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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



656. 



657. 

 658. 



659. 



659a. Sierra Carrot 

 660. 



Angelica tomentosa and 



vars. 

 Angelica lineariloba 

 Leptotaenia Californica 



Leptotaenia dissecta 



Leptotaenia multifida 

 Cymopterns terebinthus 



Coast Ranges. 



High Sierras, Mono Pass. 



Leaves lobed or parted. 

 Fruit oblong strongly flat- 

 tened oil-tubes present. 

 Coast Ranges.' 



Leaves much dissected. 

 Flowers yellow or pur- 

 plish. Fruit oblong; oil- 

 tubes obscure. Sierras. 

 Common. 



Root very large. Eastern 

 Sierras. Good forage. 



Thick root, very short stem, 

 flowers yellow. High Si- 

 erras. Roots eaten by In- 

 dians. 



Flowers purplish, alpine, 

 high Sierras. 



661. Cymopterus cinerarius 



662. Cymopterus nevadensis 



WILD PARSLEY PEUCEDANUM 



Low perennials with tapering or tuberous roots. Umbels mostly without in- 

 volucres, leaves pinnate to much dissected. Flowers yellow or white. Fruit round- 

 ish, much flattened. Ribs with broad thin wings. Roots eaten by Indians. 



The leaves of many species of this genus have been held under suspicion by 

 stockmen as being poisonous, but no experiments have been conducted to prove or 

 allay the suspicion. 



663. Peucedanum leiocarpum 



664. Peucedanum parvifolium 



665. Peucedanum Hassei 



666. Peucedanum macrocarpum Coast Ranges and interior 



667. Peucedanum dasycarpum valley, some extending to 



668. Peucedanum Vaseyi the Sierras. 



669. Peucedanum utriculatum 



670. Peucedanum caruifolium 



671. Peucedanum triternatum 



672. Peucedanum Euryptera Gravelly hills, San Diego. 



673. Peucedanum ambiguum Northeastern California. 



674. Peucedanum villosum Northeastern California. 



675. Peucedanum multifolium Northeastern California. 



676. Peucedanum Nevadense Northeastern California. 



677. Cow Parsnip Heracleum lanatum 



A tall perennial with very large lobed leaves, coarse stems and umbels of white 

 flowers. Large, broadly ovate, flattened and slightly pubescent fruits. 



A conspicuous plant in wet soils along ravines, both in the Coast Ranges and 

 at middle elevations in the Sierras. Eaten by stock. Indians used the inside por- 

 tion after peeling off the outside layers of the stems. 



678. Native Carrot or Daucus pusillus Hispid annual or biennial, 



Yerba del Vibora with very finely divided 



leaves, whitish flowers 

 and fruits with short 

 bristles and barbed 

 prickles on the ribs. 

 Widely distributed. 



Daucus carota Escaped. Rays of umbels 



curving inward so as to 

 resemble a bird's nest. 

 Flowers white or occas- 

 ionally pinkish. Natural- 

 ized in valley lands as a 

 weed. 



679. Garden Carrot 



