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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



261. 



Corn Spurrey 



262. 



Sand Spurrey 



263. 



Red Sand Spurrey 



264. 





265. 



Salt Sand Spurrey 



266. 





267. 





268. 





269. 





270. 



Sand Mat 



271. 



Whitlow-wort 



272. 



273. 

 274. 



Alpine Campion 

 Bouncing Bet 



Spergula arvensis 



Tissa macrotheca and 



vars. 

 Tissa rubra and vars. 



Tissa Clevelandi 



Tissa salina and vars. 



Polycarpon depressum 



Polycarpon tetraphyllum 



Loeflingia squarrosa 

 Herniaria cinerea 



Pentacaena ramosissima 



Paronychia chilensis 



Achyronychia Cooperi 



Lychnis californica 

 Saponaria officinalis 



Introduced weed; graceful 

 plant ; annual ; common 

 in fields and orchards. 



Salt marshes, general. 



Introduced. Roadsides, val- 

 leys. 



Sandy soil. Bay region and 

 elsewhere. 



Salt marshes and alkaline 

 plains, general. 



Monterey and Santa Cruz 

 Co. and elsewhere. 



Introduced. Napa Valley 

 along railroads. 



San Joaquin, south. 



Introduced. Foothills San 

 Joaquin region. 



Sand hills along coast. 

 Dense mats. "Stickery." 



Introduced from South 

 America. Hilltops. West- 

 ern S. F. 



Deserts Southern Califor- 

 nia. 



Alpine. High Sierras. 



Escape from gardens. 



Common Purslane or 

 "Pussley" 



Red Maids 



275. 

 276. 



277. 



278. 



279. 

 280. 



281. 



281a. 

 282. 



283. 



284. Miner's Lettuce 



285. 



PURSLANE FAMILY PORTULACACEAE 



Portulaca oleracea 



Portulaca pilosa 



Portulaca grandiflora 



Calandrinia caulescens 

 var. Menziesii 



Calandrinia Breweri 

 Calandrinia maritima 



Calandrinia pygmea 



Calandrinia triphylla 

 Calandrinia nevadensis 



Calandrinia Leana 



Montia perfoliata 



Montia Siberica 



Introduced from Europe. 

 Weed in gardens. 



Reported from Soda 



Springs, Upper Sacra- 

 mento. 



Escape from gardens. Large 

 flowers of various colors. 



Common in pastures and 

 orchards, a favorite 

 spring wild flower. 



Mt. Tamalpais and south. 



San Diego. Little known. 

 Red, large and showy. 



Alpine, among rocks. Sum- 

 mits of High Sierras. 

 Striking, red. 



Central and Northern Si- 

 erras. White. 



Mt. Shasta and northern 

 counties. Red. 



Common, pastures and or- 

 chards. General. Com- 

 panion of "Red Maids." 

 Several varieties. Leaves 

 variable. 



Wet places along the coast, 

 Marin Co. north. 



