Spring comes to Yosemite at different times of the year depending on Elevation. By April the Merced River Canyon (along highway 140) after Mariposa is adorned with pink flowers along the river. California poppies and occasional lupines and Indian paint-brush flowers spring up by the roadside. Blooms of yellow wildflowers cover entire hill-slopes in the lower Merced river canyon.
Yosemite Flowers Key : click here.
Lupine
Common along 120 and 140 access to the valley
Also on the North Drive after Bridal veil falls –June 20
Indian Paintbrush
Early to Mid-June brings blooms of Lupine, Monkey flowers and Pacific dogwoods on the way to Hetch-Hetchy from Highway 120 and in the Yosemite valley. Toulemene Meadows are still thawing from the cold winter.
Azalea Flowers near Upper Pines Campground
(Merced river flowing in the background – Mid-June)
Snow Flowers (Early June)
On the road near Hetch Hetchy Dam
Unknown (to me) Yellow Flowers – Mirror Lake Trail (mid-June)
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