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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



986. 



Soliva sessilis 



987. Dune Tansy 



988. 



989. Garden Tansy 



Tanacetum camphoratum 



985. Cotula coronopifolia Similar but perennial with 



leaves not so finely di- 

 vided. Saline localities in 

 Bay region and wet places 

 in the hills. General. In- 

 troduced from South 

 Africa. 



Small annual with dissected 

 leaves and sessile heads 

 (without rays) of green- 

 ish flowers. Occasional in 

 moist ground Bay region 

 and elsewhere. Probably 

 introduced from Chile. 



Herbage woolly when 

 young, and with the odor 

 of camphor. Clustered 

 heads of yellow flowers 

 without rays. Sand dunes, 

 San Francisco. 

 Tanacetum potentilloides Sierra Valley. 

 Tanacetum vulgare 



Introduced. Occasional escape from gardens. Supposed to be a remedv for 

 nearly all human ailments. Tansy tea, Tansy wine, meat rubbed with Tans>y said 

 to keep away flies ; Tansy cakes eaten during Lent by way of penance in ancient 

 times. Tansy pudding relished by some ; medicinally in other ways as an anthel- 

 mintic, tonic, in dropsy, as a local application to ulcers, etc. 



SAGEBRUSHES AND WORMWOODS ARTEMISIA 



A very large genus abundant through the interior arid region where it forms 

 the characteristic landscape. 



Herbs or undershrubs, or woody at the base only. Leaves bitter, strong scented 

 and mostly lobed or dissected. Terminal sprays or spikes of numerous small heads, 

 yellowish flowers. Rays none. Coast, valleys, and mountains. Medicinal. 



The common sagebrush of 

 Nevada and eastern Sier- 

 ras, extending well up 

 into the open parks in the 

 yellow pine belt. Gener- 

 ally indicative of a good 

 soil for agricultural pur- 

 poses. Reliable forage, 

 especially in winter. 



Similar to above and in the 

 same general region. 



High Sierras, similar, but 

 only a few inches tall. 



Sierras, Little Truckee Riv- 

 er and elsewhere, shrubby 

 leaves, linear, entire, 

 densely white, pubescent. 



Green or gray shrub. Leaves 

 parted into fine segments. 

 Bay region, south. 



Leaves large, green above, 

 whitish beneath, and on 

 tall, erect stems. Woody 

 at the base only. Stream 

 banks throughout the 

 State. 



990. Desert Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata 



991. Little Black Sage- 



brush 



992. Woody Sagebrush 



993. Hoary Sagebrush 



Artemisia trifida 



Artemisia arbuscula 



Artemisia can; 



994. Hill Brush; Old Man Artemisia California 



995. California Mugwort Artemisia heterophylla 



