trip report; wildflowers San Bernardino Mountains

Don't know them all, but will look into it.

The first one is not poppy, but is in the morning glory family. Convulvus arvensis, aka Field bindweed.  Do not let any morning glories into your garden, there wiry stems will stop a powerful rototiller from turning.  Farmers hate them!

That second flower, I just saw some recently in Ramona.  Will see what I can find!

Thanks for posting the pics, Scott.

Okay, on the second one, figured it to be a sage. So many different species! Here's what I found -

From Wiki

Salvia columbariae is an annual plant that is commonly called chia, chia sage, golden chia, or desert chia, because its seeds are used in the same manner as Salvia hispanica (chia). It grows in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, and Baja California, and was an important food for Native Americans.

Seems to be pretty widespread across the southwest.  Never heard it spoken of before, but from that location, I would probably call it desert chia.  Same subspecies regardless.

Images

From your photo, I'm guessing the plants were somewhat sparse? No hillsides like this?  That would be a sight! And, of course, the grasses not near as green as in this photo.

The yellow one, pretty, but considered extremely invasive.  They can also paint the hillsides.

Spanish broom - Spartium junceum