90 WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1072. Stephanomeria tomentosa Known from Santa Cruz 



Island. 



1073. Stephanomeria tenuifolia In the Sierras. 



1074. Stephanomeria lactucina In the Sierras. 



1075. Stephanomeria Schottii Colorado Desert and Salton 



Sink. 

 RAFINESQUIA 

 Stout and sometimes hollow-stemmed branching annuals with toothed leaves 

 and white flowers tinged with rose. 



1076. R. Californica Shady or moist places al- 



most throughout the State. 



1077. R. neo-mexicana Common among shrubs in 



desert regions of the 

 south. 



1078. Gosmore Hypochoeris radicata 



One of the worst weeds in the northern coast pastures where it has taken the 

 fields for miles. It has a strong perennial forked root not unlike the eastern lawn 

 dandelion in appearance. The leaves are mostly at the base from the center of 

 which comes a branching stalk bearing several medium sized yellow flowers. In- 

 troduced from Europe. In the Bay region and north, also at Pasadena, Redlands. 

 A lawn weed. Flowers eaten by stock but leaves too near the ground for cattle. 



1079. H. glabra Similar but annual. Also 



introduced in fields and 

 pastures, Bay region and 

 southern towns. 



1080. Anisocoma acaulis 



A low but showy stemless winter annual with a strong tap root and several 

 stalks each bearing a single rather large head of yellow flowers. Runcinate leaves 

 in a rosette at the base of the plant. Sierra Valley south to the deserts. 



1081. Glyptopleura marginata 



An interesting desert annual with a stout tap root from the crown of which 

 spreads out a whorl of leaves very close to the ground. The heads of rather large 

 flowers are mostly concealed by fringe-margined leaves. White turning to pink. 



Mohave Desert extending along the base of the eastern Sierras to Oregon. 



1082. Glvptopleura setulosa Mohave Desert, probably 



not distinct from 1081. 



1083. Calycoseris Parryi 



A low, glabrous much-branched annual with the leaves mostly parted into 

 linear divisions. Heads rather large on long stalks. Flowers yellow. Pappus of 

 copious white bristles. Southern California deserts. 



1084. Calycoseris Wrightii Similar, growing among 



brush ; pink-brown dots 

 on flowers. Western Mo- 

 have and Colorado Des- 

 erts. 

 MALACOTHRIX 

 Annual or perennial, mostly stemless plants with a cluster of radical leaves at 

 the base. Three partially woody and stemmed species in southern California. 



Leaves divided into linear lobes or occasionally entire. Heads medium-sized, 

 solitary or several on lateral stalks. 



Flowers yellow, white, or pinkish. Mostly in hot valley or desert regions. 



1085. Snake's Head. Malacothrix Coultcri Sparingly, San Joaquin Val- 



ley and south. 



1086. Malacothrix glabrata On light soil under brush, 



southern California and 

 along eastern base of Si- 

 erras to Oregon. Light 

 yellow, showy. 



