What's Not In Bloom
Flowers in the park that are mostly done blooming this year
Botanical and common names are mostly from Selected Plants
of Northern California and Adjacent Nevada, Vernon H. Oswald ,
Herbarium, California State University, Chico
Dates and locations indicate the time and place that the plants were noted this
year (2004) by contributors to this page. Note that the spring of 2004 has been hot
and dry here; many plants started and finished blooming earlier than normal.
Photos by Steve Green, © 2004 Friends of Bidwell Park
Click on a photo to enlarge
Pacific hound's-tongue,
Cynoglossum grande
-- Guardian trail, below disc golf
Scarlet fritillary,
Fritillaria recurva
-- Guardian trail, below disc golf
California bay laurel ,
Umbellularia californica
-- Lower Park, near Cedar Grove
Austin's rockcress,
Arabis breweri var.
austiniae
-- Yahi Trail
Milkmaids,
Cardamine californica var.
californica
-- Yahi Trail
Checkered fritillary,
Fritillaria affinis var.
affinis
-- Yahi Trail
California pipevine,
Aristolochia californica
-- Lower Park, near Cedar Grove
Big manzanita,
Arctostaphylos manzanita ssp.
manzanita, in bloom on the south rim near hwy 32
Lowland shootingstar,
Dodecatheon clevelandii ssp.
patulum
-- Yahi Trail
Yellow-carpet ,
Blennosperma nanum var.
nanum
-- North Rim Trail
White-leaved manzanita,
Arctostaphylos viscida ssp.
viscida
-- South side, near Bear Hole
Bluedicks,
Dichelostemma capitatum ssp.
capitatum
-- Yahi Trail
California manroot,
Marah fabaceus var.
agrestis
-- south side, above golf course
Fremont's zigadene (star-lily),
Zigadenus fremontii
-- Middle Trail
Purple mouse-ears,
Mimulus douglasii
-- North Rim Trail
Sierra fawn-lily,
Erythronium multiscapoideum
-- Guardian Trail, below disc golf
Glassy wild hyacinth,
Triteleia lilacina
-- North Rim, above Alligator Hole
Big-podded lupine,
Lupinus pachylobus
-- North Rim Trail, east of power lines
Miner's lettuce,
Claytonia perfoliata ssp.
perfoliata
-- south side, above golf course
Spreading larkspur,
Delphinium patens ssp.
patens
-- Guardian Trail, near west end
California saxifrage,
Saxifraga californica
-- south side, above golf course
Western redbud,
Cercis occidentalis
-- Yahi Trail, near Brown's Hole
Buckbrush,
Ceanothus cuneatus var.
cuneatus
-- Disc golf trail
Redmaids,
Calandrinia ciliata
-- North Rim Trail
Red larkspur,
Delphinium nudicaule
-- South side, east of Bloody Pins Trail
Fremont's tidytips,
Layia fremontii
-- Between lot A and Easter Cross
Common chickweed,
Stellaria media
-- Lower Park, near Cedar Grove
California goldfields,
Lasthenia californica
-- North Rim Trail
Fiddleneck,
Amsinckia menziesii var.
intermedia
-- south side, above golf course
Johnnytuck,
Triphysaria eriantha ssp.
eriantha
-- Maidu Trail
Bladder lomatium,
Lomatium utriculatum
-- Yahi Trail, near Salmon Hole
Long-tubed iris,
Iris macrosiphon
-- B Trail, at Middle Trail
Bird's-eye gilia,
Gilia tricolor ssp.
tricolor
-- North Rim Trail
Dwarf-stonecrop (Rock sedella),
Parvisedum pumilum
-- Yahi Trail, near Bear Hole
Rosy meadowfoam,
Limnanthes douglasii ssp.
rosea
-- Vernal poll near Lot A
Purple sanicle,
Sanicula bipinnatifida
-- Yahi Trail, at fish ladder
Clasping onion,
Allium amplectens
-- Yahi Trail, near Diversion Dam
Dove's-foot geranium,
Geranium molle
-- Yahi Trail, near Brown's Hole
Western poison-oak,
Toxicodendron diversilobum
-- Lower Trail
Bridges' Triteleia,
Triteleia bridgesii
-- Yahi Trail, east of Diversion Dam
Dwarf cowbag clover,
Trifolium depauperatum var.
depauperatum
-- Near Horseshoe Lake
Chaparral clematis,
Clematis lasiantha
-- Disc Golf Trail
Woolly-fruited lomatium,
Lomatium dasycarpum ssp.
tomentosum
-- Yahi Trail
Ithuriel's-spear,
Triteleia laxa
-- Guardian Trail, near west end
Royal larkspur,
Delphinium variegatum ssp.
variegatum
-- Near Lot A
Parish's nightshade,
Solanum parishii
-- Disc Golf Trail
Dwarf woolly-marbles,
Psilocarphus brevissimus var.
brevissimus
-- Bordering Horseshoe Lake
White-flowered navarretia,
Navarretia leucocephala ssp.
leucocephala
-- Vernal pool near lot A
Fremont's goldfields,
Lasthenia fremontii
-- Vernal pool near lot A
Sacramento Valley pogogyne,
Pogogyne zizyphoroides
-- Vernal pool near lot A
Ornate downingia,
Downingia ornatissima var.
ornatissima
-- Vernal pool near lot A
Periwinkle,
Vinca major
-- Lower Park, near Cedar Grove
Buttercup,
Ranunculus sp.
-- south side, near old police pistol range
Popcorn-flower,
Plagiobothrys sp.
-- North Rim Trail
Clasping-leaved fringepod,
Thysanocarpus curvipes
-- Yahi Trail, along Iron Canyon
Fryingpans,
Eschscholzia lobbii
-- North Rim Trail
Purple owl-clover,
Castilleja exserta ssp.
exserta
-- Yahi Trail, at fish ladder
Yellow star-tulip,
Calochortus monophyllus
-- Yahi Trail, near Brown's Hole
Hartweg's odontostomum,
Odontostomum hartwegii
-- Upper Trail, above Alligator Hole
Bicolored linanthus,
linanthus bicolor
-- North Rim, near Live Oak Trail
Kellogg's clarkia,
Clarkia arcuata
-- Humboldt Trail
Bolander's woodlandstar,
Lithophragma bolanderi
-- South side, above golf course
Death-camas,
Zigadenus venenosus var.
venenosus
-- Yahi Trail, near Brown's Hole
Grass-pink,
Petrorhagia dubia
-- South side, above golf course
Rock phacelia,
Phacelia egena
-- North Rim Trail, near B Trail
Sky lupine,
Lupinus nanus
-- Live Oak Trail
Garden vetch,
Vicia sativa ssp.
sativa
-- South side, above golf course
American vetch,
Vicia americana var.
americana
-- Yahi Trail, near Salmon Hole
Deerbrush,
Ceanothus integerrimus
-- Middle Trail, above Devil's Kitchen
Indian-pink,
Silene californica
-- Yahi Trail, near Brown's Hole
Purple milkweed,
Asclepias cordifolia
-- Yahi Trail, near Salmon Hole
Mexican onion,
Allium peninsulare var.
peninsulare
-- South side, near cabin site
Indian-rhubarb (Umbrella-plant),
Darmera peltata
-- Big Chico Creek, beyond the end of Upper Park Rd.
Blow-wives,
Achyrachaena mollis
-- South side, near power lines
Crevice alumroot,
Heuchera micrantha var.
erubescens
-- On rock wall along road to old police pistol range
White-whorled lupine,
Lupinus microcarpus var.
densiflorus
-- Yahi Trail, near Day Camp
