WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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919. LAYIA (BLEPHARIPAPPUS) 



Annuals with showy heads, not unlike daisies, of yellow or white flowers. 

 The species are as yet not well known About fifteen species are credited to 

 the State with many varieties. General throughout the State. Ocean shore, coast 

 hills and Sierras. 



920. 



921 



SNEEZEWEED TRIBE 

 laumea carnosa 



Venegasia carpesioides 



922. 



Psilostrophe Coopcri 



HELENIEAE 



Stems from a fleshy crown- 

 ed tap-root. Leaves nar- 

 row and succulent. Yel- 

 low flowers. Salt marshes, 

 Bay region and beaches 

 along the coast. 



Appearing like the true sun- 

 flowers, Helianthus. Per- 

 ennial with tall leafy 

 stems. Large flowers with 

 numerous yellow rays. 

 Hilly coast regions, south- 

 ern California. 



Shrubby at base. Herbage 

 white with a dense, woolly 

 covering. Heads rather 

 small, yellow, becoming 

 papery. Southern deserts. 



DESERT SUNFLOWERS BAILEYA 



Striking plants of the deserts of southeastern California with their 

 yellow flowers and whitish woolly covered stems. One to two feet. 



showy, 



923. 

 924. 

 925. 



Baileya pauciradiata 

 Baileya multiradiata 

 Whitneva dealbata 



Rays 5 to 8. 



Rays 25 to 50. 



A low perennial of the Si- 

 erras with creeping root- 

 stocks, hoary pubescent 

 leaves and mostlv soli- 

 tary or showy golden yel- 

 low flowers. Wood, fre- 

 quent. 5000 to 7000 feet. 



GOLD FIELDS BAERIA 



All but one annuals and low slender plants with very numerous showy heads 

 of yellow flowers. The differentiation of the species is very difficult as numerous 

 forms connect one with the other. Only the extremes can be reliably named ac- 

 cording to the characters given in the descriptions. Hall has shown this in great 

 detail in his Compositae of southern California when he describes eight forms 

 under one variety. They occur on the Coast Ranges, Interior valley and southern 

 deserts. 



926. 



927. 

 928. 

 929. 

 930. 

 931. 

 932. 



Baeria maritima 

 Baeria Fremontii 

 Baeria tenella 

 Baeria carnosa 

 Baeria platycarpha 

 Baeria hirsutula 

 Baeria micrantha 



Annuals, middle western 

 California, Coast Ranges 

 and interior vallev. 



933. 

 934. 



935. 

 936. 



Baeria microglossa 

 Baeria chrysostoma var. 



gracilis 

 Baeria uliginosa 

 Baeria aristata 



Perennial, along the coast, 

 Marin County to Mendo- 

 cino Countv. 



Southern California, all but 

 936, also in the north. 



