WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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582. 



583. 



584. 



Clarkia elegans 



Clarkia concinna 



Clarkia Brcweri 



Clarkia pulchella 



Widely distributed, coast 

 and Sierras. Common in 

 cultivation. Petals entire, 

 claw long and slender. 



Common Coast ranges. Pet- 

 als 3-lobed, lobes nearly 

 equal. 



Mt. Diablo range, rare. 

 Flowers fragrant like 

 honeysuckle. Petals deep- 

 ly 2-lobed with a tooth 

 between. 



Frequent in northwest. In 

 cultivation. 



BOISDUVALIA 



The most striking thing about this genus is the stiff series of spathe-like 



bracts on the long slender spike-like inflorescence, 

 white to rose-color. 



Flowers small, not attractive, 



585. 





Boisduvalia bipartita 



Alameda County. Petals 

 white, deeply parted into 

 two unequal lobes. 



586. 





Boisduvalia densiflora 



Widely distributed, Coast 

 and Sierras. Spikes dense. 

 Petals rose-color. Var- 

 iable; many of the varia- 

 tions have been described 

 as species. 



587. 





Boisduvalia campestris 



Interior valley. 



588. 





Boisduvalia stricta 



Lower Sacramento Valley. 



589. 





Boisduvalia glabella 



Eastern Sierras. 



590. 





Boisduvalia cleistogama 



An interesting species re- 

 s e m b li n g Godetia and 

 Gaura. Dry beds of pools. 

 Sacramento Valley. 



591. 



Small Flowered 



Gaura parviflora 



Deserts, southeastern Cali- 





Guara 





fornia. 



592. 



Weedy Guara 



Gaura sinuata 



Troublesome weed. Ven- 

 tura County. 



593. 





Heterogaura Californica 



Sierras. 



594. Enchanters' Circaea Pacifica 



Nightshade 



From the name we would expect something unusual or mystical about this 

 pretty little flower. There is nothing evil about it, however, except that it prefers 

 to grow in dark, damp, shady places in the woods. The plant does not resemble 

 the other members of the family and one may find it a little difficult to identify. 

 It is a perennial with short rootstocks and forming a mass of foliage about a 

 foot high. The leaves are thin, smooth and heart-shaped. The flowers are small 

 and white and arranged in a delicate terminal spray. The pendant fruits are pear- 

 shaped and covered with bristly hooked hairs. 



Rare in the Bay region, but not infrequent in the Sierras and the northwestern 

 counties. Two related species, C. Lutetiana and C. alpina occur in the eastern 

 states and in Europe. 



BLAZING STAR FAMILY 



LOASACEAE 



Erect annuals or biennials, some of them quite handsome, with stinging or 

 rough hairs and adapted to dry hillsides and valleys. 



