What's blooming in Laguna Canyon?

Out on Willow with a new good friend this morning, I came across some flowers belonging to the Cucumber Plant (Marah fabaceus; California Manroot). These are among the first flowers in sight on the Willow/Laurel loop as of yet (previously, I mentioned the Deerweed sightings and the Sticky Monkeyflower sightings, both at the Nix center/ Little Sycamore Canyon). We also saw some Deerweed in early bloom at the very beginning of Lower Laurel, right before the faultline. And if we're really going to be specific and include every single flower we saw, there was a bit of California fuschia still in bloom today, also on Willow.

Here are two photos of the Cucumber flowers. To view more photos from other, previous dates, please click HERE.