tmelendres's Identifications
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Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum)Observer
jillian921Description
Low shrub on rocky outcrop in the coastal sage scrub habitat on Catalina. Leaves appear wooly. Inflorescence is a corymb of heads with both ray (outer ring) and disk flowers (inner).
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Catalina Liveforever (Dudleya virens ssp. hassei)Observer
jillian921Description
Succulent herb found on rocky outcrop on Catalina. Leaves with reddish tips. Compound cyme inflorescence. Flowers with 5 petals, 5 sepals, 10 stamens and 5 separate styles.
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Sand-Spurries (Genus Spergularia)Observer
jillian921Description
Herb on rocky outcrop on Catalina. Linear opposite leaves. Leaves, stems, sepals are pubescent. 5 separate petals, 5 separate sepals, 10 stamens.
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Desert Sunflower (Geraea canescens)Observer
jillian921Description
Asteraceae herb with radiate flower head. Ray flowers on outer circle and disk flowers in the center. Pubescent phyllaries with multiple whorls. Leaves are basal, simple, and pubescent.
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Spanish Needle (Palafoxia arida)Observer
jillian921Description
Asteraceae herb with discoid inflorescences (all disk flowers). 2 parted stigmas. Phyllaries with 1 whorl. Linear leaves.
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Many-stemmed Dudleya (Dudleya multicaulis)Observer
jillian921Description
Succulent herb with smooth, hairless leaves and pointy tips. Each individual has multiple flowering stalks, usually branches. Leaves die back when inflorescence emerges. Flowers are yellow with 5 separate petals, 5 sepals, 10 stamens, and 5 styles/unfused ovaries.
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Mojave Stinkweed (Cleomella obtusifolia)Observer
kyleguntherDescription
Sandy, gravel soil. Compound leaves with three obovate leaflets. Flowers tetramerous.
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Desert Milkweed (Asclepias erosa)Observer
kyleguntherDescription
Approximately 3' tall. Fifty to 100 pollinators in the umbels. Fruits also present as a pod-like structure.
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Purple Desert Lupine (Lupinus shockleyi)Observer
kyleguntherDescription
Abaxial surface of leaves hairy, adaxial surface appears relatively hairless. Purple/lavender flowers very small compared to other species I've seen. Legume pods pubescent as well.
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Schott's Calico (Loeseliastrum schottii)Observer
kyleguntherDescription
Stamen appeared somewhat connate. Salverform corolla.
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