WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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1524. Rib-grass 



Plantago lanceolata 



1525. Sea Plantain 

 1526. 



1527. 



1528. Desert Plantain 



1529. 



Plantago maritima 



Plantago Patagonica 

 var. 



and 



Plantago Bigelovii 

 Plantago fastigiata 

 Plantago eriopoda 



FOUR-O'CLOCK FAMILY 



Narrow ribbed leaves. Used 

 as a forage in Great Brit- 

 ain. Has become a pest 

 in coast dairy pastures. 

 Good sheep feed. Intro- 

 duced, common every- 

 where. 



Cliffs and rocks near the 

 sea. 



Hillsides throughout west- 

 ern California and ex- 

 tending elsewhere in dif- 

 ferent forms. Used by 

 Indians in making soup. 



Alkaline fields. Interior 

 valley. 



Abundant, Colorado desert. 



Good forage. 

 Shasta river region. 



NYCTAGINACEAE 



1530. Four-o'clock 



1531. 



1532. 

 1533. 

 1534. 

 1535. Sand Verbena 



Mirabilis multiflora and 



var. 

 Mirabilis Greenei 



Mirabilis Californica 

 Mirabilis laevis 

 Allionia incarnata 

 Allionia umbellata 



1535a. Yellow Sand Ver- Allionia latifolia 



bena 

 1536. Allionia maritima 



1537. 

 1538. 

 1539. 



Allionia turbinata 

 Allionia nana 

 Allionia crux-maltae 



BUCKWHEAT FAMILY 



Southern California. 



Mountain sides, Siskiyou 

 county. 



Southern California. 



Southern California. 



Southern deserts. 



Flowers rose-purple. Along 

 entire coast line. 



Along seashore, Monterey 

 north. 



Santa Barbara to San 

 Diego coast line. 



Mohave Desert region. 



Inyo mountains. 



May reach border; sands, 

 eastern Sierras. A beau- 

 tiful pink flower. 



POLYGONACEAE 



Among rocks, high Sierras. 



1540. Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna 



1541. Docks Rumex 



A dozen or more species, all of the same general appearance and can be rec- 

 ognized by their resemblance to the common dock, Rumex crispus, a troublesome 

 weed. Sorrel, Rumex acetosella^ is abundant on the coast and has leaves with an 

 acid taste. The roots are pernicious in cultivated land. It revels in acid soils and 

 applications of lime will help better plants and discourage the sorrel. 



1542. Knotweeds Polygonum 



_ About twenty-five species in the State, most of which can be recognized from 

 their resemblance to the weedy and very common species, Polygonum avicnlare, 

 called Yard Grass, Goose Grass, Door Weed, and Knot-grass. The Black Bind- 

 weed of the gardens is Polygonum convolvulus. The Water Knot-weed, Polygo- 

 num amphibium, has long coarse jointed stems and large leaves growing at first 

 in the water and reaching out by its trailers for a long distance on banks. Poly- 

 gonum Shastense is a very common plant in the Sierras with its woody, prostrate 

 branches in loose granite soil. Polygonum bistorta, frequent in the meadows in the 

 Sierras, has white or pink-tinged heads of flowers. 



