WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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1565. 



1566. 



1567. 



Monolepis spathulata 

 Monolepis pusilla 

 Roubieva multifida 



Mono Pass, Sierras and Si- 

 erra County. 



Alkali flats, northeastern 

 California. 



Sand hills, Bay region, in- 

 troduced from Peru. 



1568. Saltbushes 



A large genus 

 They are important 



Atriplex 



of salty tasting herbs or those of the deserts quite shrubby. 



forage plants on the range. The fruits are the distinguishing 

 characters used in differentiating the species so well matured specimens should be 

 collected. Most abundant in desert foothill regions or in saline situations near the 

 sea. A semibaccata, the Australian saltbush, has established itself widely in some 

 parts of the San Joaquin Valley. About twenty-five species in the State. 



1569. 



Winter Fat or 

 White Sage 



1570. Hop sage 



1571. Pickle weed 



1572. 



Eurotia lanata 



Grayia spinosa 



Salicornia ambigua 



Salicornia ambigua 



1573. Kern Greasewood Allenrolfea occidentalis 



1574. Sea Elite 



1575. 



1576. 



1577. 



1578. 



1579. Desert Greasewood 



Suaeda Californica 



Suaeda torreyana 



Suaeda suffrutescens 



Suaeda diffusa 



Suaeda depressa and 



var. 

 Sarcobatus vermiculatus 



1580. 



1581. 



1582. Mountain Laurel 

 (Pepper Wood) 



Sarcobatus Baileyi 



BATIDEAE 



Batis maritima 



LAURACEAE 



Umbellaria californica 



A valuable forage plant 

 barely entering Califor- 

 nia from the east in Mo- 

 doc County and south. 



Valuable range forage, 

 northeastern California, 

 sagebrush areas. 



Abundant in salt marshes 

 sometimes covering hun- 

 dreds of acres. Round 

 fleshy jointed stems. 

 Marshes and Interior 

 valley. 



Northeastern California, 

 Tehachapi Lake. 



Alkaline soil of Great In- 

 terior Valley and else- 

 where. 



Perennial. Sandy beaches, 

 Bay region, seldom col- 

 lected. 



Perennial alkali soil, inter- 

 ior valley. 



Alkali soils, Southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



Annual alkali valleys, north- 

 eastern California. 



Eastern Sierras. 



Stiff branching shrub, cov- 

 ers large stretches of al- 

 kali areas. Eastern Si- 

 erras and Southern Cali- 

 fornia. Spines tend to 

 poison the flesh when 

 pricked by them. 



Smaller. Inyo and Mono 

 counties only, in Califor- 

 nia. 



Near San Diego. 



Shrub or tree. Coast 

 Ranges and Sierras. 

 Fruits eaten by stock, ex- 

 tremely bitter, leaves pun- 

 gent, well known. 



