WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



IS 



WATER-LILY FAMILY 



46. Water Shield 



47. Yellow Pond Lily 



48. Indian Pond Lily 



Brasenia peltata 



Xuphar advena 

 Xnphar polysepalum 



NYMPHACACEAE 



Flowers small, dull purple, 

 petiole center of leaf — 

 Clear Lake. Rootstock 

 used as food by Indians. 



Xumerous yellow stamens. 

 Sloughs near Stockton. 



Flowers five inches, Santa 

 Cruz and northward. 

 Seeds used as food by 

 Indians. 



PITCHER PLANT FAMILY 



SARRACENIACEAE 



49. Pitcher Plant 



Darlingtonia Californica 



Pitcher shaped leaves form 

 a natural fly trap. Insects 

 are enticed to enter and 

 prevented from escaping 

 by stiff hairs pointing 

 downwards. Plant prob- 

 ably makes use of dead 

 insects to nourish it. 

 Mountain swamps vicinity 

 Mt. Shasta and elsewhere. 

 Xot often seen. 



POPPY FAMILY 



PAPAVERACEAE 



50. California Poppy, 

 Copa de oro 



Eschscholtzia californica 



51. Tiny-flowered Califor- Eschscholtzia minutiflora 

 nia poppy 



52. Cream Cups 



Platystemon californicus 



53. False Cream Cups Platystigma californicum 



54. Platystigma lineare 



55. Matilija Poppy Romneya Coulteri 



The pride of all Califor- 

 nia occurs in many differ- 

 ent varieties or subspe- 

 cies throughout the coast 

 and interior valleys. Flow- 

 ers extremely variable in 

 size and color. First col- 

 lected in San Francisco in 

 1816. 



Desert and eastern side 

 Sierras only. Flowers 

 light yellow and about a 

 quarter of an inch across. 



Hills and plains. A favor- 

 ite, becoming less abund- 

 ant due to agricultural 

 pursuits. Flowers have 

 flattened filaments to the 

 stamens. 



Similar to the Cream Cups 

 but with flattened stigmas. 

 San Francisco peninsula 

 and south. Flowers from 

 base of plant. 



Flowers on branches. San 

 Francisco, Clear Lake. 



Almost shrubby ; large white 

 flowers. Borders of 



streams Santa Barbara to 

 San Diego. 



