WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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355. Pink Flax 



356. Nodding Flax 



357. California Flax 



358. Purple Flax 



359. Brewers Flax 



360. Mountain Flax 



361. Commercial Flax 



Linum spergulinum 



Linum micranthum 

 Linum Californicum 



Linum congestum 

 Linum Breweri 

 Linum digynum 



Linum usitatissimum 



CREOSOTE-BUSH FAMILY 



362. Creosote-bush 



Covillea 

 Larrea 



divaricata 



363. Puncture weed Tribulus terrestris 



364. 



Fagonia californica 

 GERANIUM FAMILY 



365. 



Cranesbill 



Geranium 



Carolinianurr 



366. 





Geranium 



dissectum 



367. 





Geranium 



Richardsonii 



368. 





Geranium 



incisum 



369. 





Geranium 



pilosum 



370. Red-stemmed Filaree, Erodium cicutarium 

 Pin-clover, P i n - 

 grass, Storksbill, 

 Clocks. 



371. 



373. Musk Filaree 



374. 



375. Texas Filaree 



376. Meadow Foam 



Erodium macrophyllum 



and var. 

 Erodium moschatum 



Erodium botrys 



Erodium Texanum 



Floerkea Douglasii 



North coast ranges. Pink- 

 ish white. 



Sierras mostly. 



Mt. Diablo and north. White 

 or pink. 



Marin County. Rose-purple. 



Mt. Diablo. Yellow. 



Yosemite Valley and else- 

 where. Yellow. 



The flax of commerce — 

 escape. 



ZYGOPHYLLACEAE 



The common evergreen 

 shrub of desert regions. 

 Covers large areas in 

 Kern Co. and East to Ne- 

 vada. Bright yellow. 

 Leaves sticky and strong 

 scented. Indians made 

 glue from it for arrows. 



Southern California. Pros- 

 trate plant. Seeds like 

 three-pointed tacks, strong 

 enough to puncture tires. 



Hot deserts, S. California. 



GERANIACEAE 



Introduced, general and 

 common in the Bay re- 

 gion. Light pink. 



Introduced. General in Bay 

 region. Rose-purple. 



Eastern Sierras. Common 

 white to purple. 



Yosemite Valley and north. 

 Deep purple. 



Introduced from Australia. 

 Bay region. Rare. 



Introduced in fleece of Mis- 

 sion sheep from Spain. 

 Now wide snread from 

 coast to Nevada and Ari- 

 zona. Red. Excellent for- 

 age. 



Interior Basin. White. 



Coast and valleys. Musky 



odor. Rose-purple. 

 Marin County north. Deep 



violet. 

 Sandy deserts, extreme 



South. 

 Near shallow water in coast 



ranges and elsewhere. 



Showy, white, yellow or 



rose-color. 



