Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California.

In the Coast Ranges of California at Pinnacles National Park, mid-spring wildflowers are popping up along the many trails available to visitors. Maybe you will be surprised with a glimpse of a rare California Condor circling above! A fun plant easily spotted in open sunny areas is gray mule ears growing in large patches. The name appropriately describes the large, fuzzy leaves that resemble big floppy ears. The wind poppy are found in shady foothill areas. Their bright orange flowers balancing on a single long stem stand out in the s ...