Here’s a short collection of my favorite wildflower photos. Click on any photo to see a full-sized image. If there are any in my other photos from my galleries that you feel should be added here, let me know!
“Endemic” means that it is only found in the state listed as the location. Rare California flowers are given a “CNPS” ranking, as explained here.
Crimson columbine
Aquilegia formosa, Crooked Lakes, California, native
California Tiger Lily
aka Leopard Lily, Lilium pardalinum. Quincy, California. Native
St. Helena fawn lily
Erythronium helenae, CNPS rated 4.2, Modini-Mayacamas Reserve, California. Native, endemic
Yellow owl's clover
Castilleja campestris, Jepson Prairie, CA. Native
California Tiger Lily
aka Leopard Lily, Lilium pardalinum, Mt. Shasta, CA. Native
Foothill Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa, Traverse Creek, CA. Native, endemic
Diogenes' lantern
aka Golden fairy lantern. Calochortus amabilis, in the burned area of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, CA. Native, endemic
Mountain pride
Penstemon newberryi, Crooked Lakes, CA. Native
Coast lily
Lilium maritimum, CNPS rated 1B.1, Salt Point State Park, CA. Native, endemic
Colorado columbine
Colorado columbine, Aquilegia coerulea, Colorado. Native
Avalanche Lily
Erythronium montanum, Mt Rainier, WA. Native
Washington lily
Lilium washingtonianum ssp. washingtonianum
Copeland's owl's clover
Orthocarpus cuspidatus ssp. copelandii
Shasta lily
Lilium pardalinum ssp. shastense
Purdy's fritillary
Fritillaria purdyi. CNPS rank 4.3
Fetid adder's tongue
Scoliopus bigelovii
Bitter root
Lewisia rediviva
Purple owl's clover
Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta
Cream Cups
Platystemon californicus
Coast range mariposa lily
Calochortus vestae
Leopard lily
Lilium pardalinum ssp. pardalinum
Woolly rose-mallow
Hibiscus lasiocarpos var. occidentalis. CNPS Rare Plant rank 1B.2
Western polemonium (aka Western sky pilot)
Polemonium occidentale
Sierra gentian
Gentianopsis holopetala
Mountain jewelflower
Streptanthus tortuosus
Sierra columbine
Aquilegia pubescens. Possibly a hybrid with A. formosa