The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits

A practical field guide to California wildflowers that combines accessible natural-history essays with user-focused identification tools. It opens with guidance on collecting and observing specimens, an explanation of technical terms, and summaries of important plant families, then presents illustrated species accounts arranged by flower color (white, yellow, pink, blue and purple, red, and miscellaneous). Entries note identifying features, typical habitats, and habits, while plates, measurement tips, indexes of Latin and English names, and a glossary support accurate identification and continued study by amateur botanists.