Milk Maids Plant of the Month
for February, 2024

Each month, we feature a plant of the San Gabriel Mountains. The Plant-of-the-Month page is taken from the interactive CD-ROM, Plants of the San Gabriel Mountains: Foothills and Canyons V2.0.

The app is now available online for free at www.natureathand.com/sgmplants

This dimimutive member of the Mustard family is blooming now in shady locations of the San Gabriel Mountains and most of the non-desert portions of California.

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Plant of the Month Archive

  2015 - 2018 Archive  
January, 2024

Hollyleaf Redberry

Hollyleaf Redberry
(Rhamnus ilicifolia)



December, 2023

Narrowleaf Willow

Narrowleaf Willow
(Salix exigua)



November, 2023

California Croton

California Croton
(Croton californicus)



October, 2023

Velvet Ash

Velvet Ash
(Fraxinus velutina)



September, 2023

Cliff Aster

Cliff Aster
(Malacothrix saxatilis)



August, 2023

California Hedge-nettle

California Hedge-nettle
(Stachys bullata)



July, 2023

Purple Clarkia

Purple Clarkia
(Clarkia purpurea)



June, 2023

Western Columbine

Western Columbine
(Aquilegia_formosa)



May, 2023

Western Columbine

Western Columbine
(Salvia columbariae)



April, 2023

Caterpillar Phacelia

Caterpillar Phacelia
(Phacelia cicutaria)



March, 2023

Popcorn Flower

Popcorn Flower
(Cryptantha muricata)



February, 2023

Littleleaf Redberry

Littleleaf Redberry
(Rhamnus crocea)



January, 2023

California Lace Fern

California Lace Fern
(Aspidotis californica)



October, 2022

Dodder

Dodder
(Cuscuta spp.)



September, 2022

Slender Sunflower

Slender Sunflower
(Helianthus gracilentus)



August, 2022

Broad-leaved Lotus

Broad-leaved Lotus
(Hosackia crassifolia)



July, 2022

Humboldt Lily

Humboldt Lily
(Lilium humboldtii)



June, 2022

Mountain Phacelia

Mountain Phacelia
(Phacelia imbricata)



May, 2022

Bee Plant

Bee Plant
(Scrophularia califorica)



April, 2022

Purple Nightshade

Purple Nightshade
(Solanum xanti)



March, 2022

Woolly Indian Paintbrush

Woolly Indian Paintbrush
(Castilleja foliolosa)



February, 2022

Miners Lettuce

Miner's Lettuce
(Claytonia perfoliata)



November, 2021

Miner's Lettuc

Miner's Lettuce
(Dryopteris arguta)



October, 2021

Black Willow

Black Willow
(Salix gooddingii)



September, 2021

Poison Oak

Poison Oak
(Toxicodendron diversilobum)



August, 2021

California Wild Rose

California Wild Rose
(Rosa californica)



July, 2021

Saw-toothed Goldenbush

Saw-toothed Goldenbush
(Hazardia squarrosa)



June, 2021

Yellow Monkeyflower

Yellow Monkeyflower
(Diplacus brevipes)



April, 2021

Southern California Black Walnut

Southern California Black Walnut
(Juglans californica)



March, 2021

California Sagebrush

California Sagebrush
(Artemisia californica)



February, 2021

Padre's Shooting Star

Padre's Shooting Star
(Primula clevelandii)



January, 2021

California Everlasting

California Everlasting
(Pseudognaphium californicum)



December, 2020

Laurel Sumac

Laurel Sumac
(Malosma laurina)



November, 2020

Chapparal Yucca

Chaparral Yucca
(Hesperoyucca whipplei)



September, 2020

Narrowleaf Milkweed

Narrowleaf Milkweed
(Asclepias fascicularis)



August, 2020

California Coffeeberry

California Coffeeberry
(Frangula californica)



July, 2020

Sacapellote

Sacapellote
(Acourtia microcephala)



June, 2020

Common Muilla

Common Muilla
(Muilla maritima)



May, 2020

Thickleaf Yerba Santa

Thickleaf Yerba Santa
(Eriodictyon crassifolium)



April, 2020

Coulter's Lupine

Coulter's Lupine
(Lupinus sparsiflorus)



March, 2020

Black Cottonwood

Black Cottonwood
(Populus trichocarpa)



February, 2020

Hoaryleaf Ceanothus

Hoaryleaf Ceanothus
(Ceanothus crassifolius)



January, 2020

Shiny Lomatium

Shiny Lomatium
(Lomatium lucidum)



December, 2019

Giant Chain Fern

Giant Chain Fern
(Woodwardia fimbriata)



November, 2019

Round-leaved Boykinia

Round-leaved Boykinia
(Boykinia rotundifolia)



October, 2019

Burr Ragweed

Burr Ragweed
(Ambrosia acanthicarpa)



September, 2019

Holly-leaf Cherry

Holly-leaf Cherry
(Prunus ilicifolia)



August, 2019

Narrowleaf Bedstraw

Narrowleaf Bedstraw
(Galium angustifolium)



July, 2019

White Sage

White Sage
(Salvia apiana)



June, 2019

Soap Plant

Soap Plant
(Chlorogalum pomeridianum)



May, 2019

Whispering Bells

Whispering Bells
(Emmenanthe penduliflora)



April, 2019

Wild Sweet Pea

Wild Sweet Pea
(Lathyrus vestitus)



March, 2019

Arroyo Lupine

Arroyo Lupine
(Lupinus succulentus)



February, 2019

Two-tone Everlasting

Two-tone Everlasting
(Pellaea andromedifolia)



January, 2019

Coffee Fern

Coffee Fern
(Pellaea andromedifolia)



  2015 - 2018 Archives  

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