SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL PRESERVE
MAY 2010
PAGE THREE

   
Gray sage
Salvia apiana X Salvia mellifera
Lamiaceae
[Has greener leaves than S. apiana (see 2nd pictures which shows leaves of both), inflorescence has long wand of S. apiana but the typical interrupted inflorescence of S. mellifera.


     
  Tall fescue *
Festuca arundinacea
Poaceae
 


   
Foxtail barley *
Hordeum murinum ssp. glaucum
Poaceae


 
 
Weak bluegrass *
Poa infirma
Poaceae
 
Mediterranean barley *
Hordeum marinum ssp. gussoneanum
Poaceae

[Named for Giovanni Gussone, 1787-1866]
 


 
Blue larkspur
Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi
Ranunculaceae

[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]
 
 
Chocolate lily (fruit)
Fritillaria biflora var. biflora
Liliaceae
 
 
Slender cottonweed
Micropus californicus var. californicus
Asteraceae
 


     
  Feltleaf or white everlasting
Pseudognaphalium microcephalum
Asteraceae
 


       
   
American vetch
Vicia americana
Fabaceae
   
    California lotus
Lotus wrangelianus
Fabaceae


 
Silverpuffs
Uropappus lindleyi
Asteraceae
[Named for John Lindley, 1799-1865]
 
 
Brown microseris, Grassland silverpuffs
Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa
Asteraceae
[Named for George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr., 1906-2000]
 


 
Common deerweed
Lotus scoparius var. scoparius
Fabaceae
   

Tiny bedstraw *
Galium murale
Rubiaceae

     


   
Boccone's sand spurrey *
Spergularia bocconi
Caryophyllaceae

[Named for Paolo Boccone, 1633-1703]
 
Canyon clarkia
Clarkia epilobioides
Onagraceae


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