This was the second of two hikes I did with Tom Chester to Wellman Cienega. The trail we took for this gallery begins at the top of the San Jacinto Aerial tramway 0.2 miles west of the tramway station and proceeds to Wellman Divide at 9,720' and then down to Wellman Cienega, a 7.2 mile round trip with 1,896' of elevation gain and loss. Another route is first a segment of the PCT north from Saddle Junction at the top of the Devils Slide Trail and then to a junction with the Wellman Cienega/Wellman Divide/San Jacinto Peak Trail. and finally along the Wellman Divide Trail up to Wellman Cienega. Wellman Cienega is the headwaters of Willow Creek in the Tahquitz Valley.and is located at elevations from 8,960 to 9,420 feet in the San Jacinto Mts. Tom Chester's plant list for the Wellman Cienega area is located here. An upside-down V next to the common name indicates a taxon that was new to me when I photographed it on this field trip.

Parish's bedstraw
Galium parishii
Rubiaceae
[Named for Samuel Bonsall Parish, 1838-1928]

San Gabriel beardtongue
Penstemon labrosus
Scrophulariaceae

Mountain snowberry Symphoricarpos rotundifolia var. parishii Caprifoliaceae

Small-leaved creambush
Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus
Rosaceae

Willow-herb
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
Onagraceae

San Jacinto lupine
Lupinus hyacinthinus
Fabaceae

Alpine pearlwort
Sagina saginoides
Caryophyllaceae

Fowl mannagrass ^
Glyceria elata
Poaceae

Ranger's buttons
Sphenosciadium capitellatum
Apiaceae

Plain mariposa lily
Calochortus invenustus
Liliaceae

Grant's carpet clover
Trifolium monanthum ssp. grantianum
Fabaceae
[Named for George Barnard Grant, 1849-1917]

Toad lily
Montia chamissoi
Portulacaceae
[Named for Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838)