Chia Sage
White Sage
Hummingbird Sage
Purple Sage
Black Sage
California Pitcher Sage (a.k.a Wood Balm
Phacelia Grandiflora
Caterpillar Phacelia
Silverleaf Phacelia
Scarlet Larkspur
Forked Larkspur
San Bernardino Larkspur
Clematis
Clematis
Blue Ceanothus
Greenbark Ceanothus
Greenbark Ceanothus
California Hedgenettle (a.k.a. Wood Mint)
California Hedgenettle (a.k.a. Wood Mint)
Pacific Pea
Chaparral Pea
Scarlet Pea
California Poppies
Wooly Indian Paintbrush
Coast Paintbrush
Southern Bush Monkey Flower
Wide-throated Yellow Monkey Flower
Scarlet Monkeyflower
Seep Monkeyflower
Wooly Blue Curl
California Bush Poppy
Purple Nightshade
Whiteberry Manzanita
Heartleaf Keckiella (aka Climbing penstemon)
Cliff Aster
Golden Yarrow
Morning Glory
Butterly Mariposa Lily
Weed's Mariposa Lily
Late-Blooming Mariposa Lily
White Globe Lily
Golden Eardrops
Indian Pink
Owl Clover
Tomcat Clover
Rose Clover
Sierra Snapdragon
Sierra Snapdragon
Milk Thistle
Yellow Star Thistle
Italian Thistle
New Mexico Thistle
Alpine Shooting Star
Padres' Shooting Star
Canyon Sunflower
Clarkia
Hoary Rock Rose
Wooly Yerba Santa
Alpine Mahogany
Peak Rushrose
California Buckwheat
Toyon
Spiny Flox
Milkmaids
Redmaids
Fiesta Flower
Blue Potatobush
Wild Cucumber
Yucca
Chaparral Bush-mallow
Southern Checkerbloom
California Wild Rose
Castor Bean Plant
Stinging Lupine
Stinging Lupine
Miniature Lupine
Arroyo Lupine
Wishbone Bush
Purple Chinese Houses
Purple Chinese Houses
Blue Dicks
Pineapple Weed
Fringed Spineflower
Lemonade Berry
Coastal Birds'-foot trefoil
Oxalis
Bermuda Buttercup (aka Oxalis)
Common Vetch
Santa Barbara Milk Vetch
Hairy Vetch
Reddish Tufted Vetch
Santa Barbara Milkvetch
Mediterranean Stork's-bill
Western Blue-eyed Grass
Clustered Tarweed
Coastal Goldenbush
California Fuchsia
Silver Beachweed
Coastal Bush Lupine
European Searocket
Pink Sand Verbena
Muehlenberg's Centaury
Thick-leaved Yerbas Santa
Purple Salsify
Western Vervain
Tall Evening Primrose
Beach Suncup (aka Evening Beach Primrose)
Elegant Clarkia
Scarlet Pimpernel
California Brittlebush (aka CA Sunflower)
Fennel
California Sagebrush
Common Sow-thistle
Violetta
Jointed Charlock
Wild Radish
Wild radish
Pacific False Bindweed (species of Morning Glory)
Field Mustard
Western Wallflower
Horse Weed
Rabbits' Foot Grass
Giant Wild Rye
Timothy Grass
Italian Rye Grass
Wall Barley
Red Brome
Goldentop Grass
Common Soft Brome
Wild Oats
Fountain Grass
Chalk Dudleya
Goldenstar
Wand Mulleiun
Santa Barbara Wildflowers
In recent years I have spent more and more of my free time hiking on the trails of Santa Barbara’s front country and back country. Returning to the trails month after month and year after year, I have become familiar with the trees, the rocks and especially the gorgeous wildflowers. The identifications here are with the aid of iNaturalist and several guidebooks. If you see a mistaken identification please let me know!
All photos taken with my iPhone on local trails