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.
California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica (California poppy, golden poppy, California sunlight, cup of gold) is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the United States and Mexico, and the official state flower of California.
Pacific Bleeding Heart
Dicentra formosa (western, wild or Pacific bleeding heart) is a species of flowering plant in the family Fumariaceae, native to moist woodland in the western United States, from California to British Columbia. It is an herbaceous rhizomatous perennial growing to 45 cm (18 in) tall by 60 cm (24 in) wide, with deeply divided grey-green leaves and racemes of ...more ↓
