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Triteleia ixioides
Small flowers, pale to bright yellow, with purple to brown veins.
Coastal and inland coniferous forests.
The high elevation and the upright (not curved-back) forked filament tip appendages indicate this is ssp. anilina. The blue anthers are consistent, too (but not definitive). The Jepson key is here: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_I...
T. ixioides anilina: https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_q...
T. ixioides scabra: https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_q...
Wonderful capture Laura, & congrats you've just earned you first spotting of the day!
Golden brodiaea is a perennial wildflower that is native to California and is found only slightly beyond its borders.
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