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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1104. 



Troximon heterophyllum 

 and vars. 



An extremely variable spe- 

 cies in all its parts, in- 

 cluding the fruit. Hall 

 includes many previously 

 described species under 

 it as varieties or forms. 

 Leaves oblong, entire or 

 variously lobed or tooth- 

 ed. Flowers inconspicu- 

 ous. Open grounds. 

 Throughout California. 



Meadows, eastern Sierras. 

 Achene has a stout beak 

 not more than half the 

 length of its body. 



Same range as 1105. Beak 

 of achene nearly the full 

 length of the body. Flow- 

 ers orange turning to pur- 

 ple. 



Sand hills of San Francisco 

 Peninsula. 



Grassy hills about San 

 Francisco Bay. 



Coast Ranges Sacramento 

 Valley to Oregon. 



San Francisco Bay region 

 south ; southern Seirra 

 foothills. 



Mendocino County to Di- 

 ablo Range by way of 

 mountain summits, and 

 sparsely in southern Cali- 

 fornia on loose gravelly 

 foothill soils. 



1112. Dandelion; Clocks Taraxcum officinale and 



var. 



The worst known pest in lawns in the Eastern States and in States with cold 

 winters. Not so pernicious on the coast. Very frequent in alfalfa fields of east- 

 ern Sierra region making the fields yellow in early spring before the first cutting. 



It has a strong, long, tap root which, unless cut deeply, keeps sending up new 

 and more vigorous growths. A long-lived perennial; milky, bitter juice. Large 

 yellow flowered heads on hollow stalks. Leaves sometimes eaten as salad and 

 greens. More than one hundred thousand pounds of the dried roots imported 

 annually from Europe notwithstanding its abundance in this country. Sells for 4 to 

 10 cents per pound. To make gathering pay, cheap labor must be employed. 



Introduced from Europe. Rarely found on the coast away from towns. 



1113. Apargidium boreale Stemless perennial found in 



bogs of Mendocino and 

 Humboldt Counties. 

 Heads solitan" and nod- 

 ding when young. Yellow 

 flowers. Perhaps should 

 be included in Microseris. 



HAWKWEED HIERACIUM 



Perennials with coarse and usually bristly-hairy toothed or entire leaves and 

 yellow or white flowers on a branched stalk. 



1114. Hieracium Bolanderi Mendocino County. 



1105. 

 1106. 



1107. 

 1108. 

 1109. 

 1110. 



1111. 



Troximon glaucum and 

 var. 



Troximon aurantiacum 



Troximon apargioides 

 Troximon hirsutum 



Troximon grandiflorum 

 and var. 



Troximon plebeium 



Troximon retrorsum 



