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Portulacaceae (Purslane Family) -- Foliage fleshy -- Generally 5 Petals (more in Lewisia) -- Style or Stigma has 3 branches (more in Lewisia) -- Ovary partly inferior, partly superior |
| Convolvulaceae
(Morning Glory Family) Cressa truxillensis (Alkali Weed) -- Tiny flowers on many-branched low canes -- Common in margins of coastal estuaries and lakes below 700 ft elevation. |
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Geraniaceae (Geranium Family) -- Most in San Diego are introduced -- 5 Stigmas on axis of 5 Styles -- Usually seen as low growing weed -- Occasionally ascends to 3 ft high |
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Zygophyllaceae (Caltrop Family) -- Desert plants -- Ovary superior -- -- |
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(Desert Silverbush) -- Unusual member of Euphorbiaceae Family -- 5 Sepals and 5 Petals -- Pistillate flowers have 3 2-lobed Styles -- Stems fleshy and hairy |
| Sterculiaceae (Cacao Family) Fremontodendron (Fremontia aka Flannelbush) -- Flowers Bisexual -- 5 Stamens -- Occurs infrequently in shaded canyons of foothills -- Shrub or small tree |
| Malvaceae
(Mallow Family) -- Shrub to low-growing Herb -- Leaves alternate and simple -- Leaves on petioles (leaf stems) -- 5 Sepals |
| Hypericaceae
(St. John's Wort Family) -- Leaves Cauline (i.e. mainly sprout from stems) -- Leaves Simple, Opposite, Clasping (more or less) -- 5 Sepals -- 3 Style branches -- |
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Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family) -- Ranunculus (Buttercup) -- Leaves both Basal & Cauline, 3 to 9 Leaflets on a Leaf -- 5 Sepals, 5 Petals longer than Sepals -- Usually shiny yellow or white -- See also Delphinium and Clematis |
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Rosaceae (Rose Family) -- Rosa (Wild Rose) -- Potentilla (Cinquefoil) -- |
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Cistaceae (Rock-Rose Family) -- Cistus (Rock-Rose) -- Helianthemum (Sun-Rose) -- 5 Sepals, outer 2 often narrower |
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Aizoaceae (Carpetweed Family) -- Sesuvium verrucosum (Western Sea Purslane) -- -- 5 Petal-like Sepals No true Petals -- Leaves fleshy -- Many Stamens -- 2 to 5 Styles |
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Crassulaceae (Stonecrop Family) -- 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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Frankeniaceae
(Frankenia Family) Frankenia salina (Alkali Heath) -- 4 to 7 Sepals and Petals -- -- Found in salt marshes, alkali flats, etc. -- Leaves leathery & fleshy, may also be hairy -- Flower diameter about 1/4 inch. |
| -- 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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| Linaceae
(Flax Family) -- Slender stemmed plants -- Leaves short & thread-like -- 5 Stamens alternate to Petals -- 5 Linear Styles in Linum (Flax) |
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| Oxalidaceae
(Oxalis Family)
Oxalis (Wood-Sorrel) -- Oxalis albicans is native, on shaded slopes coastal & foothill below about 1500 ft elevation. Mar - Nov. -- O. pes-caprae & O. corniculata - Very similar (see photos) invasive weeds from Europe & S. Africa. |
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| Saxifragaceae
(SaxifrageFamily)
-- Lithophragma affine (Woodland Star) -- -- Grows on open grassy slopes |
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Caryophyllaceae (Pink Family) -- Leaves simple, generally opposite -- 5 Sepals, free or fused into a tube -- Petals often notched or deeply divided -- Stamens 10 or fewer -- 2 to 5 Styles, or 2-3 branched Stigma -- Stellaria media non-native (Eurasia) |
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