WILD FLOW'EkS OF CALIFORNIA 



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501. Salmon Berrv 



Rubus spectabilis var. 



502. Raspberry 



Rubus leucodcrmi; 



503. Common Blackberry Rubus vitifolius 



Leaves mostly with 3 leaf- 

 lets. Margins toothed or 

 even lobed. Occasionally 

 straight stout prickles. 

 Flowers 1 to 3 in a clus- 

 ter. Berries salmon-red 

 or yellow, large, 

 shaped, edible. Shady 

 woods, Coast ran. 



Long straggling branches 

 covered with numerous 

 short hooked prickles. 

 Three leaflets, toothed, 

 berries black or red ; 

 good. Northern Califor- 

 nia and Sierras. 



The common trailing or 

 climbing blackberry of the 

 Coast hills and the in- 

 terior valley along 

 streams. Berry black, ob- 

 long and sweet. 



SWEET SHRUB FAMILY CALYCANTHACEAE 



504. Sweet Shrub Calycanthus occidentalis 



A fragrant shrub with odor of strawberries especially when crushed. Leaves 

 opposite with entire margins. Inflorescence of unusual conformation and consisting 

 of a single flower with the basal parts of the sepals united into a cup-shaped tube, 

 in the mouth of which the petals are inserted. Flowers of an unusual purple and 

 fragrant. Calyx tube later enlarges and encloses the numerous achenes. Xear 

 streams, Coast ranges and Sierras from middle California north. 



SAXIFRAGE FAMILY SAXIFRAGACEAE 



Here we find our wild currants and gooseberries, the beautiful alum root deco- 

 rating rocky ledges, and the handsome Carpenter shrub, a truly Californian species. 



505. Saxifrage Saxifraga 



The Saxifrages for the most part like seclusion and are rarely found in the 

 open country. They seem to be associated with beautiful scenery on rocky ledges 

 by streams, in shaded ravines or where it i- cool in the very high mountains. The 

 leaves are clustered at the base, from the center of which arise the stalks bearing 

 graceful sprays of small white or rose-colored flowers. 



S. peltata differs from the other species in having very large leaves with the 

 petiole attached like those of the garden nasturtium. It occurs by swiftly flowing 

 streams in the Sierra>. S. Tolmiei has short stems which bear many small sessile 

 leaves. High Sierra>. 



Species found in the coast region are .S'. virginensis, found mostly in rocky 

 places with the leaves elliptical and tapering towards the petiole, and .V. lmrtcnsiana 

 with the leaves heart-shaped at the base. .S". Parryi which occurs in the dry hills 

 around San Diego, flowering in November and December, is interesting because of 

 its habitat and peculiar morphology. It has been separated from the genus and 

 called Jepsonia Parryi. 



Some half a dozen additional specie^ are found in the Sierras, mainly at high 

 elevations. 

 506. 



507. Star Flowers and 

 Fringe Cups 

 Slender herbs bearinj 

 pink, or red flowers. 



Boykinia 



Tel 



Similar to Saxifraga. B. 

 data, woods of the Coast 

 ranges mainly, and B. 

 major of the Sierra^. 



small tubers and simple terminal racemes 



•hite. 



