osliang's Identifications

Specimen sat about 6 inches off the ground. It had pinnate compound leaves that were deeply divided. The flower had 4 equal petals, 6 stamens (4 long, 2 short). The petals were purplish- white with dark veins visible.

Small tree-like shrub. Reddish bark. Urn-shaped white to pink hanging flowers in clusters. Lvs oblong and overlapping with acute tips and slightly serrate margins. Very short petiole. Endemic to Santa Cruz County.

The tree was about 25 feet tall with a somewhat slender, branched trunk. The leaves are doubly pinnate with many small leaflets characterizing a single leaf. The flowers are small, yellow, ball-like structures (seemingly staminate) arranged in dense clusters all along the branches. The flowers were somewhat delicate, falling off the branch if not handled with care. The leaves were neither sticky nor strongly aromatic.

The plant sits about 6 inches tall. It's dense and covers a significant portion of the ground. The stem and leaves are very thick, smooth, and fleshy with a pale green color. The 5 sepals are the same material while the pink-purple flower has many petals and stamens. The flowers average around 3-5 cm in diameter.

Specimen sat about 6 inches off the ground. It had pinnate compound leaves that were deeply divided. The flower had 4 equal petals, 6 stamens (4 long, 2 short). The petals were purplish- white with dark veins visible.

The specimen extends about 2.5 ft off the ground. It has large, basal, wedge shaped leaves in a rosette. The stem is robust and fleshy. A single, large petalous tepal surrounds a thick, fused, cylindrical gynoecium and androecium. Dorsal side of leaves somewhat shiny