(Most) Wildflowers of Sagehen Creek Basin, CA

Wildflower list for the watershed based on historical records, collections, and iNaturalist observations.

Includes all wildflowers except for Asteraceae (Sunflowers and Daisies), which has it's own separate list.

Other flowering and non-flowering plants also have their own ...more ↓

summit lupine 1
Lupinus apertus
Long-spur Lupine 2
Lupinus arbustus
Mat Lupine 3
Lupinus breweri
prairie lupine 4
Lupinus lepidus
Lyall's lupine 5
Lupinus lepidus lobbii
Donner Lake lupine 6
Lupinus sellulus sellulus
Kellogg's spurred lupine 7
Lupinus caudatus caudatus
largeleaf lupine 7
Lupinus polyphyllus burkei
Thickleaf Bird's-foot-trefoil 8
Hosackia crassifolia
Anderson's clover 9
Trifolium andersonii
Bowl Clover 10
Trifolium cyathiferum
long-stalk clover 11
Trifolium longipes
Small-headed Clover 12
Trifolium microcephalum
red clover 13
Trifolium pratense
Shasta clover 14
Trifolium productum
white clover 15
Trifolium repens
white-tip clover 16
Trifolium variegatum
cows clover 12
Trifolium wormskioldii
carpet clover 17
Trifolium monanthum monanthum
Fodder Vetch 18
Vicia villosa
American bird's-foot-trefoil 19
Acmispon americanus
wax currant 20
Ribes cereum
straggly gooseberry 21
Ribes divaricatum
Alpine Prickly Gooseberry 22
Ribes montigenum
Sierra currant 23
Ribes nevadense
Sierra gooseberry 23
Ribes roezlii
Sticky Gooseberry 24
Ribes viscosissimum
whitestem gooseberry 23
Ribes inerme inerme
bitter cherry 22
Prunus emarginata
western thimbleberry 25
Rubus parviflorus
rose meadowsweet 26
Spiraea splendens
Utah serviceberry 27
Amelanchier utahensis
Dwarf serviceberry 28
Amelanchier alnifolia pumila
Virginia strawberry 29
Fragaria virginiana
curlleaf mountain mahogany 30
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Common Knotweed 22
Polygonum arenastrum
Nuttall's cinquefoil 31
Potentilla gracilis fastigiata
Cream-bush Oceanspray 32
Holodiscus discolor
Polygala knotweed 33
Polygonum polygaloides
Woods' rose 23
Rosa woodsii ultramontana
big-leaf avens 34
Geum macrophyllum
Smallflower horkelia 35
Horkelia fusca parviflora
antelope bitterbrush 26
Purshia tridentata
Plumas ivesia 17
Ivesia sericoleuca
sticky cinquefoil 22
Drymocallis glandulosa
sierran woodbeauty 36
Drymocallis lactea lactea
western burnet
Poteridium annuum
prostrate sibbaldia 37
Sibbaldia procumbens
bulbous woodland-star 38
Lithophragma glabrum
Sierra saxifrage 39
Micranthes aprica
brook saxifrage 40
Micranthes odontoloma
Oregon saxifrage 36
Micranthes oregana
Brewer's miterwort 41
Pectiantia breweri
Five-point Bishop's-cap 42
Pectiantia pentandra
Mountain Whitethorn 23
Ceanothus cordulatus
Sedge-leaf Whitethorn 23
Ceanothus cuneatus
California lilac 23
Ceanothus integerrimus
Mahala-mat Ceanothus 23
Ceanothus prostratus
Tobacco Ceanothus 12
Ceanothus velutinus
Red False Buckthorn 22
Frangula rubra
alderleaf buckthorn 43
Rhamnus alnifolia
pinemat manzanita 4
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
greenleaf manzanita 44
Arctostaphylos patula
bog bilberry 45
Vaccinium uliginosum
snowplant 46
Sarcodes sanguinea
woodland pinedrops 25
Pterospora andromedea
Brewer's Mountain-heath 47
Phyllodoce breweri
California Wintergreen 48
Pyrola asarifolia asarifolia
Menzies' Wintergreen 49
Chimaphila menziesii
Umbellate Wintergreen 50
Chimaphila umbellata
sugarstick 51
Allotropa virgata
Western Doghobble 3
Leucothoe davisiae
Serrated Wintergreen 52
Orthilia secunda
alpine shootingstar 53
Dodecatheon alpinum
Sierra primrose 54
Primula suffrutescens
California Polemonium 22
Polemonium californicum
western Jacob's-ladder 11
Polemonium occidentale occidentale
Granite Prickly-phlox 26
Linanthus pungens
mountain false gilia 22
Allophyllum integrifolium
scarlet skyrocket 51
Ipomopsis aggregata
spreading phlox 55
Phlox diffusa
yellow navarretia 52
Navarretia breweri
Smooth-leaf Gilia 3
Navarretia capillaris
mountain navarretia 16
Navarretia divaricata
Bridges' pincushionplant 23
Navarretia leptalea
Bridges' gilia 56
Navarretia leptalea bicolor
White-flower Navarretia 51
Navarretia leucocephala
Awl-leaf Navarretia 57
Navarretia subuligera
Great Basin navarretia 58
Navarretia intertexta propinqua
Large-flower Collomia 23
Collomia grandiflora
Narrowleaf Collomia 26
Collomia linearis
Yellow-staining Collomia 3
Collomia tinctoria
Whisker-brush 59
Leptosiphon ciliatus
Harkness' Linanthus 11
Leptosiphon harknessii
slender phlox 60
Microsteris gracilis
American dogwood 61
Cornus sericea sericea
Mada Stickleaf 26
Mentzelia dispersa
White-bract Stickleaf 62
Mentzelia montana
flytrap dogbane 63
Apocynum androsaemifolium

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