Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Identification Part 2

Steve Jones was by the greenhouse this weekend and was able to give another batch of seedlings their proper names! Here's what we found with descriptions by Steve.
Gilia sp., most likely G. flavocincta (lesser yellowthroat gilia)  
Lotus sp.  I suspect L. humistratus,  L. salsuginosus, or hopefully L. strigosus, which we don't have on the checklist yet.
Another one for the Bean family TBD
Opuntia or Cylindropuntia (jointed cacti - prickly pear or cholla), way too early to tell which

 The wiry blue-green leaves are a Mexican poppy (Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana); the wide leaves with it are hairy bowlesia (Bowlesia incana)

 Think this might be canyon bursage, Ambrosia ambrosioides
 Encelia farinosa, brittlebush.
 Claytonia perfoliata, miner's lettuce 
Most likely Stylocline micropoides
Columnar cactus - could be anything from a fishhook cactus to a saguaro
The rest are yet to be ID'd but are certainly different from we have seen thus far. Stay tuned for more nomenclature as told by Steve!
   

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