Bloom Identification Guide For The San Gabriel Mountains - White Blooms

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White	Pink	Red	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Purple

2001

"Full bloom" means the majority of the plants are in full bloom.
"Beginning" means that some plants are blooming somewhere.
"Ending" means that the majority of plants have finished blooming, although some plants in some locations may still be in full bloom.
"Gone" means we haven't seen any in bloom anywhere.

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Updated 23 October 2001.

Plant	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Plant

White flowers, no woody stems, plants less than 12" tall
Alumroot (Coralbells) Heuchera elegans						full	ending	Alumroot (Coralbells) Heuchera elegans
Sweet Alyssum* Lobularia maritima	full	full	full	full				Sweet Alyssum* Lobularia maritima
Common Chickweed* Stellaria media		full	full	full	full			Common Chickweed* Stellaria media
Granite Prickly Gilia Leptodactylon pungens					beginning	full		Granite Prickly Gilia Leptodactylon pungens
Linanthus sp.					full	full		Linanthus sp.
Mariposa Lily Calochortus sp.					full	full		Mariposa Lily Calochortus sp.
Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata		beginning	full	full	full			Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata
Muilla Muilla maritima					beginning	full		Muilla Muilla maritima
Short-lobed or Yellow-throated Phacelia Phacelia brachyloba								Short-lobed or Yellow-throated Phacelia Phacelia brachyloba
Popcorn Flower Cryptantha spp. Plagiobothrys spp.	beginning		full	full	full	full	ending	Popcorn Flower Cryptantha spp. Plagiobothrys spp.
Rattlesnake Weed Chamaesyce albomarginata	full				full			Rattlesnake Weed Chamaesyce albomarginata
Windmill Pink* Silene gallica		beginning		full	full	full		Windmill Pink* Silene gallica
Woodland Star Lithophragma affine			beginning	full	full			Woodland Star Lithophragma affine
White flowers, no woody stems, plants more than 12" tall
Narrow-leaved Bedstraw Galium angustifolium					full	full		Narrow-leaved Bedstraw Galium angustifolium
Bedstraw* Galium aparine					full	full		Bedstraw* Galium aparine
Bird's beak Cordylanthus sp.							beginning	Bird's beak Cordylanthus sp.
California Blackberry Rubus ursinus					full	full		California Blackberry Rubus ursinus
California Brickellbush Brickellia californica							beginning	California Brickellbush Brickellia californica
California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum	ending	beginning	beginning	beginning	beginning	full	full	California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum
Long-stemmed Buckwheat Eriogonum elongatum	ending						beginning	Long-stemmed Buckwheat Eriogonum elongatum
Naked Buckwheat Eriogonum nudum							beginning	Naked Buckwheat Eriogonum nudum
Rock Buckwheat Eriogonum saxatile					beginning	full	ending	Rock Buckwheat Eriogonum saxatile
Cliff-Aster Malacothrix saxatilis					full			Cliff-Aster Malacothrix saxatilis
Corn Lily Veratrum californicum								Corn Lily Veratrum californicum
Cow Parsnip Heracleum lanatum								Cow Parsnip Heracleum lanatum
Wild Cucumber Marah macrocarpus "porcupine eggs"	full	full	full	full				Wild Cucumber Marah macrocarpus "porcupine eggs"
Eupatory* Ageratina adenophora			beginning	full				Eupatory* Ageratina adenophora
California or Green Everlasting Gnaphalium californicum			full	full	full			California or Green Everlasting Gnaphalium californicum
Felt-leaf or White Everlasting Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum	full	full						Felt-leaf or White Everlasting Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum
Two-tone Everlasting Gnaphalium bicolor	beginning	beginning						Two-tone Everlasting Gnaphalium bicolor
Other Everlasting or cudweed Gnaphalium sp.								Other Everlasting or cudweed Gnaphalium sp.
Southern Honeysuckle Lonicera subspicata						beginning	full	Southern Honeysuckle Lonicera subspicata
Horehound* Marrubium vulgare				beginning	beginning			Horehound* Marrubium vulgare
Indian Milkweed Asclepias eriocarpa					beginning	full	full	Indian Milkweed Asclepias eriocarpa
Narrow-leaf Milkweed Asclepias fascicularis						beginning		Narrow-leaf Milkweed Asclepias fascicularis
Morning Glory Calystegia macrostegia	beginning	beginning	full	full				Morning Glory Calystegia macrostegia
Nightshade Solanum douglasii	full	full	full	full	full	full	full	Nightshade Solanum douglasii
Imbricate Phacelia Phacelia imbricata					beginning	full	ending	Imbricate Phacelia Phacelia imbricata
Poison Hemlock* Conium maculatum								Poison Hemlock* Conium maculatum
Prickly Poppy Argemone munita						beginning	full	Prickly Poppy Argemone munita
California or Coast Sagebrush Artemisia californica								California or Coast Sagebrush Artemisia californica
Great Basin or Big Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata								Great Basin or Big Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata
Shooting Star Dodecatheon redolens					beginning	full		Shooting Star Dodecatheon redolens
White Sweet Clover* Melilotus alba						full	full	White Sweet Clover* Melilotus alba
Wild Sweet Pea Lathyrus vestitus			beginning	full	full			Wild Sweet Pea Lathyrus vestitus
Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus								Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus
Twiggy Wreath Plant Stephanomeria virgata	full							Twiggy Wreath Plant Stephanomeria virgata
Virgin's bower Clematis ligusticifolia					beginning	full	full	Virgin's bower Clematis ligusticifolia
Water Cress* Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum								Water Cress* Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
White Sage Salvia apiana					beginning	full	full	White Sage Salvia apiana
Yarrow Achillea millefolium					beginning	full	full	Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Smoothleaf Yerba Santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx					full	full	full	Smoothleaf Yerba Santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx
Yucca Yucca whipplei					full	full		Yucca Yucca whipplei
White flowers, multiple woody stems
Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum					beginning	full		Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum
Chaparral Whitethorn Ceanothus leucodermis			beginning	full	full			Chaparral Whitethorn Ceanothus leucodermis
Deerbrush Ceanothus intergerrimus					full			Deerbrush Ceanothus intergerrimus
Desert or Cupleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus greggii					full			Desert or Cupleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus greggii
Chokecherry Prunus virginiana						full		Chokecherry Prunus virginiana
Hillside Gooseberry Ribes californicum								Hillside Gooseberry Ribes californicum
Hoaryleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus crassifolius		full	full	full	ending			Hoaryleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus crassifolius
Hollyleaf Cherry Prunus ilicifolia								Hollyleaf Cherry Prunus ilicifolia
Elderberry Sambucus mexicana				beginning	full	full		Elderberry Sambucus mexicana
Laurel Sumac Malosma laurina						full		Laurel Sumac Malosma laurina
Bigberry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca								Bigberry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca
Manzanita Arctostaphylos sp.					full			Manzanita Arctostaphylos sp.
Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides				full	full			Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides
Mule Fat Baccharis salicifolia	full	full						Mule Fat Baccharis salicifolia
Poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum								Poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum
Rockrose* Cistus ladaniferus								Rockrose* Cistus ladaniferus
Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia					full			Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia
Silk-tassel bush Garrya veatchii			full					Silk-tassel bush Garrya veatchii
Squawbush Rhus trilobata								Squawbush Rhus trilobata
Sugar Bush Rhus ovata	buds		beginning	full	full			Sugar Bush Rhus ovata
Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia	berries					full	full	Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia
White flowers, one woody trunk
Black Locust* Robinia pseudoacacia				beginning	full			Black Locust* Robinia pseudoacacia
Fremont Cottonwood Populus fremontii								Fremont Cottonwood Populus fremontii