Yellow Flowers
Biscuit Root or Lomatium
common name: Lomatium or Biscuit Root
scientific name: Lomatium caruifolium
family: Apiaceae (carrot)
habitat: wet grassland
size: plant up to 1 foot tall, flowers in clusters 1 to 2 cm across
Butter-and-eggs or Common Owl's-clover
common name: Butter-and-eggs or Common Owl's-clover
scientific name: Triphysaria eriantha
family: Scrophulariaceae (figwort)
habitat: grassland (damp)
size: plant 4 inches tall, flower 0.8 to 1.3 cm long
Fiddleneck
common name: Fiddleneck
scientific name: Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
family: Boraginaceae (borage)
habitat: grassland (often disturbed)
size: plant up to 3 feet tall; flower 4 to 10 mm across
Field Owl's-clover
common name: Field Owl's-clover
scientific name: Castilleja campestris
family: Scrophulariaceae (figwort)
habitat: vernal pools
size: plant 4 to 7 inches tall, flower 6 to 8 mm across
Fremont's Tidy-tips
common name: Fremont's Tidy-tips
scientific name: Layia fremontii
family: Asteraceae (sunflower)
habitat: grassland
size: plant 4 to 10 inches tall, flower up to 5 cm across
Frying Pan Poppy
common name: Frying Pan Poppy
scientific name: Eschscholzia lobbii
family: Papaveraceae (poppy)
habitat: grassland (shallow soils)
size: plant 4 to 8 inches tall, flower 1.5 to 2.5 cm
fun facts: Early Spanish-Californians made a hair-oil from the plant which made their hair shiny. They believed that it also made their hair grow.
Hawkbit
common name: Hawkbit
scientific name: Leontodon taraxacoides
family: Asteraceae (sunflower)
habitat: vernal pools, wetlands
size: plant 8 to 10 inches tall; flower 20 to 40 mm across
fun facts: The genus name (Leontodon) means "lion tooth". This plant is not native.
Narrow-leaf Mule's Ear
common name: Narrow-leaf Mule's Ear
scientific name: Wyethia angustifolia
family: Asteraceae (sunflower)
habitat: grassland
size: plant up to 3 feet tall; flower 5 to 8 cm across
Vernal Pool Buttercup
common name: Vernal Pool Buttercup
scientific name: Ranunculus bonariensis var. trisepalus
family: Ranunculaceae (buttercup)
habitat: vernal pools
size: plant 2 to 8 inches tall; leaves 6 to 20 mm long; flower 6 to 10 mm across
Vernal Pool Goldfields
common name: Vernal Pool Goldfields
scientific name: Lasthenia fremontii
family: Asteraceae (sunflower)
habitat: vernal pools
size: plant 3 to 6 inches tall, flower up to 1.5 cm across
Yellow Star-thistle
common name: Yellow Star-thistle
scientific name: Centaurea solstitialis
family: Asteraceae (sunflower)
habitat: disturbed areas, grassland
size: plant up to 2.5 feet tall, flower 5 cm across including spines
