Observations by jillian921

Granitic soil, rocky outcrop in juniper/John-tuckeri oak woodland

Granitic soil, juniper/John-tuckeri oak woodland

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Granitic soil, rocky outcrop in juniper/John-tuckeri oak woodland

Asteraceae herb with discoid inflorescences (all disk flowers). 2 parted stigmas. Phyllaries with 1 whorl. Linear leaves.

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.

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).

Perennial herb with many erect inflorescences and pendulous, tubular flowers. Stems are hairless and reddish. Leaves are thick and oppositely arranged.

Annual herb with somewhat succulent leaves. Leaves are dissected and pubescent. Sepals pubescent and separate. 5 petals fused.

Annual herb with simple, pubescent leaves and red, pubescent stem. Small yellow flower with 4 petals, 4 sepals, and 8 biseriate stamens.

Annual herb with coarse, lobed leaves. Small blue flowers.

3-4ft thistle with lobed, prickly-edged leaves. The bottom of leaves and stems are white with cottony hairs. Flowers are purple.

Vine with simple, hastate shaped leaves and white, trumpet shaped flowers. 5 sepals and 5 fused petals.

Succulent herb with simple leaves. Inflorescence comes out of axial bud. Flowers in clusters. 2 sepals aposepalous and 5 petals apopetalous. 7 stamens and 1 pistil.

Monocot herb - 6 tepals and 6 stamens with yellow anthers. 1 stigma lobed in 3 parts. Simple leaves with undulated edges.

Cactus with reddish spines (modified leaves). Sessile flower with separate, yellow tepals. Many stamens and many pistils.

Herb with simple leaves, resembling basal rosette. 4 white petals apopetalous and 4 sepals aposepalous. Sepals arching back away from the flower. 8 stamens with yellow anthers. Stigma parted 4 ways.

Annual herb with fern-like leaves (pinnately compound). Circinate, cyme inflorescence. Flower with 5 petals and 5 separate, pubescent sepals. 5 stamens and 2 styles.

Annual sub-shrub with simple leaves and reddish, pubescent stems. Umbel inflorescence with many pink flowers and involucre of bracts. Tepals fused. 6 stamens with yellow anthers fused to corolla tube.

5 fused petals and 5 fused sepals. Pistil and stamens hidden inside the the corolla tube, not visible from outside. 4 stamens biseriate. Leaves are simple and pubescent.

5 fused petals, 5 sepals aposepalous. 5 stamens with white anthers. 1 style with 2 parted stigma. Simple leaves. Reddish pubescent stem.

Shrub in chaparral habitat with simple leaves and umbel inflorescences. Petals are fused - cannot determine number of petals.