Big Bear Valley Wildflowers

Parish's Rock-cress

Family: Brassicaceae

Location- Pebble Plain/ Baldwin Lake Ecological Reserve (East end of Big Bear Valley, at Hwy 18 and Holcomb Valley Road)

Prime Blooming- Late April through May

Big Bear Checkerbloom

Family: Malvaceae

Location:  Pebble Plain/ Baldwin Lake Ecological Reserve (East end of Big Bear Valley, at Hwy 18 and Holcomb Valley Road), also at meadow South of Big Bear Lake City Hall

Common Names: Birdfoot Checkerbloom, Pedate Checker-Mallow (ITIS )

Prime Blooming: Late May, Early June

Parish’s Fleabane

Family: Compositae (also known as Parish's Daisy, Asteraceae, or aster family)

Location: Pebble Plain/ Baldwin Lake Ecological Reserve (East end of Big Bear Valley, at Hwy 18 and Holcomb Valley Road)

Prime Blooming- Late May, Early June

Lemon Lily

Family: Liliaceae

Location: Meadow in Bow Canyon and 1 mile above Cedar Lake at 2N10

Prime blooming: June through July

Big Bear Valley Phlox

Family: Polemoniaceae

Location: Upper Holcomb Valley/Van Dusen Canyon Rd.

Prime Blooming: Late June, Early July

Milk-Vetch

Family: Fabaceae

Location: Pebble Plain (East end of Big Bear Valley, at Hwy 18 and Holcomb Valley Road)

Prime Blooming: March to May

Alkali Mariposa Lily

Family: Liliaceae

Location: Van Dusen Canyon Rd./ Eastern part of Holcomb Valley

Prime Blooming: April through June

California Dandelion

Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower) 

Location: Edges of Meadows in the Big Bear and Holcomb Valleys

Blooming period: May to July