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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1448. Naked Broom-Rape Aphyllon uniflorum 



Flowers odor of violets. On 

 many different plants ; 

 widely distributed 

 throughout State, coast 

 valleys and Sierras. 



On plants belonging to 

 many different families. 

 Eriogonum, Phacelia, Ar- 

 temisia. Throughout the 

 State. 



On Artemisia, Sambucus, 

 etc. From Mohave des- 

 ert to Oregon coast and 

 interior. 



Coast to Sierras. 



Dry ridges of coast moun- 

 tains. 



Deserts, southern Califor- 

 nia. Rootstock bitter, but 

 eaten by Mohave Indians. 



Inyo county. 



On roots of Manzanita. 

 Coast Range ridges. 



BLADDERWORT FAMILY UTRICULARIACEAE 



Plants immersed in slow waters with very finely divided leaves and on them 

 bladders which trap insects. 



1455. Bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris Lakes and pools, Sierras, 



Bay region. 



1456. Utricularia minor Indian Valley, Sierras, 



Whitney Meadows. 



1457. Utricularia intermedia Plumas county. 



TRUMPET CREEPER FAMILY BIGNONIACEAE 



1458. Unicorn Plant 



1449. 



1450. 



1451. 

 1452. 



1453. 



1453a. 

 1454. 



Aphyllon fasciculatum 



Aphyllon comosum 



Aphyllon Calif ornicum 

 Aphyllon tuberosum 



Aphyllon Ludovicianum 



Aphyllon Cooperi 

 Boschneakia strobilacea 



1459. Desert Willow 



Martynia proboscoides 

 Chilopsis linearis 



Escape, southern California 

 and elsewhere. 



Shrub or tree. Frequent in 

 desert regions and when 

 not in flower, looks very 

 much like a narrow, gray 

 leaved willow. Flowers 

 large, white, or purplish. 

 Wood hard. 



MINT FAMILY 



LABIATAE 



A very large family containing such plants as Marjoram, savory, thyme, mints, 

 cat-mint, motherwort, horehound, pennyroyal, peppermint, spearmint. Animals do 

 not care for such highly seasoned food and so we find them left undisturbed even 

 on the most depleted range lands. None of them, however, are poisonous and sev- 

 eral have medicinal value. 



1460. Tule-Mint Mentha Canadensis 



1461. Pennyroyal Mentha Pulegium 



1462. Peppermint 



1463. 



Mentha piperita 



Mentha citrata 



Marshes, Bay region. 



Introduced, Bay region and 

 valleys. 



Introduced along streamlets, 

 Bay region and elsewhere. 



Introduced, West Berkeley, 

 also Mecca, southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



