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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



777. 



Ericameria Palmeri 



778. 



779. 



Ericameria Cooperi 



Ericameria brachylepis 



Common, foothills and 

 plains west of the moun- 

 tains. Southeastern Cali- 

 fornia. 

 Very rare. Mohave Desert, 

 eastern San Bernardino 

 County. 

 Southwestern San Diego 

 County. 

 GOLDEN ROD SOLIDAGO 

 Stout perennials increasing by rootstocks at the base. Spreading lateral clus- 

 ters of yellow flowers terminating the stems. A well known eastern genus, but 

 not abundant in California. Heads small and numerous. Rays short, yellow. 

 Achenes small, roundish, five to twelve nerved. Pappus bristles slender, numerous 

 in one or two series, equal and dull-white. 

 780. Common Golden Rod Solidago Califorriica 



and var. 



Solidago spathulata 



Throughout California. 



781. Coast Golden Rod 



782. Saline Golden Rod 



783. Western Golden Rod 



784. 



785. 

 786. 



Solidago sempervirens 

 Solidago occidcntalis 



Solidago confinis and 



var. 

 Solidago elongata 

 Sericocarpus rigidus 



Sandy hills near the coast 

 from Santa Barbara to 

 Humboldt Bay. 



Salt marshes near the coast. 

 Rarely collected. 



Stream beds and river 

 banks. Coast Ranges and 

 interior. Sierras. 



In moist places, Los An- 

 geles and south. 



Coast Ranges and Sierras. 



Aster-like. Disk flowers, 

 pale yellow, and small ray 

 flowers white. Heads half 

 an inch or less in length. 

 Achenes slender, clothed 

 with fine short hairs. Pap- 

 pus white, of copious ca- 

 pillary bristles. Donner 

 Lake, Yosemite, Mt. 

 Shasta and elsewhere in 

 the Sierras. 



787. 



CORETHROGYNE 



Perennials. Aster-like. Flowering in late spring or summer. Stems and 

 leaves covered with a cottony material when young which disappears with age. 

 Heads solitary or in clusters. Rays violet-blue or purple, disk yellow. Achenes 

 pubescent. Disk-pappus reddish-brown of rigid fine bristles; ray-pappus reduced 

 or lacking. 



788. Corethrogyne filaginifolia Hall includes under this 



species eight varieties, 

 most of which were pre- 

 viously described as spe- 

 cies. It occurs in numer- 

 ous forms which are diffi- 

 cult to separate even into 

 varieties. Throughout the 

 State, coast and Sierras. 



Prostrate, almost matted 

 stems. Rare. Monterey 

 to San Diego and north 

 to Mendocino County. 



North Coast Ranges. 



Sand dunes at Monterey. 



789. 



790. 

 791. 



Corethrogyne California 

 and var. 



Corethrogyne spathulata 

 Corethrogyne lcucophylla 



