Category: 2014 Plants of the Month

Wild purple- blue violets (native and introduced).

by Doreen Smith

Dittrichia graveolens (stinkweed)

by Doreen Smith

Orobanche vallicola (Elderberry Broomrape)

by Doreen Smith

Grass-of-Parnassus, Parnassia palustris

by Doreen Smith

Yampah, Perideridia species

by Doreen Smith

Monardella

by Doreen Smith

Trillium chloropetalum, giant trillium

by Doreen Smith

Marin has Trillum chloropetalum plants with the petal-color being either green, brown, pink or red-purple.
On the immediate coast of Point Reyes, for example on Tomales Point and on the Marin Headlands at Wolfback Ridge, petals can be shorter than those of inland populations.