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Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve

Just south of the Town of Los Gatos, on the east side of the Lexington Reservoir, sits Sierra Azul, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District's southernmost open space preserve. Translated Sierra Azul means "Blue Range." This Preserve encompasses more than 18,000 acres and is the District's ...more ↓

Purple Chinese Houses 1
Collinsia heterophylla
bunchleaf penstemon 2
Penstemon heterophyllus
wiry snapdragon 3
Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum
dot-seed plantain 4
Plantago erecta
English plantain 5
Plantago lanceolata
common field-speedwell 6
Veronica persica
redwood keckiella 3
Keckiella corymbosa
Orange Bush Monkeyflower 7
Mimulus aurantiacus
Mimulus aurantiacus aurantiacus
Congdon's Monkeyflower 3
Mimulus congdonii
California Poppy 8
Eschscholzia californica
creamcups 9
Platystemon californicus
windpoppy 9
Papaver heterophyllum
Bush Poppy 10
Dendromecon rigida
golden eardrops 4
Ehrendorferia chrysantha
California buttercup 11
Ranunculus californicus
pubescent-fruited buttercup
Ranunculus hebecarpus
Western Columbine 12
Aquilegia formosa
coastal larkspur 13
Delphinium decorum
Zigzag Larkspur 14
Delphinium patens
zigzag larkspur 3
Delphinium patens patens
Pipestem Clematis 1
Clematis lasiantha
California barberry 15
Berberis pinnata
Berberis pinnata pinnata
Bluewitch Nightshade 9
Solanum umbelliferum
Coast Range False Bindweed 4
Calystegia collina
Calystegia collina collina 16
Pacific False Bindweed 9
Calystegia purpurata
Pacific false bindweed
Calystegia purpurata purpurata
Chaparral Dodder 17
Cuscuta californica
creeping snowberry 18
Symphoricarpos mollis
Pink Honeysuckle 4
Lonicera hispidula
California Honeysuckle 19
Lonicera hispidula hispidula
Longhorn Seablush 9
Plectritis macrocera
Red Valerian 20
Centranthus ruber
black elderberry 21
Sambucus nigra
Blue Elderberry 22
Sambucus nigra caerulea
Red Elderberry 23
Sambucus racemosa
black elderberry 24
Sambucus racemosa melanocarpa
bur chervil 25
Anthriscus caucalis
Sweet Fennel 26
Foeniculum vulgare
mountain sweet cicely 22
Osmorhiza berteroi
Purple Sanicle 4
Sanicula bipinnatifida
Pacific Sanicle 27
Sanicula crassicaulis
rock sanicle 28
Sanicula saxatilis
Common Hedge Parsley 29
Torilis arvensis
Woollyfruit Desertparsley 12
Lomatium dasycarpum
woollyfruit desertparsley 12
Lomatium dasycarpum dasycarpum
bigseed biscuitroot 30
Lomatium macrocarpum
Foothill desert-parsley 31
Lomatium utriculatum
Kellogg's yampah 4
Perideridia kelloggii
Shepherd's-needle 32
Scandix pecten-veneris
California Hedge Parsley 18
Yabea microcarpa
California Spikenard 4
Aralia californica
Dwarf Checkermallow 9
Sidalcea malviflora
California Bay 33
Umbellularia californica
Bay Laurel 34
Laurus nobilis
western heart's ease 3
Viola ocellata
Smallflower Dwarf Flax 3
Hesperolinon micranthum
Pacific Hound's Tongue 35
Cynoglossum grande
seaside heliotrope 36
Heliotropium curassavicum
Rusty Popcornflower 37
Plagiobothrys nothofulvus
small-flowered fiddleneck 38
Amsinckia menziesii
distant phacelia 13
Phacelia distans
Mountain Phacelia 39
Phacelia imbricata
Phacelia imbricata imbricata
shade phacelia 16
Phacelia nemoralis
Phacelia nemoralis nemoralis
Rattan's Phacelia 40
Phacelia rattanii
Phacelia suaveolens 41
baby-blue-eyes 2
Nemophila menziesii
baby blue eyes
Nemophila menziesii atomaria
small-flowered nemophila 42
Nemophila parviflora
Small-flower Nemophila
Nemophila parviflora parviflora
Meadow Baby-blue-eyes 18
Nemophila pedunculata
Cleveland's Cryptantha 43
Cryptantha clevelandii
flaccid cryptantha 18
Cryptantha flaccida
Fiesta Flower 44
Pholistoma auritum
Yerba Santa 4
Eriodictyon californicum
whispering bells 13
Emmenanthe penduliflora
coast silk tassel 45
Garrya elliptica
Frémont's silktassel 46
Garrya fremontii
Upright Pepperweed 18
Lepidium strictum
Milkmaids 47
Cardamine californica
hairy bittercress 48
Cardamine hirsuta
bristly jewelflower 49
Streptanthus glandulosus
most beautiful jewelflower 32
Streptanthus glandulosus glandulosus
western wallflower 12
Erysimum capitatum
American yellowrocket 3
Barbarea orthoceras
shepherd's purse 50
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Black Mustard 51
Brassica nigra
tumble mustard 51
Sisymbrium altissimum
sand fringepod 4
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Common Whitlowgrass 49
Draba verna
California mustard 52
Caulanthus lasiophyllus
common sandweed 18
Athysanus pusillus
Brewer's rockcress 3
Boechera breweri
Brewer's rockcress 53
Boechera breweri breweri
California Manroot 9
Marah fabacea
hillside gooseberry 4
Ribes californicum

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