Thanks toa gay and temperate mood , California is home to some of the most beautiful flower in the humanity . California ’s wide motley of topographic climates make it home to more than 6,000 bloom plants , include about 2,000 different wildflowers . While California has a farsighted dry season , the lactating part of the year give birth to ample mixed bag of annuals notable for their bold and impressive colours .

California Poppy

Flowering between February and September , this prescribed heyday of California privilege open and grassy area . Native Americans used the four - petal cerise and orange flowers medicinally . Despite a common misconception , cutting these flowers is not illegal under Department of State law .

Winter Fat

This erect California bush uprise 1 to 3 foundation tall , vaunt flowers that form large tufts of silver or out of practice hairs . These tuft have earned it the name " wintertime adipose tissue " despite the fact that it grow in the desert north of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade hatful browse .

Desert Mariposa

One of the most coloured California desert wildflower , desert mariposa ’s blooms grow in clusters , in shades of vermilion to orange , often with browned - purple spot on the Qaeda . The plant appears unremarkably in open and shaggy-haired spaces between 2,000 and 6,500 foot of elevation .

Paint Brush

Also known as painted cup , this California mountain peak has a farsighted , tubular corolla with modified lips . The upper lips are stretch and put in the style and stamens , while the lower lips are shorter and somewhat sac - determine . Paint brush develop along flow and wet places below 11,000 feet .

Leopard Lily

Also bonk as cougar lily , this hatful wildflower is one of California ’s most conspicuous lily , with stalwart stems that can produce 3 to 8 feet tall . The nod bloom has anthers about 1/2 column inch long , and its yellow - spotted perianth segments curl in the middle . The leopard lily grows in large colonies on stream banks below 6,000 groundwork in the Sierra Nevada and Humboldt County .

Blazing Star

This annual flower of California grow 1 to 2 feet high with flowers of 1- to 3 - in diameter in pallid yellow or cream . The flowers blossom in April and May . blaze star is common on rocky slopes below 2,500 feet , from Alameda County to Santa Clara County .

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