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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1543. 



Nemacaulis Nuttalli 



Sandy beaches near San Di- 

 ego. 



1544. Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum 



A very large genus with about fifty species in California, found growing from 

 the rocky ledges of the coast to the high peaks of the Sierras. Yellow or yellow 

 tinged with brown, or red, are the prevailing colors in the genus. The flowers are 

 mostly in globular clusters. 



The Indians used the species in a number of different ways, making a strong 

 tea from the leaves, which was employed for an eyewash, bronchitis, grippe, pain 

 in the stomach, and headache. 



1545. Oxytheca hirtflora 



1546. 

 1547. 



Oxytheca inermis 

 Oxvtheca trilobata 



A slender annual with the 

 leaves in a rosette at the 

 base. 



Mt. Diablo. 



San Bernardino county, San 

 Jacinto region. 



San Jacinto mountains. 



1548. Oxytheca emarginata 



1549. Oxytheca caryophylloides 



1550. Chorizanthe 



Low branched annuals flowering in summer on dry soils. The involucres are 

 variously armed with teeth, spines or awns. About twenty-five species in the State 

 and seven in the Coast Ranges. 



1551. Lastarriaiaea Chilensis Introduced from Chile. San 



Joaquin Valley. 



1552. 



Pterostegia drymarioides 



Open places, Mt. Diablo to 

 southern California. 



AMARANTH FAMILY 



AMARANTACEAE 



1553. Bristly Pigweed 



1554. Tumble Weed 



1555. 

 1556. 

 1557. 

 1558. 

 1559. 



Amarantus retroflexus 



Amarantus albus 



Amarantus Californicus 

 Amarantus deflexus 

 Amarantus Palmeri 

 Amarantus fimbriatus 

 Cladothrix oblongifolia 



Weed common in gardens 



and elsewhere. 

 Common, fields and waste 



places. 

 South Coast Ranges. 

 Introduced. Bay region. 

 Imperial Valley. 

 San Diego eastward. 

 Colorado Desert region. 



GOOSEFOOT FAMILY CHENOPODIACEAE 



1560. 



1561. Beet 



Nitrophila occidentalis 



Beta vulgaris 



Aphanisma blitoides 

 Chenopodium 



Marshes, San Joaquin Val- 

 ley and elsewhere. Alka- 

 li situations. 



Escape in marshes, Bay re- 

 gion and elsewhere. 



Near San Diego. 



1562. 



1563. Goosefoot, Smooth 



Pig weed 

 These very common plants are seen almost everywhere near cultivation. Most 

 of them have medicinal value. The seeds are used as a vermifuge. They are rich 

 in oil. Mexican Tea, C. ambrosioides ; Wormseed, C. anthelminticum. C. californi- 

 cum is used as a substitute soap. C. album, the Lamb's-quarters makes very pal- 

 atable greens. The seed of C. Quinoa is largely used in Peru as a cereal. Per- 

 haps ten species in California. The species are difficult to determine unless well 

 matured specimens are gathered. 



1564. Monolepis chenopodiodes Sierra County and north- 



eastern California. 



