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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1330. Alkali Heliotrope 



Heliotropium curassavi- 



cum 



1331. Gromwell 



1332. Corn Gromwell 



1333. 



1334. Forget-me-not 



Lithospermum Californi- 



cum 

 Lithospermum arvense 



Lithospermum pilosum 



Myosotis sylvatica 



Fleshy, flowers whitish, 

 turning purple. Seashore 

 and alkali lands of the 

 interior, extending to 

 grain fields where it is 

 troublesome at harvest 

 time, the fleshy stems 

 choking up the self-bind- 

 er. Throughout Califor- 

 nia except at very high 

 elevation. 



Sierras, Nevada County, 

 north. 



Introduced weed. Bay re- 

 gion. 



Sierras, Sierra Valley and 

 elsewhere. 



Occasional escape from gar- 

 dens. 



1334a. 



1335. Fiddlenecks 



Mertensia (Pulmonaria) Mountain streams, Sierras. 



Sibirica 

 Amsinckia spp. 



About half a dozen species so-called because the arrangement of the flowers 

 is on a stalk which bends like the neck of a fiddle soon after anthesis. 



They are rough, coarse annuals with bristly leaves and deep yellow flowers. 

 Of considerable value as forage on waste lands where they are common. 



1336. Nievitas Cryptanthe 



Mostly annual herbs with more or less bristly or rough leaves and clusters 

 of small white fllowers. 



There are about 25 species in the state, extending from the inner Coast 

 Ranges through the valleys to middle elevations in the Sierras as well as to the 

 southern deserts.. They seem to revel in dry places. 



The species are difficult to differentiate, and unless specimens are secured 

 with fully developed nutlets, little progress can be made in classifying the species. 



1337. Spring Snow Allocarya 



Similar to Cryptanthe, but the stems diffuse-spreading. They occur in patches, 

 usually in lot, wet ground which may or may not be alkaline. The areas are fre- 

 quently sufficiently large to make the landscape as viewed from the train in April, 

 appear as if a recent sprinkling of snow had taken place. 



There are perhaps a dozen species on the coast and in the valleys and moun- 

 tains. 



1338. Pop-corn Flower Plagiobothrys 



Insignificant, slender branching annual plants with minute wdiitish flowers in 

 the axils and a rusty-looking calyx even when young. 



About ten 



species. 



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1339. 



1 1AC\ 









M4U. 



1341. 



Hound's 



Tongue 





A large, coarse plant 



Coast 



Ranges, 



north. 





1342. 









1343. 









1344. 



Comb-seed 





1345. 









1346. 



Coast, Sierras and valleys. 

 Lappula diffusa 

 Lappula floribunda 

 Cynoglossum grande 

 with sprays of deep blue 



Cynoglossum viride 

 Cynoglossum occidcntalc 

 Pectocarya lateriflora 

 Pectocarya penicillata 



Pectocarya pusilla 



Sierras. 

 Sierras north 



and 



ith. 



flowers and a bur-like fruit. 



Similar, Sierras. 

 Sierra Valley, north. 

 Southern California. 

 Eastern Sierras. Rare on 



coast. Napa Valley. 

 Eastern Sierras. Rare on 



coast. Napa Valley. 



