Saxifrage: Little Flowers That Grow in Rocky Places
Here’s this week’s wildflower tidbit. Keep following along and you’ll soon know local flora like a pro. Today, Cheryl Lisin of the Lost Coast Interpretive Association (like the Facebook page here and be delighted by beautiful photos showing up in your status) describes these delicate beauties. She writes,
California saxifrage grows in moist places, preferring rocks to soil. It is a sweet little plant that can grow in masses, covering large swatches on rocky river banks. It ranges from southern Oregon to northern Baja.
Its scientific name is Micranthes californica and it is in the Saxifrage family along with coral bells, piggyback plant, alumroot and woodland star.
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Wild garlic
I do believe that’s a hillside full of wild ONION (Allium triquetrum).
http://eatlikeagirl.com/2010/06/05/edible-wild-flowers-three-cornered-leekwild-onion/
Like this, close up.
Yes, wild onion. I battle them and buttercups, both very invasive. Does anyone know if the wild onion is culinary? I’ve never tried this.