WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1011. 



1012. 



Psathyrotcs ramosissima 



1013. 



Psathyrotes annua 



Luina hypoleuca Low plants from a woody 



rootstock, woolly through- 

 out, about a foot high. 

 Heads half an inch long, 

 yellow flowers. Coast 

 mountains, Mendocino 

 and Santa Cruz Counties. 



Low branching annuals of 

 the deserts with sticky 

 herbage, strong scented. 

 Light purple or yellowish 

 flowers. No rays. Fre- 

 quent on rocky ledges, 

 southern deserts. 



The same general region, 

 leaves thinner, otherwise 

 similar. 

 1014. GROUNDSEL SENECIO 



A very large genus numbering perhaps 1,000 species in the world. The eastern 

 floras describe twenty-two, and there are probably as many in California. A dif- 

 ficult group of plants to identify so much do they vary under slight changes of 

 environment. Several are in cultivation, the Dusty Miller being a well known gar- 

 den plant. The Ivy Senecio, 5. mikanoides has escaped along creeks in the Bay 

 .Region, climbing over shrubbery. The common groundsel 6\ vulgaris is frequent 

 near towns as a weed. It is gathered and sold on the streets in Europe for green 

 feed for canaries. All the species are probably medicinal and S. vulgaris and S. 

 aureus are recorded as such. 



They are annuals or perennials, having yellow flowers with or without rays. 

 Occur abundantly in the Coast Ranges, Interior valley, the Sierras at all 

 elevations, and some in the desert regions. Some spread rapidly after forest fires. 

 They are considered to be good range forage. Jepson describes seven native 

 species in western middle California, and Hall records eleven for southern Cali- 

 fornia. Many of the species extend to both these regions. There are about ten 

 additional species in the north Coast Ranges and Sierras. 



We will not attempt to enumerate the species which will be on exhibit under 

 No. 1014-A-Z. 



ARNICA 



Perennial, somewhat aromatic herbs with few leaves and mostly simply stems 

 from creeping rootstocks, bearing solitary or few rather large yellow flowered 

 heads on long stalks. Mostly with rays. Species are difficult to differentiate. 

 1015. 



1016. Coast Arnica 



1017. 



1018. 

 1019. 



1020. 

 1021. 

 1022. 

 1023. 

 1024. 

 1025 



1026 



Arnica parvifolia 



Arnica discoidea 



Arnica latifolia 



Arnica cordifolia 

 Arnica Bernardina 



Arnica mollis 

 Arnica Chamissonis 

 Arnica foliosa var. 

 Arnica Nevadensis 

 Arnica longifolia 

 Arnica alpina 



Raillardella argenta 



Chaparral, Humboldt 



County. 

 Dry, open woods, Coast 



Ranges. 

 Sierras. To be looked for 



on Mt. Hamilton also. 

 Sierras, north to south. 

 Mountains of Southern 



California. 

 High Sierras. 



Lake Tahoe region and 

 elsewhere in the Sierras. 



A stemless plant of the high Sierras with stout rootstocks, linear en- 

 tire leaves and large heads of yellow flowers, without rays. Pappus of twelve to 

 twenty-five slender soft plumose bristles. In patches in loose granite soil. 



