SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL PRESERVE MAY 2010
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Douglas's microseris
Microseris douglasii ssp. douglasii
Asteraceae

[These flowers are often self-pollinating, which means they pollinate themselves without opening, push out the ligules (see picture on right), and then open directly to fruit. They are usually nodding in bud and erect in flower and fruit.]
 
 
 



 
Blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
Iridaceae


   
Pomona locoweed
Astragalus pomonensis
Fabaceae
 
Doveweed
Croton setigerus
Euphorbiaceae


 
 
Durango root
Datisca glomerata
Datiscaceae
 
Purple owl's clover
Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta
Scrophulariaceae
 


 
Lady bird beetle
   
Valley lupine
Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus
Fabaceae
[Note fused cotyledons]
 


 
Tejon cryptantha
Cryptantha microstachys
Boraginaceae


   
Goldfields
Lasthenia gracilis
Asteraceae
[Note pappus of opaque, white, ovate-lanceolate scales]


 
 
 
Cobweb thistle
Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale
Asteraceae



 
 
Common dandelion *
Taraxacum officinale
Asteraceae
 
 
 


 
Small-flowered morning glory
Convolvulus simulans
Convolvulaceae



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