Spring Blooms in Napa County

Napa County has several great locations to view spring wildflowers. I took a trip this past April to see what was flowering along Lake Hennessy along the Moore Creek Park Trail. Here's what I found:

Lupinus nanus, Douglas's Lupine

Calochortus amabilis, Golden Fairy Lantern

Iris douglasiana, Douglas Iris

Clockwise from Upper Left: Collinsia heterophylla, Chinese Houses; Triteleia laxa, Ithuriel's Spear; Battus philenor, Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly and Dichelostemma capitatum, Wild Hyacinth; Linanthus androsaceus, False Baby Stars

A large grouping of Collinsia heterophylla, Chinese Houses

LAYERS: Oak Woodland, Salix, Rush, Blackberry