Ojai Fritillary

First basal leaf of the year. I checked this location a week ago and found none. Today found 6 basal leaves and 2 shoots.

First shoot of the year (this shoot will turn into a stem that can flower, the basal leaves will not). I checked this location a week ago and found none. Today found 2 shoots and 6 basal leaves.

(location approximate, per Google Earth, not GPS'd)

(location approximate, per Google Earth, not GPS'd) Flower color/design appears intermediate towards F. affinis in SLO county plants.

Photographed in Reservoir Canyon, San Luis Obispo Co. On serpentine. Determination by D. Santana (DAV).