POPE VALLEY
http://www.edgehill.net/pope.htm
(short list)
http://www.edgehill.net/Pope/plants/species.htm
(full descriptions)
Blow-wives Asteraceae
Achyrachaena mollis
Occasional
Chamise Rosaceae
Adenostoma fasciculatum
On the ridgetop.
Common Fiddleneck Boraginaceae
Amsinckia menziesii
In hayfields/valley grasslands.
There was also a small sprawling thing that may have been the same species growing
low after being mowed.
Snapdragon Schrophulariaceae
Antirrhinum
Wantrup Preserve
unknown umbellifer Apiaceae
Apiaceae Family
Common in nice areas.
Mugwort Asteraceae
Artemisia douglasiana
Along the creek.
Eyelash Grass Poaceae
Bouteloua gracilis
Winery & ridgetop.
Wid Oats (Weed) Poaceae
Briza maxima
California Brome Poaceae
Bromus carinatus
These were probably Bromus hordeaceus (includes B. mollis & others), Soft Chess a
non-native annual.
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Bromus+hordeaceus&special=
calflora&where-anno=1
http://ag.arizona.edu/classes/ram382/plntpix/brmo.html
This Brome has fatter, smaller spikelets, almost as plump as Briza (Quaking Grass) at
least compared with B. carinatus which is flatter & longer.
Also, I saw a grass that is tall, delicate, perenniel, bunching & except for the awns,
looks like it might be Bromus pinnatum? Medium wide, flat leaf, see comments &
picture under San Rafael Hill.
Cheat Grass (Weed) Poaceae
Bromus tectorum
Common
Golden Globelily Liliaceae
Calochortus amabilis
Found toward the ridgetops
Mariposa Lily Liliaceae
Calochortus luteus
Found on the middle slopes. Occasionaly you see one with a pastel yellow. Blooms
after Triteleia, more wideley spaced.
Morning Glory Convolvulaceae
Calystegia purpurea
Field bindweed is common in fields but I aslo found a pale yellow one in a hot dry
rocky spot.
Indian Paintbrush Schrophulariaceae
Castilleja
Castilleja foliosa, Felt paintbrush, Texas Paintbrush
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Castilleja+foliolosa&special=
calflora&where-anno=1
Purple Owl's Clover Schrophulariaceae
Castilleja exserta
A single flower seen.
Yellow Star Thistle (Weed) Asteraceae
Centaurea solstitialis
Widespread problem -worst case is a 10 acre meadow filled with it
solid. They tilled & tilled & stopped all the sudden without doing anything about it.
Some people burn or mow to control it. Moves into bare soil between bunch grasses &
disturbed areas. -leaves the
ground devastated.
Mouse-Eared Chickweed Caryophyllaceae
Cerastium arvense
This doesn't have the mouse ears on the flower but looks similar otherwise. On the dry
summit.
Soap Plant Liliaceae
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Common in the rockier spots.
Native Thistles Asteraceae
Cirsium
On a tall cliff of eroding soil above Pope Creek I saw a red robust slender red thistle
that looked rather like this picture of Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale, Cobweb
Thistle (from a distance)
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=3402&one=T
Red Ribbons Onagraceae
Clarkia concinna
A couple patches near the summit at the edge of chaparral.
Hound's Tongue Boraginaceae
Cynoglossum grande
Forested ridgetop shade.
Hedgehog Dogtail Poaceae
Cynosurus echinatus
Common.
Orchard-grass (Weed) Poaceae
Dactylis glomerata
Huge masses of it in the Wantrup meadow.
Blue Larkspur Ranunculaceae
Delphinium
Lyon/Rygt Say D. variegatum (pale Blue) is one of five blue flowered Larkspurs in
Napa County
Pale Western Larkspur Ranunculaceae
Delphinium hesperium
A single plant above the bank of a swale in weedy grasses 2' tall white with a rosy
tinge.
Red Larkspur Ranunculaceae
Delphinium nudicaule
Occasional
Blue Dicks Liliaceae
Dichelostemma capitatum
Common but not in masses like Trieleia,. On lower slopes.
unknown
Dicot -unknown
From the ridge in dry rocky conditions.
Shooting Stars Primulaceae
Dodecatheon
Downingia Campanulaceae
Downingia
Downingia bicornuta, Bristled Downingia on Pope Canyon Road (Napa Flora)
My husband and I were in Pope Valley yesterday, and it is still as you describe it. We
have been going there for 50 years, and always look for our favorite vernal pools
which are as blue as lakes with downingia. This year the downingia was there but
trampled earlier by cattle so it was sparse. Next year grapes, we feel. The valley was
a quiet agricultural valley until a few years ago, but now we are upset at all the
corporation vineyards going in, replacing the local farmers. Elly Bade, Berkeley
Blue Wild Rye Poaceae
Elymus glaucus
Open, scattered stands under Blue Oaks . More dense under Live Oak in a swale.
Fireweed Onagraceae
Epilobium
Particularly small flower on an inconspicuous lanky plant. I wasn't sure if this is the
same as the very common branched herb (not yet blooming). Looks like the following
picture.
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=24040&one=T&where-anno=1
Yerba Santa Hydrophyllaceae
Eriodictyon californicum
On the ridgetop.
Coast buckwheat Polygonceae
Eriogonum latifolium
On the ridgetop.
Lizard Tail Asteraceae
Eriophyllum
Eriophyllum lantanum, Wooly Sunflower. In hot rocky places. A single flower on a
lanky stem.
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/6043_1632/2626/0086.jpeg
California Fescue Poaceae
Festuca californica
Just a few plants on the North Ridge. Common in mass up near Angwin.
California Cotton Rose Asteraceae
Filago californica
Abundant in the best wildflower meadows.
Checker Lily Liliaceae
Fritillaria lanceolata
In the shade of chaparral.
Bedstraw Rubiaceae
Galium aparine
G. porrigens?
Globe Gilia Polemoniaceae
Gilia capitata
Pale white form grows on the ridge and on the steep bank behind the winery with
Phacelia.
Barley (Weed) Poaceae
Hordeum
Common
Common St. Johnswort (Weed) Hypericaceae
Hypericum perforatum
A beetle was introduced to control the plant in pastures & fields. We saw some
irridescent 'ladybug' type beetles in a blossom.
Ground Iris Iridaceae
Iris macrosiphon
Above the winery near manzanitas & under pine in grasslands.
California Kingsnake Reptilia
Lampropeltis getulus californiae
When I almost stepped on it in the road, it reared up & pretend to be a rattle snake.
Folks said that was good that I found a King snake, they eat rattle snakes & don't bite
people. They have a very healthy rattle snake population.
Goldfields Asteraceae
Lasthenia californica
And or other unidentified little yellow composites.
Bright Babystars Polemoniaceae
Linanthus bicolor
Common in special places.
Large Flowered Linanthus Polemoniaceae
Linanthus grandiflorus
occasional
Common Linanthus Polemoniaceae
Linanthus parviflorus
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=7958&one=T The one we saw on
a road cut was a fantastic blue, not pink like the photo.
European Rye (Weed) Poaceae
Lolium
See listing for Bromus carinatus.
Spring Gold Apiaceae
Lomatium utriculatum
Lomatium ciliolatum Jeps. var. hooveri Math. & Const.
A local endemic. Not sure if this is the one that is common there.
Deerbroom Fabaceae
Lotus scoparius
A different species with fuzzy leaves?
Small Lupines Fabaceae
Lupinus
Lupinus nanus, Douglas's Lupine, petite blue annual in mass.
Silver Bush Lupine Fabaceae
Lupinus albifrons
One healthy clump on a sandbar in the creek.
Valley Lupine Fabaceae
Lupinus microcarpus
Common in mass. Local variety L. m. microcarpus is all pink.
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=17790&one=T
Molina (Weed) Asteraceae
Madia sativa
Melic Grass Poaceae
Melica sp.
Tall loveley plant. We watched ants harvest the seeds, either dropping them to workers
below, carrying them down carefully or falling off the flower to the ground with a
seed in tow. There was an ant freeway some 30 feet away to their nest on the ridgetop.
Seep Spring Monkeyflower Schrophulariaceae
Mimulus guttanus
In swales in meadows.
Purple Needle Grass Poaceae
Nassella pulchra
In the more level areas that were tilled long ago (probably for hay) but left alone in
recent decades, the needlegrasss grows closely spaced & short lived more as a lawn
or pasture grass. Un-tilled areas have the more characteristic clumping form.
Downy Pincushionplant Polemoniaceae
Navarretia pubescens
Seen after the Babystars are finished. There is a Creamy yellow one also with a
pinnate leaf.
Kellogg's Yampah Apiaceae
Perideridia kelloggii
Supposed to be very common in Napa County. There is an Umbellifer which is taller
and coarser than Lomatium with leaflets that are almost swordlike. I didn't see it
bloom.
Scorpion Flower Hydrophyllaceae
Phacelia californica
Phacelia imbricata? Grows above the Winery on a steep bank with Gilia. Pale
lavender/white.
California Sycamore Platanaceae
Platanus racemosa
I would guess it might grow in the valleys there.
Pine Bluegrass Poaceae
Poa scabrella
Occasional.
Blue Oak Fagaceae
Quercus douglasii
Part of the mix of Oaks.
Valley Oak Fagaceae
Quercus lobata
Another fine Oak.
California Buttercup Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus californica
Fairly common.
Common Sheep Sorrel (Weed) Polygonceae
Rumex acetosella
Common.
Curly Dock Polygonceae
Rumex crispus (weed)
Moist swales.
Elderberry Caprifoliaceae
Sambucus
Along the creek usually.
Fringed Checkermallow Malveaceae
Sidalcea diploscypha
Most plants had a white center in the flower but a few had a dark pink center.
Indian Pink Caryophyllaceae
Silene californica
Chiles Valley/Lake Hennessey on road cuts.
Blue-eyed Grass Iridaceae
Sisyrinchuim bellum
Common in moist lower meadows.
Squirreltail Poaceae
Sitanion hystrix
Common in dry places.
Medusa-head (Weed) Poaceae
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Common
Clover Fabaceae
Trifolium
A lovely, delicate Blue/ Purple Clover kind of like this one but a prettier blue:
Trifolium willdenovii, Tomcat Clover
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=10911&one=T * possibly
T. obtusiflorum, especially if growing in a damp area
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=10908&one=T
Butter & Eggs Schrophulariaceae
Triphysaria
Two kinds of Triphysaria
Triphysaria eriantha, a small yellow annual.
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=9275&one=T
And Triphysaria versicolor ssp. Faucibarbata, Yellowbeak Owl's-clover
(Orthocarpus faucibarbatus) A robust succulent looking spike of leaves & flowers that
recalls Owl's Clover except for the Calceolaria-like triad of baloon flowers.
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=23548&one=T
White Hyacinth Liliaceae
Triteleia hyacinthina
Ithuriel's Spear Liliaceae
Triteleia laxa
Enormous swaths on the hillsides & valleys, even in the weedy grasses.
Vetch (Weed) Fabaceae
Vicia
Vicia sativa, Spring Vetch bright purple/blue.
Mule's Ears Asteraceae
Wyethia
Big healthy clumps. There are two species that grow in the valley.