This subspecies of Alpine Gold (Hulsea vestita subsp. gabrielensis) is restricted to the gravelly bases of talus slopes in the high mountains. It blooms in June and July.

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COLORS OF THE SAN GABRIELS Wildflower and Fall Foliage Report March 9, 2008: Lower San Antonio Station, near Upland Abundant bloom of California peony on Joatngna Trail. September 7, 2007: Hwy 2 Chilao to Islip Saddle Brilliant blossoming rabbitbrush lines the road in many spots. June 17, 2007: Hwy 2 La Cañada to Chilao Chaparral yucca is blooming all over; outstanding this season. Perennials in bloom: frothy masses of California buckwheat, deerweed, bedstraw. Creek senecio is blooming already, very early this year, it usually starts in late summer. Yellow flowers finishing up: lemon yellow-to-orange monkeyflower, bush poppy, the very fragrant Spanish broom and golden-yarrow. Penstemons scarlet bugler and Grinnell's beardtongue still providing nectar to their hummingbird and bumblebee pollinators, heartleaf penstemon just beginning to color up. No annuals or geophytes came up this spring except some popcornflowers on the Pines burn. April 25, 2007: Hwy 39 Rincon to Yucca Flat Flowers are drying up rapidly. Still good are the rocky cliffs north of Rincon Station on the south side: Indian paintbrush, bright-light-magenta-pink prickly phlox, golden yarrow. Farther along the road is lined with bright blue common phacelia (Phacelia distans) and yellow-flowered mustard. Near Coldbrook Campground, purple nightshade is prolific. Across the road from the entrance are several bushes of yellow-flowered bladder senna in full bloom. April 8, 2007: Up the West Fork to the second bridge, four miles round trip Given that it was drizzly so some of the blossoms weren't open and that this was the driest rainfall year on record, the wildflowers were amazing. There were even waterfalls flowing into the stream on the south side. The best flowers were mostly blue-purple: wild Canterbury bells, rock cress, purple nightshade, blue larkspur, baby blue eyes, three kinds of lupines and blue dicks, dozens and dozens of them in the second mile where the road is next to the south facing slope. There were fragile looking white ones: woodland star, chickweed, miner's lettuce, lacepod, bittercress and a few yellow ones: silver puffs, mountain dandelion, creek monkeyflower and mustards. Many shrubs were in full bloom, three different kinds of ceanothus/mountain lilac, mountain mahogany, leather oak. Oaks, maples and especially the lovely ashes were all in bloom. Virgin's bower, a vine, was gorgeous. March 20, 2007: Mt. Baldy Road mostly white and light purple colors ... tiny wildflowers and evergreen chaparral shrubs ....whiteflower currant, wild cucumber, hoaryleaf ceanothus, silk tassel, manzanita, California everlasting ... the small flowers are baby blue eyes, pinkish-white miner's lettuce, white chickweed, various ... well ... mustard-colored mustards March 19, 2007: San Gabriel Canyon Road (State Highway 39) annual sunflower blooming along the roadside near the entrance; hoaryleaf ceanothus (white) and hairy ceanothus (blue) on the hillsides; orangeish-brown, frost-bitten laurel sumac dominating the area where the forks meet When to See Wildflowers in Southern California Where to Find Wildflowers in the San Gabriel Mountains Back to Index Page The mission of the San Gabriel Mountains Heritage Association is to provide support for environmental education, interpretive and heritage programs on the Angeles National Forest. For how you can help, please call the USFS Mt Baldy Visitor Center at 909 982 2829 or email us at In partnership with USDA Forest Service