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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1200. 

 1201. 



Dodecatheon alpinum 

 Dodecatheon Jefferyi 



Meadows, Sierras. 

 High Sierras. 



Many other species of Dodecatheon have been named, but there are so many 

 intermediate forms that they are not well defined. They have the same general 

 characters of flowers and look very similar in appearance to any one but the 

 specialist. 



1202. Sierra Primrose 



Primula suffrutescens 



Androsace septentrionalis 

 Trientalis Europaea 

 Anagalis arvensis 



A handsome perennial with 

 deep maroon-purple flow- 

 ers with a yellow center. 

 Exposed rocks of the 

 high Sierras. 



San Bernardino County. 



Coast Ranges, Sierras. 



1203. 



1204. Star Flower 



1205. Pimpernel; Poor 

 Man's Weather 

 Glass 



Introduced from Europe. A common plant of the coast region and few flowers 

 have the same shade of color. It is between scarlet and salmon color, occasionally 

 varying to blue or white with a dark eye in the center. It closes up even before 

 the approach of rain and does not open at all on cloudy or wet weather, hence the 

 name Poor Man's Weather Glass or Shepherd's Barometer. The scientific name 

 means to laugh, as the ancient Greeks considered it cured a torpid liver and made 

 life cheery again. Its seeds are valuable food for song birds. 



1206. 



1207. Sea-Milkwort 



1208. Brookweed 



Centunculus minimus 



Glaux maritima 

 Samolus floribundus 



To be looked for on low 

 grounds. Inconspicuous 

 tiny white flowers. A very 

 minute plant (1 to 3 

 inches). Sacramento Val- 

 ley. 



Borders of marshes, Bay 

 region. 



Brooks and marshes, Bay 

 region and elsewhere. Not 

 common. 



STORAX FAMILY STYRACACEAE 



1209. Storax 



Stvrax Californica 



Shrub, 5 to 8 feet. Leaves 

 ovate (1 to 3 inches long), 

 pubescent beneath. Flow- 

 ers in clusters, soft, downy 

 white. Fruit fleshy at 

 first, later dry and con- 

 taining seed resembling a 

 small nut. Foothills from 

 Calaveras County north. 



1210. Flowering Ash. 



1211. Oregon Ash 

 1212. 



1213. 



ASH FAMILY 



Fraxinus dipetala 



OLEACAE 



Fraxinus oregona 

 Menodora spinescens 



Menodora scoparia 



Along streams in the Coast 

 Mountains. 



Southern Sierras to Oregon. 



A desert shrub with rigid, 

 spiny branches, scale-like 

 leaves and yellow flowers. 

 Southeastern California. 



Similar, but smooth. South- 

 eastern border of state. 



