Pink, Red or Purple Flowers
Checkerbloom
common name: Checkerbloom
scientific name: Sidalcea calycosa
family: Malvaceae (mallow)
habitat: vernal pools, wet grassland
size: plant up to 12 inches tall, flower 1.5 to 2.0 cm across
Douglas's Beardstyle
common name: Douglas's Beardstyle
scientific name: Pogogyne douglasii
family: Lamiaceae (mint)
habitat: vernal pools, wet grassland
size: plant 1 to 4 inches tall, flower 9 to 20 mm long and 7 to 10 mm across
Downingia
common name: Downingia
scientific name: Downingia species
family: Campanulaceae (bellflower)
habitat: vernal pools
size: Plants are 3 to 10 inches tall; each flower is 7 to 18 mm; Downingia bicornuta usually has larger flowers than the other two species.
Elegant Brodiaea
common name: Elegant Brodiaea
scientific name: Brodiaea elegans
family: Liliaceae (lily)
habitat: vernal pools, wet grassland
size: plant up to 1 foot tall; flower 4 to 5 cm across
Field Cluster Lily
common name: Field Cluster Lily
scientific name: Dichelostemma capitatum
family: Liliaceae (lily)
habitat: grasslands, woodlands
size: plant up to 1 foot tall, flower 8 to 12 mm across in clusters
Filaree or Storksbill
common name: Filaree or Storksbill
scientific name: Erodium botrys
family: Geraniaceae (geranium)
habitat: grassland (often disturbed)
size: plant 4 to 36 inches tall, flower 1.5 cm across, seed up to 10 cm long
Sacramento Beardstyle
common name: Sacramento Beardstyle
scientific name: Pogogyne zizyphoroides
family: Lamiaceae (mint)
habitat: vernal pools, wet grassland
size: plant 1 to 4 inches tall, flower 4 to 8 mm long and 2 to 3 mm across
Scarlet Pimpernel
common name: Scarlet Pimpernel
scientific name: Anagallis arvensis
family: Primulaceae (primrose)
habitat: wet grassland
size: plant up to 16 inches tall; flower 7 to 11 mm across
Coyote-thistle
common name: Vasey's Coyote-thistle
scientific name: Eryngium castrense
family: Apiaceae (carrot)
habitat: vernal pools
size: plant 8 to 18 inches tall, flower 2 to 3 mm in the summer
Vernal Pool Monkeyflower
common name: Vernal Pool Monkeyflower
scientific name: Mimulus tricolor
family: Scrophulariaceae (figwort)
habitat: vernal pools
size: plant 1 to 5 inches tall, flower 10 to 25 mm
White-tipped Clover
common name: White-tipped Clover
scientific name: Trifolium variegatum
family: Fabaceae (pea)
habitat: vernal pools, wet grassland
size: plant 8 to 14 inches tall, flower 1.5 to 2.0 cm
Winter Vetch
common name: Winter Vetch
scientific name: Vicia villosa
family: Fabaceae (pea)
habitat: grassland (often disturbed)
size: Plants are long and viney, growing up to a few feet long; each flower is 1 to 1.5 cm long, the clusters have 10-30 flowers.
