These ‘Six on Saturday’ are even more outdated than my ‘Six’ that were outdated for last Saturday. They were taken at the same time, but are presently a week later. I really want to post them anyway though. I do not get to Southern California often, although some of these species also happen to be native here. All of this vegetation is native to, and grows wild within the Hollywood Hills, and specifically at the Bronson Caves, where I got these pictures. I brought back a few exotic species from the region, but did not take pictures of them. I can get pictures of them at any time, and they are not distinctive to Hollywood.
1. Clarkia bottae, punchbowl godetia was featured in my garden column. Now that I see it in bloom, I sort of wonder if it is what I thought, back in school, was evening primrose.
2. Eriophyllum confertiflorum, golder yarrow is merely my guess for the identity of this bright yellow wildflower. The floral trusses are smaller and rounder than they should be.
3. Eriophyllum confertiflorum, golden yarrow sort of looks like this. Well, I sort of think it does. I really can not remember. This is a bit farther back from the same bloom above.
4. Opuntia phaeacantha or Opuntia littoralis, prickly pear is probably the same species as the big herd that I got a picture of for last week. This is a closeup, but of another herd.
5. Romneya coulteri, matilija poppy is also known as fried egg poppy because the floppy white flowers with big yellow centers look like fried eggs. These were at least six feet tall.
6. Salvia mellifera, black sage is one of my favorite wildflowers here because I recognize it and its alluringly pungent foliar aroma from almost everywhere that I have ever lived.
This is the link for Six on Saturday, for anyone else who would like to participate: https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/six-on-saturday-a-participant-guide/
Tony Tomeo 
The romneya is wonderful, lovely shot! Also the godetia, such a pretty pink. Horray for Hollywood. 🙂
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Romneya was not easy to get a picture of. It was behind a six foot tall cyclone fence that did not seem to serve any more purpose than to limit access to the Romney within. It was . . . odd. Godetia was pleasantly abundant in several locations, likely as a result of the abundant rain last winter. It always lives there, but is more prolific with bloom after extra rain.
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GREAT PHOTOS and a GREAT SIX!
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Thank you. Rhody helped. I followed him. He followed his nose.
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Love it. The Salvia in particular. The range on Prickly Pear cactus is impressive they seem to grow from here to there!
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I am surprised by the popularity of the black sage. Although it is one of my favorite Salvia, I do not expect those who are unfamiliar with it to appreciate it also. Prickly pear really is just about everywhere in America, except only for Alaska and Hawaii. However, many of the species are confined to small natural ranges. I do not know what species this one is, and because both (and other) potential species are quite variable, I do not know if it is the same species that I encountered in San Luis Obispo.
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I enjoyed seeing the all wildflowers. I particularly liked the poppies, trying to picture six-foot-tall ones.
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The flowers are interesting, but most are difficult to see up on top of all that vegetation. Even where they have room to grow and sprawl, most of the bloom is on top. The foliage is weirdly prickly. This is one poppy that is prettier in the wild than within refined home gardens.
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I agree the clarkia looks like Evening Primrose, ‘Siskiyou’. An interesting 6. I love the romneya at a distance but I’m frightened to plant it since I found it coming up in the house.
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Romneya really is best in the wild, or at least, where it can go wild. It gets so big and sloppy! It is a lot to cut back for winter. Once established, it spreads, and is difficult to contain.
The flowers that I believed to be evening primrose probably were evening primrose, but the particular species that I thought they were is not native to where I saw them. That is sort of why I question their identity. They could have naturalized, since they were not far from town. I really do not know.
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“Fried Egg Poppy” cracks me up! (Accidental pun that I realized as I was typing!) The Godetia is very pretty. Thanks for sharing these with us! Hope you’ve enjoyed your travels!
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It was fun and sort of weird. There is so much that I should do as a tourist in the Los Angeles region, but I instead go to see native vegetation in the Hollywood Hills.
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