California flowers - post 1

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  1. wlsnde

    wlsnde Active Member 10 Years

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    Last Spring, we traveled through California, mostly along the coast and saw many flowers foreign to us at home. These particular ones were seen between Santa Rosa and the coast . . are there California flower experts out there who can identify these? I will have several submissions because I saw a lot of flowers. The first one looks like a California poppy but it was growing so close the ground that I wasn't sure.
     

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  2. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Yes, the first is a California poppy. I think more details are needed to identify to species.

    The third is a variety of Mimulus aurantiacus (there are a half-dozen or so botanical varieties of this)
     
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    David in L A Active Member 10 Years

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    The middle one could be one of the Eriophyllums.
     
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    wlsnde Active Member 10 Years

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    Thanks to both Daniel and David .. it looks like all three ID's are correct. And sorry for the delay in responding.
     
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