Showing posts with label May 16. Show all posts
Showing posts with label May 16. Show all posts

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Caterpillar phacelia (Phacelia cicutaria)
Borage or forget-me-not family -- Boraginaceae
May 16, 2015.  Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Seed head
Native




Coastal cholla (Cylindropuntia prolifera)
Cactus family -- Cactaceae
May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Native

Catalina mariposa (Calochortus catalinae)
Lily family -- Liliaceae
May 16, 2015.  Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Seed head
Native 

QUESTION
(Island false bindweed or south coast morning glory (Calistegia macrostegia)
Bindweed or morning glory family -- Convolvulaceae)
Native
OR
(Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Bindweed or morning glory family -- Convolvulaceae)
May 16, 2015.  Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Invasive
Color: White
Prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)
Composite or sunflower family -- Asteraceae
May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Invasive


May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Question



Russian thistle (Salsola tragus)
Goosefoot family -- Chenopodiaceae 
May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Invasive

May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail



May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Back of Montclef Ridge



Milk thistle (Silybum marianum)
Composite or sunflower family -- Asteraceae
May 16, 2015.  Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Color: Purple
Seed head
Invasive

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Ladies' tobacco or California everlasting (Pseudognaphalium californicum)
Composite or sunflower family -- Asteraceae
May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Color: White
Native
Cardinal catchfly (Silene laciniata)
Pink or carnation family -- Caryophyllaceae

May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Color: Red
Native


View with tocalote (Centaurea melitensis)
Composite or sunflower family -- Asteraceae
May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Seed head
Invasive
Thread stemmed fleabane (Erigeron foliosis)
Composite or sunflower family -- Asteraceae
May 16, 2015.  Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Color: White, Purple
Native

Crete weed (Hedypnois cretica)
Composite or sunflower family -- Asteraceae
May 16, 2015.  Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Seed head
Non-native

May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Fly on ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus)
Grass family -- Poaceae
Invasive
Cliff aster (Malacothrix saxatilis)
Composite or sunflower family -- Asteraceae
May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Color: White
Seed head
Native




Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Deerweed or California broom (Acmispon glaber)
Legume or bean family -- Fabaceae
May 16, 2015.  Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Color: Yellow
Native
Italian thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus)
Composite or sunflower family -- Asteraceae
May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Color: Purple
Invasive
Purple sage (Salvia leucophylla)
Mint family  -- Lamiaceae
May 16, 2015. Upper Santa Rosa Trail
Color: Purple
Native
Seed head