Borges Ranch Flowering Plants
April 1, 2004This "trail" starts at the back right end of the gravel parking lot located at the far end and above the Boundary Oaks Golf Course parking lot. Take the road leading to the shooting range and bear right into this gravelly lot. Start at the sign, walk to the road above and turn left. Cross the road under the high-tension lines and continue at the same elevation across the road. This path eventually takes you to a level area after two or three short slippery downhill patches. Continue on this level for about 3/4 of a mile and then take the sharp steep path up to the next level. Here, there are several flowers and from there you may re-trace your path back to your car.
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Common Name | Color | Scientific Name | Peterson Refs. | Where Seen |
Great ValleyGum Plant | ----- | Grindelia camporum | 212 | Not in bloom yet |
Poison Oak | ----- | Toxicodendron diversilobum | K 112 | Not in bloom yet |
Sagebrush | ----- | Artemisia californica | K 86 | Not in bloom yet |
Sweet Fennel | ----- | Foeniculum vulgare | 170 | Not in bloom yet |
Blue dicks | Blue | Dichelostemma pulchellum | 352 | All over |
Blue-eyed grass | Blue | Sisyrinchium bellum | 350 | All over |
Purple Nightshade | Blue | Solanum xanthi | 382 | Road sides |
Coulter's Thistle | Pink | Cirsium coulteri | 328 | Quarry area |
Owls Clover | Pink | Orthocarpus purpurascens | 240 | Hill tops |
Scarlet Pimpernel | Pink | Anagallis arvensis | 304 | Road sides |
Arroyo Lupine | Purple | Lupinus succulentus | 376 | Road sides |
Filaree—storksbill | Purple | Erodium moschatum | 286 | All over |
Lemmon's Paintbrush | Red | Castilleja lemmonii | 244 | Quarry area |
Scarlet Bugler | Red | Penstemon centranthifolius | 238 | Canyon |
Black Sage | White | Salvia californica | K 100 | Road sides |
Common Yarrow | White | Achillea millefolium | 108 | Arroyo area |
Little White Heads | White | Un-named as yet | Quarry area | |
Miner’s lettuce | White | Montia spathulata | 294 | Wet cool places |
Birdsfoot Lotus | Yellow | Lotus corniculatus | 180 | Road sides |
Fern-Leafed Lomatium | Yellow | Lomatium dissectum | 168 | Canyon |
Golden Fairy Lantern | Yellow | Calochortus amabilis | 122 | Arroyo area |
Mustard | Yellow | Brassica geniculata | 140 | All over |
Red Alder | Yellow | Alnus rhombifolia | K 42 | Road sides |
Yellow Sweet Clover | Yellow | Melilotus indica | 178 | Quarry area |
(1) Peterson's "Pacific States Wildflowers"
(2) Keater, "Plants of the East Bay Parks