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Wildflowers

Rare wildflowers grow near the vernal pool. These include Boggs Lake Hedge-Hyssop, Bolander's Horkelia, three types of Downingia, as many as seven types of Navarretia (I've only spotted three so far) and Lobb's Aquatic Buttercup. The  best wildflower observations can be made from late March through early July. Not all wildflowers are large and showy. Be prepared  to do a little "Belly Botany." Get down on your hands and knees with a magnifying glass and explore the world of the miniature.

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.                    ~ William Blake

Calochortus:Sego lilies bloom in the meadow near post 12.

Easy To Spot In Bloom By Month

March Shooting Star Dodecatheon sp Lupine Manzanita Cardamine Vetch Indian Warriors Pedicularis densiflora Indian Paintbrush Hound's Tongue Buttercup Ranunculus occidentalis Hymenopapus

April Shooting Star Hound's Tongue Indian Warriors Lupine Vetch Violets Iris Indian Paint Brush Buttercup Brodiaea Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum

May Shooting Star Buttercup Iris Vetch Miners Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata Diogenes Lantern Calochortus amabilis Indian Warriors Pedicularis densiflora Blue dicks Dichelostemma congestum Goldfields Lasthenia californica Violet Downingia Mule Ears Wyethia amplexicalous Indian Paint Brush Wild Lilac Indian Pink Silene california Penstemon Yarrow Achillea millefolium Elderberry

June Indian Pink Indian Paint Brush Diogenes Lantern White Brodiaea Triteleia hyacinthina Penstemen Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa Navariteria English Plantain Plantago lanceolata Milkweed Asclepias fascicularis Wavy Leaved Soap Plant Sego Lily Calochortus nuttalli Coyote Mint Monardella odoratissma Downingia Rein Orchid Piperia elegans Yarrow Achillea millefolium Farewell to Spring

July Indian Pink Indian Paint Brush Milkweed Coyote Mint Rein Orchid Piperia elegans Musk Thistle

August Milkweed Coyote mint

Piperia elegans Rein Orchid

Learn To Name Them All

Photos Of Vernal Pool Flowers Taken By A UCSD Professor

Plant list prepared by CNPS: Flora of Boggs Lake

I can tell my sister by the flowers in her eyes On the road in Shambala I can tell my brother by the flowers in his eyes On the road in Shambala How does your light shine...                            ~ Three Dog Night

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