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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



27. Spiny-fruited 

 cup 



Butter- Ranunculus muricatus 



28. Marsh Marigold 



29. False Rue Anemone 



30. Columbine 



31. Blue Columbine 



Introduced — Streets of San 

 Francisco and waste 

 places. 



Sierras. 



Sandy soil among shrubs on 

 coast. 



Coast and interior moun- 

 tains. Frequent. Orange 

 or yellow blossoms tinged 

 with red. 



Sierras. Large blue and 

 white blossoms. 



These larkspurs resemble 

 each other and vary from 

 a few inches in height in 

 the high Sierras to two 

 feet in the coast species. 

 Flowers deep blue. 



The tall larkspurs occur in 

 patches in the Sierras 

 and on the coast usually 

 along creek bottoms. The 

 flowers are of a lighter 

 blue. 



Coast ranges. 



Mountains of Southern 

 California. 



White flowers may occasionally be found among the larkspurs. Many are 

 favorites in the garden. They are all regarded as poisonous and many cattle die 

 every year from eating them on the ranges. 



32. Larkspurs 



33. Tall Larkspurs 



34. Red Larkspur 



35. Scarlet Larkspur 



Caltha leptosepala 

 Isopyrum occidentale 



Aquilegia truncata 



Aquilegia caerulea 



Delphinium simplex 

 Delphinium variegatum 

 Delphinium decorum 



var. nevadense 

 Delphinium depauperatum 



Delphinium californicum 

 Delphinium scopulorum 

 Delphinium trolliifolium 



Delphinium nudicaule 

 Delphinium cardinale 



36. Monkshood 



37. Baneberry 



38. Peony 



39. Crossosoma 



40. 



Aconitum Fischeri 



Actaea spicata 

 var. arguta 



Paeonia Brownii 



Crossosoma californicum 



Crossosoma Bigelovii 



Coast and Sierras ; by 

 streams. Resembles lark- 

 spur but with a distinct 

 hood to the blossom. 

 Poisonous to stock. 



Coast ranges, not common. 

 White or red berry which 

 is considered poisonous. 



A dwarf when compared 

 with our cultivated spe- 

 cies. Blossoms dull dark 

 red. Sierras. 



Shrub. Cliffs, Catalina 

 Island. 



Shrub. Canyons east of 

 San Bernardino. 



BARBERRY FAMILY 



BERBERIDACEAE 



41. Jepson's Barberry 



42. California Barberry 



43. Oregon Grape 



44. Inside-out Flower or 



Flowering Fern 



45. Western May-apple Achlys triphylla 



Berberis dictyota 



Berberis pinnata 

 Berberis nervosa 



Vancouveria chrysantha 

 var. parviflora 



Rocky crevices, Solano 

 county. Marysville Buttes. 



Hills, San Francisco south. 



Woods, Marin county north. 

 Also in gardens. 



Shade, Coast ranges. 



Woods, Mendocino county. 



