Unidentified flowers along the Eaton Trail, May 2023 | ||
| The next three rows are from Utah & Colorado in 2023, mostly Dinosaur National Monument | ||
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| Possibly yarrow | Scarlet globemallow | Unknown |
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| These are a small yucca | Tufted evening primrose | Unknown |
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| This bush graced the Sound of Silence Trail | Another unknown | And another |
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| Athurial's spear | Unknown | Penstemon |
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| Prickly poppy near Mono Lake |
Daisy-like flowers at Mammoth Lakes driving range |
Another Mammoth Lakes flower |
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California goldenrod in Sequoia National Park |
Field of tarweed on Road 620 above Oakhurst |
Unidentified blossoms at Courtright Reservoir, summer 2023 |
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Bush lupines by the Raptor Walk Trail near Pine Flat Dam |
Blue dick near Pine Flat Lake | Dove lupine |
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| Baby blue eyes | Fiddleneck | Popcorn flower |
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Dove's foot geranium AKA woodland geranium |
This lupine grows as a large, many-branched plant with pale blue flowers | Climbing brodiaea blossom up close |
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| One of those "daisy-like" flowers | Close-up of a foothill gillia | A very nice globe lily |
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These unknown flowers were thick along a foothill trail |
The property owner reported this was the best display ever of harlequin lupines | |
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| This one remains unidentified | Yerba
Santa is a common shrub all over the Sierra foothills |
Blazing
star boasts dramatic 4-inch blossoms |
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| Chamomile blossom | Blackberry blossom | Wild Iris |
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| Penstamon |
Ladybug demonstrates how tiny these blossoms are |
Dogwood in Nelder Grove, June 2024 |
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| Wild iris, Mendocino County | We called this the Chinese Lantern flower | Seen in Russian Gulch State Park |
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| Pennyroyal | Possibly a type of aster | Poppies at Pine Flat Lake (Thiessen) |
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| Lupines by Pine Flat Lake | Phecelia close-up | A
hillside splashed with poppies (Thiessen) |
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| These
delightful blossoms need to be identified |
They
were out in the greatest numbers I've ever seen |
Probably a type of clarkia |
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| Datura, AKA locoweed and moon flower | A close-up look | The deep purple Athurial's spear |
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| A hillside of farewell-to-spring | Unknown
flower at Convict Lake, eastern Sierra |
Lupines
along Tioga Pass Road in Yosemite |
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| Cone flowers, Sequoia National Park | Lupine on waist-high plant | |
