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The Wild Flowers of California

by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

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  1. 1Epigraph — Preface
  2. 2How to Use the Book
  3. 3Explanation of Terms
  4. 4Roots
  5. 5Stems
  6. 6Leaves
  7. 7Venation
  8. 8Form
  9. 9The Apex
  10. 10The Margin
  11. 11Texture — Arrangement
  12. 12Inflorescence
  13. 13The Individual Flower
  14. 14The Stamen
  15. 15The Pistil
  16. 16The Fruit
  17. 17Important Plant Families and Genera
  18. 18Families
  19. 19Genera
  20. 20Introductory
  21. 21Prelude
  22. 22Flower Descriptions — A Fancy
  23. 23White or Occasionally or Partially White Flowers Not Described
  24. 24Toothwort. Pepper-Root. Spring-Blossom
  25. 25Zygadene
  26. 26Poison-Oak
  27. 27Wake-Robin
  28. 28Beach-Strawberry
  29. 29Manzanita. Bearberry
  30. 30Californian Saxifrage
  31. 31Miner’s Lettuce. Indian Lettuce
  32. 32Wood Anemone. Wind-Flower
  33. 33Oso-Berry
  34. 34Wild Date. Spanish Bayonet
  35. 35False Solomon’s Seal
  36. 36Mist-Maidens
  37. 37Strawberry Cactus
  38. 38Thimble-Berry
  39. 39Common Wild Pea
  40. 40Wild Cucumber. Big-Root. Chilicothe
  41. 41White Layia. White Daisy
  42. 42Bed-Straw. Goose-Grass. Cleavers
  43. 43Mountain Heart’s-Ease
  44. 44Pop-Corn Flower
  45. 45Whipplea
  46. 46Woodland Star of Bethlehem
  47. 47Wild Buckwheat
  48. 48Sierra Plum. Wild Plum
  49. 49Ellisia
  50. 50Madroño. Madrone
  51. 51Wild White Lilac
  52. 52White Nemophila
  53. 53Rattle-Weed. Loco-Weed
  54. 54Wild Morning-Glory
  55. 55Wood-Balm. Pitcher-Sage
  56. 56Yucca-Palm. Tree-Yucca. Joshua-Tree
  57. 57Common Elder
  58. 58Coulter’s Snapdragon
  59. 59Heliotrope
  60. 60Horehound
  61. 61White Evening Primrose
  62. 62Evening Snow
  63. 63Heart’s-Ease
  64. 64Ice-Plant
  65. 65Squaw-Grass. Sour-Grass. Turkey-Beard
  66. 66White Owl’s Clover
  67. 67Hairbell. Lantern of the Fairies
  68. 68Tolguacha. Large-Flowered Datura
  69. 69Yerba Santa. Mountain Balm
  70. 70Alum-Root
  71. 71Chamisal. Chamiso. Greasewood
  72. 72Holly-Leaved Cherry. Islay
  73. 73Yerba Buena
  74. 74Matilija Poppy
  75. 75White Sage. Greasewood
  76. 76Cascara Sagrada. California Coffee
  77. 77Everlasting Flower. Cudweed
  78. 78Californian Buckeye
  79. 79Pussy’s-Paws
  80. 80Spanish Bayonet. Our Lord’s Candle
  81. 81Ruby Lily. Chaparral Lily. Redwood Lily
  82. 82Thistle-Poppy. Chicalote
  83. 83Malacothrix Saxatilis, Torr. And Gray. Composite Family
  84. 84Salal. Wintergreen
  85. 85Californian Spikenard
  86. 86Yerba Mansa
  87. 87Shepherd’s Purse
  88. 88Mariposa Tulip
  89. 89Common Nightshade
  90. 90Butterfly Tulip
  91. 91Western Boykinia
  92. 92Soap-Plant. Amole
  93. 93Mountain Birch. White Tea-Tree. Soap-Bush
  94. 94Common White Lupine
  95. 95Meadow-Sweet
  96. 96Californian Azalea
  97. 97American Barrenwort
  98. 98Service-Berry. June-Berry
  99. 99Christmas-Berry. Californian Holly. Toyon
  100. 100Virgin’s Bower. Clematis
  101. 101Ladies’ Tresses
  102. 102Tarweed. Mountain Misery
  103. 103Large-Flowered Dogwood
  104. 104Milk-White Rein-Orchis
  105. 105Jamestown-Weed. Jimson-Weed. Thorn-Apple. Common Stramonium
  106. 106Yarrow. Milfoil
  107. 107Rattlesnake Plantain
  108. 108Button-Bush. Button-Willow
  109. 109White-Veined Shinleaf
  110. 110Pearly Everlasting Flower
  111. 111Washington Lily. Shasta Lily
  112. 112Labrador Tea
  113. 113Pipsissiwa. Prince’s Pine
  114. 114Groundsel-Tree
  115. 115Large White Mountain Daisy
  116. 116Californian False Hellebore
  117. 117II — Yellow
  118. 118Sun-Cups
  119. 119Common Buttercup
  120. 120Cream-Cups
  121. 121Copa de Oro. California Poppy. Torosa
  122. 122Mock-Orange. Gourd. Chili-Cojote. Calabazilla
  123. 123Water-Holly. Mahonia
  124. 124Tree-Poppy
  125. 125Yellow Pansy
  126. 126Twin-Berry
  127. 127Oregon Grape. Holly-Leaved Barberry. Mahonia
  128. 128Sunshine. Fly-Flower
  129. 129Meadow-Foam
  130. 130Pimpernel. Poor-Man’s Weather-Glass
  131. 131Yellow Forget-Me-Not. Woolly-Breeches
  132. 132Tree-Tobacco
  133. 133Wind-Poppy. Blood-Drop. Flaming Poppy
  134. 134Whispering Bells
  135. 135Yellow Star Tulip
  136. 136Cream-Colored Wall-Flower
  137. 137Bur-Clover
  138. 138Common Monkey-Flower
  139. 139Fawn-Lily. Dog’s-Tooth Violet. Chamise-Lily
  140. 140Sticky Monkey-Flower
  141. 141Creeping Wood-Violet
  142. 142Common Black Mustard
  143. 143Echeveria
  144. 144Hen-and-Chickens
  145. 145Bladderpod
  146. 146Yellow Globe-Tulip. Diogenes’ Lantern. Golden Lily-Bell
  147. 147Yellow Sand-Verbena
  148. 148Sea-Dahlia
  149. 149False Lupine
  150. 150Tidy-Tips. Yellow Daisy
  151. 151Golden Butterfly-Tulip
  152. 152Butter-and-Eggs
  153. 153Brass Buttons
  154. 154Deer-Weed. Wild Broom
  155. 155Trefoil Sumach. Fragrant Sumach. Squaw-Berry
  156. 156Golden Stars
  157. 157Yellow Sweet Clover
  158. 158Californian Compass-Plant. Sunflower
  159. 159Californian Slippery-Elm
  160. 160Dodder. Love-Vine. Golden-Thread
  161. 161Large Yellow Lupine
  162. 162St. John’s-Wort
  163. 163Golden Dicentra
  164. 164Californian Dandelion
  165. 165Skunk-Cabbage
  166. 166Blazing-Star
  167. 167Stonecrop
  168. 168Prickly-Pear. Tuna
  169. 169Venegasia
  170. 170False Pimpernel
  171. 171Cancer-Root. Naked Broom-Rape
  172. 172Yellow Mariposa Tulip
  173. 173Silver-Weed. Cinquefoil
  174. 174Common Evening Primrose
  175. 175Gum-Plant. Resin-Weed. August-Flower
  176. 176Sulphur-Flower
  177. 177Wild Bouvardia
  178. 178Little Alpine Lily
  179. 179Golden Yarrow
  180. 180Tarweed. Wild Coreopsis
  181. 181Leopard-Lily. Tiger-Lily
  182. 182Yellow Pond-Lily
  183. 183Humboldt’s Lily. Tiger-Lily
  184. 184Common Sunflower
  185. 185Pine-Drops
  186. 186Tarweed
  187. 187Californian Goldenrod
  188. 188Moth-Mullein
  189. 189Western Goldenrod
  190. 190Creosote-Bush. Gobernadora. Hideondo
  191. 191III | Pink
  192. 192Red-Stemmed Filaree. Alfilerilla. Clocks. Pin-Clover
  193. 193Redwood-Sorrel
  194. 194Rock-Cress
  195. 195Wild Hollyhock
  196. 196Redbud. Judas-Tree
  197. 197Huckleberry
  198. 198Star-Flower. Chickweed-Wintergreen
  199. 199Clintonia
  200. 200Lemonade-Berry. Mahogany
  201. 201Shooting-Stars. Wild Cyclamen. Mad Violets
  202. 202Prickly Phlox
  203. 203Californian Four-o’clock
  204. 204Beach Morning-Glory
  205. 205Calypso
  206. 206Wild Portulaca
  207. 207The Pride of California
  208. 208Californian Wild Currant. Incense-Shrub
  209. 209Ground-Pink. Fringed Gilia
  210. 210Common Fleabane
  211. 211Turkish Rugging
  212. 212Canchalagua. Californian Centaury
  213. 213False Mallow
  214. 214Mesembryanthemum. Fig-Marigold
  215. 215Bitter-Root. Spat’lum. Tobacco-Root
  216. 216Spineless Tuna
  217. 217Snow-Berry
  218. 218Tree-Mallow
  219. 219Wild Honeysuckle
  220. 220Pink Paint-Brush. Escobita
  221. 221Clarkia
  222. 222Chaparral Pea
  223. 223Hedge-Nettle
  224. 224Twining Hyacinth
  225. 225Californian Rose-Bay
  226. 226Common Wild Rose
  227. 227Beautiful Clarkia
  228. 228Spreading Dogbane
  229. 229Firecracker Flower
  230. 230Godetia. Farewell to Spring
  231. 231Bleeding-Heart
  232. 232Indian Rhubarb. Umbrella-Plant
  233. 233Great Willow-Herb. Fireweed
  234. 234Alpine Heather
  235. 235Alpine Phlox
  236. 236Pink Monkey-Flower
  237. 237Sierra Primrose
  238. 238Pride of the Mountains
  239. 239Lessingia
  240. 240Elephants’ Heads
  241. 241Alpine Willow-Herb. Rock-Fringe
  242. 242IV | Blue and Purple
  243. 243Fetid Adder’s-Tongue
  244. 244Hound’s-Tongue
  245. 245California Lilac. Soap-Bush
  246. 246Californian Trillium
  247. 247Brodiæa. Cluster-Lily. Wild Hyacinth
  248. 248Brown Lily. Mission-Bells. Bronze-Bells. Rice-Root
  249. 249Black Lily. Chocolate-Lily
  250. 250Large-Flowered Phacelia
  251. 251Violet Nightshade
  252. 252Green-Banded Mariposa. Noona
  253. 253Skullcap
  254. 254Coral-Root
  255. 255California Lilac. Blue Myrtle. Blue-Blossom
  256. 256Blue Larkspur. Espuela del Caballero
  257. 257Cat’s-Ears. Pussy’s-Ears
  258. 258Purple Nemophila
  259. 259Ground-Iris
  260. 260Wild Heliotrope. Vervenia
  261. 261Blue-Eyed Grass. Azulea. Villela
  262. 262Baby-Eyes. Blue-Veined Nemophila
  263. 263Californian Milkwort
  264. 264Wild Canterbury-Bell
  265. 265Bird’s-Eyes
  266. 266Baby-Blue-Eyes. Californian Bluebells. Marianas
  267. 267Lilac Sand-Verbena. Wild Lantana
  268. 268Camass. Kamass. Wild Hyacinth
  269. 269Innocence. Collinsia
  270. 270Black Sage. Ball-Sage
  271. 271Blue Gilia
  272. 272Chia. Sage
  273. 273Blue-and-White Lupine
  274. 274Douglas Iris
  275. 275Ithuriel’s Spear. Blue Milla
  276. 276Beach-Aster
  277. 277Toad-Flax
  278. 278Catalina Mariposa Tulip
  279. 279Dog-Violet
  280. 280Thistle-Sage
  281. 281Violet Beard-Tongue
  282. 282Wild Ginger
  283. 283Common Milkweed. Silkweed
  284. 284Chicory. Succory. Wild Bachelor’s-Button
  285. 285Californian Lobelia
  286. 286False Indigo. Lead-Plant
  287. 287Blue-Curls
  288. 288Romero. Woolly Blue-Curls
  289. 289Harvest Brodiæa. Large-Flowered Brodiæa
  290. 290Violet Snapdragon
  291. 291Californian Harebell. Bellflower
  292. 292Self-Heal. Heal-All
  293. 293Pennyroyal. Poléo
  294. 294Lucern. Alfalfa. Chilean Clover
  295. 295Squaw’s Carpet. Mahala Mats
  296. 296Aconite. Monk’s-Hood. Friar’s-Cap. Blueweed
  297. 297Blue Gentian
  298. 298Tall Mountain Larkspur
  299. 299Common Aster
  300. 300Lavender Mountain Daisy
  301. 301Blue Forget-Me-Not. Stickseed
  302. 302V | Red
  303. 303Indian Warrior
  304. 304Wild Gooseberry
  305. 305Fuchsia-Flowered Gooseberry
  306. 306Wild Peony
  307. 307Californian Figwort. Californian Bee-Plant
  308. 308False Alum-Root
  309. 309Indian Paint-Brush. Scarlet Paint-Brush
  310. 310Northern Scarlet Larkspur. Christmas-Horns
  311. 311Scarlet Fritillary
  312. 312Columbine
  313. 313Climbing Pentstemon. Scarlet Honeysuckle
  314. 314Humming-Bird’s Sage
  315. 315Californian Sweet-Scented Shrub
  316. 316Indian Pink
  317. 317Coast Lily
  318. 318Cholla-Cactus
  319. 319Scarlet Bugler
  320. 320Large Vetch
  321. 321Scarlet Gilia
  322. 322Scarlet Monkey-Flower
  323. 323Snow-Plant
  324. 324Southern Scarlet Larkspur
  325. 325Western Cardinal-Flower
  326. 326Humming-Bird’s Trumpet. California Fuchsia
  327. 327VI | Miscellaneous
  328. 328Silk-Tassel Tree. Quinine-Bush
  329. 329California Laurel
  330. 330Mountain Mahogany
  331. 331Dutchman’s Pipe. Pipe-Vine
  332. 332Turk’s-Head Cactus. Turban Cactus
  333. 333Fairy Bells. Drops of Gold
  334. 334Common Mugwort
  335. 335Artemisia. Sagebrush
  336. 336Wild Pie-Plant. Canaigre
  337. 337Hornless Woolly Milkweed
  338. 338Mountain Lady’s Slipper
  339. 339Rein-Orchis
  340. 340Teasel. Fuller’s Thistle
  341. 341Samphire. Glasswort
  342. 342Mottled Swamp-Orchis. False Lady’s Slipper
  343. 343Californian Pitcher-Plant. Calf’s-Head
  344. 344Glossary

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