Photo: Diane Edwardson, July27, 2015. This may be one of more than 2 dozen native yellow lotus wildflowers or a handful of non-native yellow lotus known to bloom in Los Angeles County, according to CalFlora. (Click on photos to enlarge.)
Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 27, 2015. In the spring you can find Annual Yellow Sweetclover off the Corralitas Public Staircase, but the leaves on this plant are different.
See all 41 identified types of lotus wildflowers in LA County: CalFlora