Leaves of climbing penstemon (Keckiella cordifolia) on the Hondo Canyon Trail. Its seems to have especially benefited from our Winter rain, and its orange flowers are widespread in the chaparral this year.
From Sunday’s out and back run to Saddle Peak.
From Sunday’s run from Three Points to Waterman Mountain.
Notice anything peculiar about the Mountain Phlox (Phlox austromontana) in this photo?
Usually 5-lobed, several of the blossoms here have six lobes.
These are along the Cougar Crest Trail, near Big Bear Lake. The photo is from a couple of weeks ago, the day before doing the Holcomb Valley 33 mile Trail Run.
The Havasupai reportedly use a preparation made from the plant (externally) for body aches.
From a recent run on the Farmer Ridge trail, which works up onto the ridgeline above Mulholland, about a quarter mile west of its junction with Sullivan Ridge Fire Road. The single track trail bypasses a 1.1 mile stretch of Mulholland fire road, and is also about 1.1 miles long.
From a mid May run in Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, formerly Ahmanson Ranch.
Davidson’s Phacelia (Phacelia davidsonii) near Cooper Canyon trail camp, in the San Gabriel Mountains. From last Sunday’s run.
Washoe phacelia (Phacelia curvipesa) is similar, but it’s blossom is not as large.