#sandiegowildflowers

#PrimulaClevelandii. I don’t know why these ones were clustered like this but I’m not complaining. These were just about the last ones still blooming today.
#nowblooming #sandiegowildflowers #californianativeplants #californiawildflowers #AlpineCA #shootingstarflower #primulaceae #primula #SaveWrightsField (at Wright’s Field in Alpine)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbJrpJ0u4ZB/?utm_medium=tumblr

#FritillariaBiflora / #ChocolateLily. I’m in love.

But there’s bad news. These grow in Wright’s Field, in which the County of San Diego inexplicably wants to build a sports complex/skate park. It’s absolutely baffling and would be an ecological disaster for this irreplaceable and rapidly disappearing grassland habitat. There are other beautiful uncommon and rare species of plants there and it’s important to birds and wildlife as well. There are vernal pools (a habitat that has almost been completely destroyed in California) nearby too. There’s no demand for such a park in Alpine and no infrastructure to support it!
#SaveWrightsField #WrightsField #SanDiegoCountyParks #AlpineCA
#californianativeplants #sandiegowildflowers #californiawildflowers #fritillaria #fritillaries #lilies #liliaceae (at Alpine, California)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CagdayZrETb/?utm_medium=tumblr

#PaeoniaCalifornica / #CaliforniaPeony. One of the weirdest-looking plants we have out here. They look prehistoric somehow. Like they’re not quite what they’re meant to be yet. It’s not just that they don’t look like the cultivated or European ones and it’s not that they look wild, it’s like… the flower never matures beyond a bud and then the seed pod looks underformed too. They also bloom so early in the year that they always surprise me. They’re just wonderful.
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#paeonia #peonies #wildpeony #californiawildflowers #californianativeplants #chaparralplants #chaparral #sandiegobackcountry #sandiegowildflowers #botany (at San Diego County, California)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaYuk2jrNyF/?utm_medium=tumblr