They are replaced by long seed pods which remain through the following winter. Caterpillar Phacelia - Name comes from the hairs covering the plant and the tightly coiled dirty white flowers. Pretty Face - Native Americans gathered bulbs in large quantities with digging sticks. They were eaten raw, fried, boiled or roasted. Bilobed Clarkia - Blooms after the grasses have turned brown and other wildflowers have gone to seed.
Flowers have four petals of various shapes and are usually in shades of pink and purple.
Birds Eye Gilia - Colorful flower grows in foothill grasslands. Bowl-shaped flowers are violet with a yellow throat having purple spots. Colors quickly fade in spring sunlight. More pictures are available on the California Native Plant Society web page. Notecards are available at the Bridgeport Visitors Center.