Radial, 5 Petals Overlapped or Fused
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-- Asclepias eriocarpa (Indian Milkweed) -- Common on dry or grassy slopes 1000+ ft -- Shrub several ft high -- -- Funastrum cynanchoides (Climbing Milkweed) -- Vine, infrequent on shrubby slopes below 1500 ft, both sides of mountains |
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-- Amsinckia (Fiddleneck) -- Bright yellow or orange flowers along spiny coil. -- Cryptantha & Plagiobothrys - many species of both, with characteristic "Popcornflower" shape. -- Petals white, central tube yellow to white. -- Tiquilia (Coldenia) common desert small shrub ## |
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| Calystegia (Morning
Glory) -- Vine found commonly on dry slopes -- |
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-- 5 or 10 Stamens -- Stamens free or attached to Petals -- Petals may form an elongated urn shape -- Petals may be fused -- |
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-- Marah macrocarpus (Wild Cucumber) -- Early spring vine, growing from large tuber. -- First obvious green plants in areas of major San Diego fires of 2003 - vines several feet long in early Feb 2004. -- Flower small, about 10mm (half diam of US penny) -- |
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Arctostaphylos glauca (Manzanita) Xylococcus bicolor (Mission Manzanita) -- Common chaparral shrub -- 5 Petals fused into urn shape -- -- -- |
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Fouquieria splendens (Ocotillo) -- Common desert shrub -- 5 Petals fused into cylindrical tube -- Flower heads atop long erect stems 6 to 30 ft high. -- Stem covered with small dark green leaves, many spines 1 to 2 inches long. -- |
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Ribes (R. indecorum, Winter-flowering Currant) -- Common chaparral shrub -- 5 Petals, 5 Sepals -- 2 Styles fused almost to tip -- Stems have Spines in some Ribes Species -- Ribes speciosum is unusual in this Family with 4 Sepals and 4 (hard to count) Petals |
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| Family moving to Boraginaceae Nemophila - (Baby Blue Eyes) Phacelia - 22 Species throughout S.D.County Eriodictyon (Yerba Santa) common chaparral bush |
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-- Low herbs of open moist places -- Leaves pinnately divided into linear segments -- Petals & Sepals free -- 8 or 10 Stamens, 4 or 5 Pistils |
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-- Shrub to low-growing Herb -- Leaves alternate and simple -- Leaves on petioles (leaf stems) -- 5 Sepals |
| Limonium perezii
(Statice aka Marsh-Rosemary) -- Blue are Sepals, White are Petals -- Species native to Canary Islands. -- Limonium californicum (Western Marsh-Rosemary) -- Common Calif native, White Sepals, Blue Petals -- |
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| -- Large Family - many Genera e.g.: Gilia, Linanthus, Ipomopsis, ... -- 5 Stamens, usually appear attached to Petals above base of Corolla tube, Pollen on Anthers often colored. -- Flwr typically dime to penny size. |
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-- Foliage fleshy -- Generally 5 Petals (more in Lewisia) -- Style or Stigma has 3 branches (more in Lewisia) -- Ovary partly inferior, partly superior |
| Dodecatheon clevelandii
(Shooting Star) -- Petals reflexed, color ranges from white to magenta. -- Common on grassy slopes, coastal & foothill Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel) -- Common weed on disturbed areas -- Non-Native from Europe |
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-- Petals mostly fused -- Big Family - 8 San Diego Genera e.g.: Solanum (Nightshade) - 11 Species Nicotiana (Tobacco) - 5 Species Lycium (Box Thorn) - 8 Species, see Family Physalis (Ground Cherry) - 5 Species, " Datura (Jimson Weed) - 3 Species, see Family |
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