Bloom Identification Guide For The San Gabriel Mountains - White Blooms

2000

Plant	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Plant
White flowers, no woody stems, plants less than 12" tall
Alumroot (Coralbells) Heuchera elegans					full								Alumroot (Coralbells) Heuchera elegans
Sweet Alyssum* Lobularia maritima		beginning	beginning	full								full	Sweet Alyssum* Lobularia maritima
Common Chickweed* Stellaria media		beginning	full	full								beginning	Common Chickweed* Stellaria media
Granite Prickly Gilia Leptodactylon pungens					beginning	full							Granite Prickly Gilia Leptodactylon pungens
Linanthus sp.					full								Linanthus sp.
Mariposa Lily Calochortus sp.													Mariposa Lily Calochortus sp.
Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata				full	full								Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata
Muilla Muilla maritima					beginning								Muilla Muilla maritima
Short-lobed Phacelia Phacelia brachyloba					full								Short-lobed Phacelia Phacelia brachyloba
Popcorn Flower Cryptantha spp. Plagiobothrys spp.				beginning	full	full	full						Popcorn Flower Cryptantha spp. Plagiobothrys spp.
Rattlesnake Weed Chamaesyce albomarginata				full									Rattlesnake Weed Chamaesyce albomarginata
Windmill Pink* Silene gallica				beginning									Windmill Pink* Silene gallica
Woodland Star Lithophragma affine				beginning	full								Woodland Star Lithophragma affine
White flowers, no woody stems, plants more than 12" tall
Bedstraw* Galium aparine				beginning			full	in seed					Bedstraw* Galium aparine
California Blackberry Rubus ursinus													California Blackberry Rubus ursinus
California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum					beginning	full	full	full	ending	ending		ending	California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum
Cliff-Aster Malacothrix saxatilis	full				full	full	full		full	full	full	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"		beginning	full	full								beginning	Wild Cucumber Marah macrocarpus "porcupine eggs"
Eupatory* Ageratina adenophora				full									Eupatory* Ageratina adenophora
Everlasting or cudweed Gnaphalium sp.	beginning	beginning	beginning	full			full	buds	full	full		full	Everlasting or cudweed Gnaphalium sp.
Horehound* Marrubium vulgare				beginning			full						Horehound* Marrubium vulgare
Morning Glory Calystegia macrostegia				beginning	full								Morning Glory Calystegia macrostegia
Nightshade Solanum douglasii		beginning	beginning	beginning								full	Nightshade Solanum douglasii
Imbricate Phacelia Phacelia imbricata						ending							Imbricate Phacelia Phacelia imbricata
Poison Hemlock* Conium maculatum													Poison Hemlock* Conium maculatum
Prickly Poppy Argemone munita						full	full						Prickly Poppy Argemone munita
Shooting Star Dodecatheon redolens							ending						Shooting Star Dodecatheon redolens
White Sweet Clover* Melilotus alba					full	full							White Sweet Clover* Melilotus alba
Wild Sweet Pea Lathyrus vestitus		beginning	beginning	full								beginning	Wild Sweet Pea Lathyrus vestitus
Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus						full	full			leaf color			Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus
Twiggy Wreath Plant Stephanomeria virgata										full	full	ending	Twiggy Wreath Plant Stephanomeria virgata
Virgin's bower Clematis ligusticifolia							in seed	in seed	in seed				Virgin's bower Clematis ligusticifolia
Water Cress* Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum													Water Cress* Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
White Sage Salvia apiana					full	full	full						White Sage Salvia apiana
Yarrow Achillea millefolium						full	full						Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Smoothleaf Yerba Santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx					full	full	full						Smoothleaf Yerba Santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx
Yucca Yucca whipplei					beginning	full	full						Yucca Yucca whipplei
White flowers, multiple woody stems
Hoaryleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus crassifolius		beginning	beginning	full							buds	buds	Hoaryleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus crassifolius
Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum					full	full	ending						Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum
Chaparral Whitethorn Ceanothus leucodermis				beginning	ending								Chaparral Whitethorn Ceanothus leucodermis
Desert or Cupleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus greggii					full								Desert or Cupleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus greggii
Chokecherry Prunus virginiana										leaf color			Chokecherry Prunus virginiana
Hillside Gooseberry Ribes californicum		beginning	full	full							beginning	full	Hillside Gooseberry Ribes californicum
Hollyleaf Cherry Prunus ilicifolia				beginning				berries	berries	berries			Hollyleaf Cherry Prunus ilicifolia
Elderberry Sambucus mexicana				beginning	full	full	full						Elderberry Sambucus mexicana
Laurel Sumac Malosma laurina						full	full						Laurel Sumac Malosma laurina
Bigberry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca			full	full	ending			berries					Bigberry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca
Manzanita Arctostaphylos sp.				beginning						berries	berries		Manzanita Arctostaphylos sp.
Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides				beginning			in seed	in seed	in seed				Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides
Mule Fat Baccharis salicifolia	full	full	full	full							beginning	full	Mule Fat Baccharis salicifolia
Poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum				beginning			leaf color	leaf color	leaf color	leaf color			Poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum
Rockrose* Cistus ladaniferus				beginning	full								Rockrose* Cistus ladaniferus
Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia													Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia
Silk-tassel bush Garrya veatchii													Silk-tassel bush Garrya veatchii
Squawbush Rhus trilobata					full			leaf color	leaf color				Squawbush Rhus trilobata
Sugar Bush Rhus ovata		beginning		beginning								buds	Sugar Bush Rhus ovata
Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia	berries						beginning			berries	berries	berries	Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia
White flowers, one woody trunk
Black Locust* Robinia pseudoacacia				beginning									Black Locust* Robinia pseudoacacia
Fremont Cottonwood Populus fremontii				beginning						leaf color			Fremont Cottonwood Populus fremontii

* = non-native