We would like to share in this space what you see on your walks and hikes in the way of flowers with all members of Sierra Sage, and suggest you mail your pictures to the webmaster to be displayed here. Don't forget to indicate where you took the picture(s) and what the name of the flower is, if you know it. We use this book to identify the plants: Robert L. Allen and Fred M. Roberts, Jr., Wildflowers of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains, 2013, Laguna Beach, Laguna Wilderness Press.
If you catch a shot of a wild animal and care to share it, proceed in the same fashion.
Wednesday Photographers
Despite prodigious rains earlier this year, the March 2026 heatwave prevented us from enjoying a “super bloom.” Vicki Hazley, chair of Sierra Sage of South Orange County, took some pictures of what she saw during a recent and well attended Wednesday hike.
Flower: Hummingbird Sage - Salvia Spacthacea
Date: 3/21/2026
Place: Aliso and Wood Canyon Wilderness Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Animal: Road Runner - Geococcyx
Date: 3/21/2026
Place: Aliso and Wood Canyon Wilderness Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Animal: Diamond Back Rattlesnake - Crotalus atrox
Date: 3/21/2026
Place: Aliso and Wood Canyon Wilderness Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Animal: Western Fence Lizard - Sceloporus occidentalis
Date: 3/21/2026
Place: Aliso and Wood Canyon Wilderness Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Among our Wednesday hikers are enthusiastic photographers who have been busy taking pictures of the springtime flora in our parks. Enjoy our 2025 Wildflower Season pictures.
Photographers: Vicki Hazley, Helen Maurer, and Ed Maurer.
Flower: Perry's Phacelia - Phacelia parryi
Date: 4/16/2025
Place: Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Flower: Coastal Paintbrush - Castilleja affinis
Date: 4/16/2025
Place: Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Flower: Johnny Jump-Ups - Viola pedunculata
Date: 4/16/2025
Place: Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Flower: Lindley's Silverpuffs - Microseris lindleyi
Date: 4/23/2025
Place: Crystal Cove State Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Flower: White-stemmed Filaree - Erodium moschatum
Date: 4/23/2025
Place: Crystal Cove State Park
Photographer:Vicki Hazley
Flower: Small-seed Sandmat - Euphorbia polycarpa
Date: 4/23/2025
Place: Crystal Cove State Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Flower: Arroyo Lupine - Lupinus succulentus
Date: 4/23/2025
Place: Crystal Cove State Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Flower: Splendid Mariposa Lily - Calochortus splendens
Date: 4/16/2025
Place: Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park
Photographer: Vicki Hazley
Flower: Western Blue-eyed Grass - Sysyrinchium bellum
Date: 4/14/2025
Place: "Glass Canyon"
Photographer: Helen Maurer
Flower: California Sunflower - Encelia californica
Date: 4/20/2025
Place: Serrano Creek
Photographer: Helen Maurer
Flower: Coastal Bush Monkeyflower - Displacus puniceus
Date: 4/20/2025
Place: Serrano Creek
Photographer: Helen Maurer
Flower: Golden Yarrow - Eriophyllum cenfertiflorum
Date: 4/4/2025
Place: "Glass Canyon"
Photographer: Helen Maurer
Flower: Menzies's Baby Blue-eyes - Nemophila menziesii
Date: 4/14/2025
Place: "Glass Canyon"
Photographer: Helen Maurer
Flower: Palmer's Indian Mallow - Abutilon palmeri
Date: 4/20/2025
Place: Serrano Creek
Photographer: Helen Maurer
Flower: Thick-leaved Lilac - Ceanothus crassifolius
Date: 3/22/2025
Place: San Mateo Wilderness
Photographer: Helen Maurer
Flower: White-flowered Currant -Ribes indecorum
Date: 3/22/2025
Place: San Mateo Wilderness
Photographer: Helen Maurer
Flower: Arroyo Lupine - Lupinus succulentus
Date: 4/16/2025
Place: Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park
Photographer: Marigold Velasco
Lupine in Ukrainian Colors (Lupine and Mustard)
Flower: Arroyo Lupine - Lupinus succulentus
Date: 4/23/2025
Place: Crystal Cove State Park
Photographer: Ed Maurer
2022 Photos
Animal: Mule Deer - Odocoileus hemionus
Date and Location: Wood Canyon Trail on 1/5/2022
Photographer: Zal Tepper
Flower: Parry's Phacelia - Phacelia parryi
Date and Location: Arroyo Trabuco Trail on 2/6/2022
Photographer: Helen Maurer
Flower: Milkmaids - Cardamine californica (Ref: p 172 Allen & Roberts)
Date and Location: Holy Jim trail on 1/15/2022
Photographer: John Kaiser
Flower: Common Fiddleneck - Amsinckia intermedia
Date & Location: March 2021 - Arroyo Trabuco - O'Neill Wilderness Park
Photographer: Helen Maurer / Panasonic Lumix
Flower: School Bells - Dichelostemma capitatum
Date & Location: March 2021 - Arroyo Trabuco - O'Neill Wilderness Park
Photographer: Helen Maurer / Panasonic Lumix
Flower: California Wood-sorrel - Oxalis californica
Date & Location: March 2021 - Arroyo Trabuco - O'Neill Wilderness Park
Photographer: Helen Maurer / Panasonic Lumix
Flower: Pine Goldenbush - Ericameria pinifolia
Date & Location: October 2020 - Aliso Wood Canyon Wilderness Park
Photographer: Helen Maurer / Panasonic Lumix
Flower: Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry - Ribes speciosum
Date & Location: 02/27/2021 - O'Neill Regional Park
Photographer: Ed Maurer / iPhone