Plants in California, North American Flashcards

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Ceanothus spp.

ceanothus, buck brush, red root, california lilac
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Sambucus racemosa

red-berried elder

-has red buds
-opposite
-smells like moldy chocolate
-woody stem
-3 leaves per thingy?
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Heracleum maximum

cow parsnip, heracleum

-fruit/seed things are flat and look like dead leaves with a seed in the middle
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Senenoa repens

saw palmetto

-stem round on one side and flat on the other
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Aristolochia californica

california snakeroot, dutchman's pipe, california pipevine

-buds are white and fuzzy
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Asarum caudatum

wild ginger

-is rhizome
-smells like lemonade
-"roots" coming off of rhizome
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Anaphalis margaritacea

pearly/life everlasting

-alternate
-dark green on leaf topside; light green on bottom
-furry lookin leaf
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Artemisia californica

california sagebrush

-alternate needle like leaves
-smells like plant in yard/lavender
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Artemisia tridentata

big sagebrush

-young leaves stuck in buds
-whitish
-fuzzy
-smells like that 1 other skinny leafed plant from home
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Baccharis pilularis

chaparral broom, coyote bush

-alternate
-buds actually light green, old stem=brown, new stem=light green, leaves=dark green
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Grindelia hirsutula

gumplant