Tidy tips on the Carrizo Plain

Layia platyglossa

Tidy tips usually bloom from mid-March to early May on the Carrizo Plain, with the best color from late March into mid-April.

mid-March – early May Best: late March into mid-April Out of season

The show usually starts around mid-March. Check back closer to the season.

Based on reports from iNaturalist naturalists. 240 flowering reports from Carrizo Plain shape this curve. The shaded band marks the best weeks; the dashed line is this week.

Where to see them

Yellow petals dipped in white, mixed through the goldfields like someone salted the valley floor. They ride the same rain years as everything else on the plain.

Carrizo Plain National Monument (Soda Lake Road)

We name public reserves, parks, and roads only — never exact pins, never private land.

Nearby on the calendar

Goldfields on the Carrizo Plain — best late March into mid-April

Updated August 14, 2026. Bloom timing varies with the year's weather — the curve shows the usual rhythm, and in-season updates sharpen it.