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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



458. Sierra Plum 



WILD PLUMS 



Primus subcordata 



PRUNUS 



458a. 



459. Red Cherrv 



Primus Fremontii 



Cerasus emarginata 



460. Western Choke- 



cherry 



461. Islay 



462. Wild Peach 



Cerasus demissa 



Cerasus ilicifolia 



Amygdalus Andersonii 



463. Desert Wild Peach Amygdalus fasciculata 



464. Oso Berrv 



465. Meadow Sweet 



466. Mardhack 



Osmaronia cerasiformis 



Spiraea betulaefolia 



Spiraea Douglasii and 

 vars. 



A scraggy shrub with ash- 

 gray bark and bright red 

 fruits nearly one inch 

 long. Coast ranges and 

 Sierras, especially in Las- 

 sen and Modoc Counties, 

 where large quantities are 

 put up for winter use. 



Southern California, spiny 

 shrub. 



Shrub with dull-red bark, 

 fiat topped clusters of 

 flowers and bright red 

 clusters of fruit, bitter 

 and astringent. Branches 

 that have been broken, 

 causing the leaves to wilt, 

 frequently develop hydro- 

 cyanic acid and poison 

 stock. Medicinal. Fre- 

 quent in the Sierras, rare 

 in Bay region. 



Similar to the above, but 

 fruit sweet, dark-purple 

 and astringent. 



Evergreen with handsome 

 large holly-like leaves. 

 Fruit deep, dark purple, 

 sweetish when ripe ; often 

 one-half inch across. 



A low spreading shrub with 

 spiny branchlets, pink, 

 profuse blossoms appear- 

 ing before the leaves. 

 Fruit not fleshy and more 

 like an almond. Eastern 

 Sierras, Sierra County. 

 Handsome. 



Very similar to the above, 

 but with narrower leaves 

 and more desert-like in 

 aspect. Small white flow- 

 ers. Eastern side southern 

 Sierras. 



A shrub or small tree with 

 fragrant white flowers 

 and blue-black bitter 

 fruits in clusters of 1 to 

 4. Moist places. Coast 

 ranges and Sierras. 



A low shrub with serrated 

 leaves an inch or two long 

 and clusters of pale-pur- 

 ple flowers. Sierras, 5,000 

 to 9,000 feet. 



An erect shrub 3 to 5 feet, 

 serrated leaves and clus- 

 ters of rose-colored flow- 

 ers. Northern California. 



