WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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Malacothrix Torreyi On open dry ground. Fre- 



quent Washoe County, 

 Nevada, and probably over 

 the border. Bright yel- 

 low. 



Plains, eastern base of Mt. 

 Diablo and south. Yellow. 



Sacramento Valley, West 

 Valley to Coast Ranges 

 and east to Nevada. 

 Leaves woolly when 

 young. Yellow, showy. 



Inyo County, south in the 

 deserts. Bright yellow. 



Higher mountain slopes of 

 the Coast Ranges; Sier- 

 ras ; frequent in Yosemite, 

 also more or less north 

 and south. White or 

 pinkish. 



Islands off coast of south- 

 ern California. 



Coast Counties, southern 

 California and islands. 



Southern California and 

 adjacent islands. 



Tehachapi region. White or 

 striped with a pink line. 



HAWKSBEARD CREPIS 



Annuals, biennials or perennials, mostly with a milky juice which is very bitter. 

 Nevertheless stock eat them and like them. Some of them are important native 

 range forage plants in the mountains. They are widely distributed in the Sierras, 

 in the foothills and at medium elevations. Leaves cut into like the dandelion, hence 

 known to sheep men as "wild dandelion." Yellow flowers. 



1087. 



1088. 



1089. 



1090. 



1091, 



1092. 

 1093. 

 1094. 



1095. 



1096. 



Malacothrix Cleveland] 



Malacothrix Californica 



Malacothrix sonchoides 



Malacothrix obtusa 



Malacothrix foliosa 

 Malacothrix indecora 

 Malacothrix incana 



Malacothrix saxatilis and 



vars. 

 Malacothrix altissima 



1097. Smooth Hawksbeard Crepis virens 



Berkeley 



Introduced weed, 

 and elsewhere. 

 Very common generally in 

 the eastern Sierras and 

 extending in less degree 

 to Coast Ranges north 

 and south. Mt. Hamilton. 

 Common on dry slopes in 



the Sierras. 

 Pasadena. Introduced from 



Europe. 

 Eastern Sierras. Sierra 



Valley. 

 To be looked for eastern 



Sierras. 

 High Sierras, Sonora Pass. 

 Doubtful species. Need 

 material from type local- 

 itv. 

 TROXIMON (AGOSERIS) 

 Annuals or perennials with leaves clustered at the base and usually strong, 

 deep tap roots. The stems are mostly leafless and bear at the end single large 

 heads. The flowers are yellow or sometimes orange turning to purple. An abund- 

 ant bright white pappus which at maturity spreads out like the weedy dandelion. 

 Achenes usually prolonged into a slender beak but shows intermediate stages to 

 beakless. 



1098. Grav Hawksbeard 



1099. 



1100. Rough Hawksbeard 



1101. 



1102. 



103. 



Crepis occidentalis and 

 var. 



Crepis acuminata 

 Crepis biennis 

 Crepis Andersonii 

 Crepis glauca 

 Crepis nana 



