SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL PRESERVE
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Douglas's microseris
Microseris douglasii ssp. douglasii
Asteraceae
[Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834]
(These flowers are often self-pollinating, which means they pollinate themselves without opening, push out the ligules (see picture on right), and then open directly to fruit. They are usually nodding in bud and erect in flower and fruit)
 
 
 



 
Blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
Iridaceae


   
Pomona locoweed
Astragalus pomonensis
Fabaceae
 
Doveweed
Croton setigerus
Euphorbiaceae


 
 
Durango root
Datisca glomerata
Datiscaceae
 
Purple owl's clover
Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta
Scrophulariaceae
 


 
Lady bird beetle
 
   
Valley lupine
Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus
Fabaceae
[Note fused cotyledons]
 


 
Tejon cryptantha
Cryptantha microstachys
Boraginaceae


   
Common goldfields
Lasthenia gracilis
Asteraceae
[Note pappus of opaque, white, ovate-lanceolate scales]


 
 
 
Cobweb thistle
Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale
Asteraceae



 
 
Common dandelion *
Taraxacum officinale
Asteraceae
 
 
 



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CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
VIRGINIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS