California Native Seeds and Plants 

California Wild Flower Seeds 
GENERAL LIST 
“Species introduced into cultivation in California by Theodore Payne. 
SAND VERBENA 
Abronia umbellata. “Common Sand Verbena.’ Perennial of 
trailing habit flowering in a few months from seed and can be 
treated as an annual. Flowers lilac rose, resembling a ver- 
bena, very fragrant. Does best in sandy soil. Packet, 10c; 
ounce, $1.00; 14 ounce, $3.00. 
Cultural Note for Abronia: Plant 3 or 4 seeds together at 
intervals of 4 feet apart each way, in sand or sandy soil, cov- 
ering the seeds about half an inch. Can also be started in small 
pots, 3 or 4 seeds to a pot, and plant out when large enough. 
SCARLET COLUMBINE 
*Aquilegia truncata. ‘Scarlet Columbine.” Perennial, 2 to 3 
feet high. Stems slender and graceful with beautifully escal- 
loped light green leaves. Flowers deep scarlet tipped with 
yellow. One of the most winsome of native beauties. Likes a 
moist shady spot. Packet, 25c. 
PRICKLY POPPY 
*Argemone platyceras hispida. “Prickly Poppy.” Annual, 
1144 to 3 feet high. Flowers white with yellow centers, 3 to 4 
inches in diameter, very showy. Leaves and stems gray green 
and prickly. Packet, 15c; ounce, $1.00. 
DESERT ASTER 
*Aster tortifolius. ‘‘Desert Aster.’’ Shrubby perennial, 1 to 2 
feet high, branching from a woody base, flowers large, clear 
lavender, with deep yellow center. Packet, 25c. 
SUNSHINE 
*Baeria gracilis. “Sunshine,” ‘Gold Fields.” Annual 4 to 8 
inches high. Golden yellow star-shaped flowers very attractive 
in masses. Packet, 15c. 

Yellow Daisy—Douglas Coreopsis (—Coreopsis douglasii). Very 
pretty in masses. 

Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila insignis). Will grow in shade or 
sun. See page 6. 
DESERT SUN RAY 
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Baileya multiradiata. “Desert Sun Ray.’ Annual or peren- 
nial 1 to 145 feet high. Greyish green woolly stems and foliage. 
Flowers 115 inches in diameter, bright yellow, darker in the 
center and with beautifully ruffled edge. Packet, 25c. 
INDIAN PAINT BRUSH 
*Castilleia californica. ‘Indian Paint Brush.’’ Perennial 115 
to 2 feet high. A rather slender growing plant with fragile, 
dark colored stems and narrow leaves. Flower bracts bright 
searlet. Packet, 25c. 
WILD BOUVARDIA 
*Collomia grandiflora. ‘Wild Bouvardia.” Annual 1 to 3 feet 
high. An erect growing plant with rather narrow alternate 
leaves. Flowers funnel-form in terminal heads about 2 inches 
across, somewhat resembling a bouvardia, light salmon col- 
ored or buff; very showy and of easy culture. Found plenti- 
fully in Yosemite Valley. Packet, 25c. 
COREOPSIS 
Bright golden daisy-like flowers. 
*Coreopsis calliopsidea. “‘Wild Coreopsis.’” Annual 6 to 12 
inches high. Flowers large, deep yellow, very showy. Grows 
best in heavy soil. Packet, 15c; 44 ounce, 75c. 
“Coreopsis douglasii. “Yellow Daisy.’ ‘“-Douglas Coreopsis.” 
Annual 6 to 12 inches high. A graceful little plant with bright 
yellow daisy-like flowers. Very pretty in masses for beds or 
borders. Packet, 15c; 14 ounce, 75c. 
*Coreopsis gigantea. ‘’Tree Coreopsis.’’ Perennial. A peculiar 
and very interesting plant having a stout trunk 3 to 6 feet 
high with arm-like branches, rich vivid green feathery foliage 
and quantities of large bright yellow daisy-like flowers. Found 
on rocky bluffs near the coast from the Santa Monica Moun- 
tains to San Luis Obispo County. Packet, 25c. 
Coreopsis maritima. “Sea Dahlia.’’ Perennial 2 to 2145 feet 
high. Flowers large, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, light canary 
yellow. Excellent as a cut flower, lasting a long time in water. 
Has a long blooming season and will grow in any garden. 
Packet, 15c; 14 ounce, 75c. 
“Coreopsis stillmanii. “Stillman’s Yellow Daisy.” Annual 9 
to 12 inches high. Finely cut foliage. Flowers large, rich, deep, 
yellow, very showy. Grows best in sandy soil. Packet, 15c; 
ounce, $1.50; 14 pound, $5.00. 
