WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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741. 

 742. 



743. 



Gutierrezia Sarothrae 



Guticrrezia Californica 

 and var. 



Amphiachyris Fremontii 



Common, Southern Califor- 

 nia. 



Dry hills Colorado Desert 

 to San Francisco Bay 

 region. 



A low and much branched 

 smooth shrub with nearly 

 sessile leaves and yellow 

 flowers. Pappus of about 

 20 flattish more or less 

 tortuous toothed bristles. 

 Involucres hardly a quarter 

 of an inch long, of 7 to 9 

 oval thin scales with 

 greenish tips. A peculiar 

 shrub of the southeastern 

 desert region. Inyo 



County. 



GUM PLANT GRINDELIA 



Perennials, almost shrubby, leaves more or less covered with a sticky excre- 

 tion which gathers the dust, making the plants unsightly. Heads gummy, of medium 

 size, solitary or in few-flowered clusters at the ends of the leafy branches. Flowers 

 yellow with conspicuous rays. Achenes short, flattened and smooth. Pappus of 

 two to eight awns or small scales which readily fall off. 



In the center of the head when young one frequently sees a peculiar white 

 sticky exudation. 



The Grindelias are frequently seen along oar roads in the hills and valleys. 

 A decoction made by extracting some of this sticky material with alcohol is said 

 to be a remedy for Poison Oak. Leaves and flowering tops gathered when young 

 and quickly dried are worth five to ten cents per pound. 



744. Common Gum Plant 



745. Desert Gum Plant 



746. Saline Gum Plant 



747. Red-stemmed Gum 



Plant 



748. Broad-leaved Gum 



Plant 

 749. 



Grindelia robusta and 



vars. 



Grindelia camporum 



Grindelia cuneifolia 



ideli 



•ul 



la ruDricauns 



Grindelia squarros; 



Common. Coast Ranges and 

 Valleys. 



Dry soils, San Joaquin Val- 

 ley south. 



Salt marshes. Coast and in- 

 terior Bay region. 



Ridges and hillsides of the 

 Coast Ranges. 



Weed, waste places and 

 roadsides. 



Acamptopappus sphaero- 

 cephalus 



Smooth low shrub, with rigid angular straggling branches, narrow leaves and 

 light yellow flowers. Pappus of thirty to forty silvery awns. 



Not uncommon in the southeastern California Desert Region. 



750. Acamptopappus Shock- Inyo Mts., southeastern 



leyi California . 



PENTACHAETA 



_ Low slender annuals with very narrow leaves and medium sized heads of 

 white, yellow or pink flowers, or the center portion turning purple. Achenes 

 oblong, flattened, hairy. Pappus of three to twelve slender bristles which may 

 be much reduced or absent altogether. 



751. Pentachaeta aurea 



752. 



753. 



Pentachaeta exilis and 



vars. 

 Pentachaeta Lyoni 



San Diego and adjacent 

 desert region. 



Coast Range hillsides. Mid- 

 dle California. 



San Pedro, Los Angeles 

 County. 



