P. TERNATUS var. SEPTENTRIONALIS. To 5 ft. A local form very similar to the type. From 
Tehachapi and the southern Sierra Nevada. 
SMILACINA AMPLEXICAULIS. False Solomon's Seal. To 2% ft. Flowers a creamy spike at 
tip of arching spray of foliage. A cluster of bright red berries in Fall. Shady woods. 
Statewide. ~ 
SPHAERALCEA AMBIGUA. Desert Mallow. 2 ft. Soft gray foliage. Individual plants bearing 
flowers in different shades of orange and red. Southern California deserts. 
VIOLA PEDUNCULATA. Yellow Pansy. 10 in. Flowers golden yellow with dark brown 
on the outside of the upper petals. Grassy hillsides to 2000 ft. Central and southern 
California. 
XEROPHYLLUM TENAX. Squaw Grass. Massed spikes of creamy, star-like flowers on 2 ft. 
stems. Dry ridges. Central and northern California. Hardy. 
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ANTIRRHINUM OVATUM. To 1! ft. Usually branched. Flowers, upper standard cerise with 
maroon base, lower lip yellow and maroon, open-mouthed. First discovered in 1902 and 
not again seen until 1948. A very local endemic. In open, treeless area, heavy soil. 
Eastern San Luis Obispo County. 50 cents per packet: 
ANISOCOMA ACAULIS. Flat, rosette habit. Flower stems to 9 in. tall. Flower heads % in. 
to 1% in. across, pale yellow. Good for hot, dry, sandy soil. To 7000 ft. southern Cali- 
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CHAENACTIS FREMONTII. Pin Cushion. 2 to 16 in. Wide branched habit. Flowers white, 
reminiscent of a small scabious. Southern California deserts. 
C. GLABRISCULA var. ORCUTTIANA. 1 ft. Stout branching habit. Flowers bright yellow. 
Coastal San Diego County. 
CHORIZANTHE STATICOIDES. Turkish Rugging. To 12 in. Widely branching stems 
forming a dense, flattened crown of rose-opal. Dry sandy plains and foothills. Central 
and southern California. 
CLARKIA ELEGANS. 18 in. Slender, upright or bushy, branching habit. Shaggy crimson- 
lake coloured flowers. Canyon sides and chaparral slopes to 3000 ft. Central and 
southern California. 
COLLOMIA GRANDIFLORA. To 2 ft. Heads of pale chinese-coral coloured tubular flowers 
ending in a flattened star. Wooded foothills and slopes to 8000 ft. Hardy. 
COREOPSIS BIGELOVII. To 12 in. Basal tuft of finely divided succulent leaves. Golden 
yellow daisies rising well above the leaves. Southern California deserts. 
ERIOPHYLLUM WALLACEI. 1 to 3 ins. Dense white-woolly plants with golden yellow 
flowers. Gravelly flats. Southern California deserts. 
ERYTHRAEA VENUSTA. To 8 in. Flowers tyrian-rose in branched heads to 5 in. across. 
Should be used in masses. Excellent for naturalizing. Dry slopes and mesas. Southern 
California and central Sierra foothills. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA CAESPITOSA. var. HYPECOIDES. To 9 in. Blue-gray leaves. Flowers 
pure yellow. A smaller, neater habit than E. californica. Coast ranges and Sierra foothills. 
E. CAESPITOSA. Variety. To 12 in. Somewhat like the above with small, deep orange- 
coloured flowers. Grows in a heavy clay soil. Foothills Kern County. 
GERAEA CANESCENS. Desert Sunflower. 18 in. White hairy foliage. Large, showy, sweet- 
scented yellow flowers. Southern California deserts. 
GILIA ACHILLAEFOLIA. 18 in. to 2 ft. Similar to G. capitata but more gray and woolly. 
Flowers bright blue in dense round heads. Southern California. 
G. LATIFLORA. 12 in. Flowers lavender or pink with spotted, yellow throat. Upright habit 
stems branched at tops. Southern California deserts. 
G. PUNCTATA. Bristly Gilia. 3 in. Dense, tufted plants, spiny leaved. Covered with light 
violet flowers heavily marked with darker shades. Washes and mesas of southern 
California. 50 cents per packet. 
GODETIA AMOENA. Farewell to Spring. 3 ft. Erect and branching. Broad pink, red-centered 
flowers. Coastal hillsides, north from Monterey County. Recommended for naturalizing. 
Hardy. 
G. AMOENA var. LINDLEYI. 3 ft. Similar to the above with heavy claret-coloured blotches 
at base of petals. Coastal northern California. 
G. BILOBA. 18 in. Bushy habit. Fine, slender stems. Small, nodding pale pink flowers. A 
very dainty species. Central and northern California. 
HUGELIA EREMICA (Eriastrum eremicum). 4 in. Flowers pale lilac-blue. Wiry bushy 
plants. Sandy, stony soil. Southern California deserts. 
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