Wildflowers Of Russian Ridge

I have enjoyed many spring walks in Russian Ridge photographing the wild flowers. Here is what is listed in the park.

Miniature Lupine

Lupinus bicolor is a species of lupine known as the miniature lupine, Lindley's annual lupine, or bicolor lupine. It is a showy flowering plant native to western North America from California to British Columbia. It is an annual lupine which often shares a habitat with the California poppy. It has a short, hairy stem and thin, palmately-arranged leaves. The ...more ↓

Hairy Vetch

Vicia villosa, known as the hairy vetch, fodder vetch or winter vetch, is a plant native to Europe and western Asia. It is a legume, grown as a forage crop.

cowbag clover

Trifolium depauperatum is a species of clover known by the common names cowbag clover, balloon sack clover, and poverty clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, as well as sections of western South America in Peru and Chile. It is a common plant of many types of habitat.

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