1. |
True leaves |
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1A. |
Leaves reduced
to spines- cactus |
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2. |
Stems are flat
pods
Last photo by Brother Alfred Brousseau,
St. Mary's College
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PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS |
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2A. |
Stems are
round and jointed
Photo by credit J. E.(Jed) and Bonnie
McClellan, California Academy of Sciences
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COASTAL CHOLLA |
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3. |
Vine-like
plant, climbing with tendrils or stems |
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to 4 |
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3A. |
Upright tree
or shrub, maybe sprawling (spread out) |
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to 5 |
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4. |
Leaves
arrow-shaped, funnel shaped white flower
Photo by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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BINDWEED |
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4A. |
Leaves
palmate, flowers small white in raceme, spiny fruit
Photo by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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WILD CUCUMBER |
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5. |
Plant a tree
definitely woody stem |
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to 6 |
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5A. |
Plant a shrub
or annual, woody or herbaceous |
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6. |
Palmate large
fuzzy leaves |
SYCAMORE |
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6A. |
Leaves not as
above |
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to 7 |
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7.
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Leaf margin
toothed or serrated |
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to 8 |
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7A.
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Leaf margin
entire or lobed |
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8. |
Leaves
compound pinnately- usually 5-9 leaflets |
ELDERBERRY |
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8A.
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Leaves simple
or lobed |
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to 9 |
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9. |
Leaves ovate,
tip slightly pointed
Photo by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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WHITE ALDER |
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9A. |
Leaves at
least 3X as long as wide, toothed, red berries
Photo by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.and William R. Hewlett, California Academy of
Sciences.
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TOYON |
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10. |
Flowers
yellow, tubular, leathery leaves |
TREE TOBACCO |
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10A. |
Flowers tiny
yellow catkins, linear pointed leaves
Photos by Charles Webber, California
Academy of Sciences and Brother Alfred Brousseau, St. Mary's College
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ARROYO WILLOW |
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11. |
Stems with
spines or thorns |
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to 12 |
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11A |
Stems without
spines |
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to 14 |
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12. |
Leaves <
1" lobed at tip, red tubular flowers, spiny fruit
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College and John Game
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FUCHSIA FLOWERED
GOOSEBERRY |
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12A. |
Leaves larger,
deeply cleft |
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to 13 |
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13. |
Leaves large
tipped with spines, terminal large blue flower |
WILD ARTICHOKE |
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13A. |
Leaves not
spiny, like sandpaper, deltoid, fruit spiny
Photos by Donald Myrick, California
Academy of Sciences and Brother
Alfred Brousseau, St. Mary's College
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COCKLEBUR |
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14. |
Wooly white
hairs on leaves and/or stem |
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to 15 |
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14A. |
Plant no as
above |
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to 16 |
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15. |
Leaves
opposite, wrinkled, flowers white, whorled
Photos by Virginia Moore, California
Academy of Sciences and Beatrice F. Howitt, California Academy of
Sciences.
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HOREHOUND |
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15A. |
Leaves
alternate |
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to 17 |
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16. |
Growth habit
sprawling |
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to 18 |
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16A. |
Upright shrub |
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to 19 |
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17. |
Tall herb,
leaves green on top, white hairy beneath
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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CUDWEED |
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17A. |
tall herb,
leaves green below, smells like curry
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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PEARLY
EVERLASTING |
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18. |
Low shrubby
plant, leaves in 3, yellow-orange tiny flowers
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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DEERWEED |
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18A. |
Gray-green
shrub, triangular leaves, no petals
Photo by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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SALTBUSH |
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19. |
Leaves finely
dissected, fernlike or stringy |
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to 20 |
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19A. |
Leaves
toothed, entire, lobed, or palmate |
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to 24 |
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20. |
Leaves gray,
stingy, strong sage smell
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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CALIFORNIA
SAGEBRUSH |
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20A. |
Leaves green,
stringy |
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to 21 |
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21. |
Leaves finely
dissected or fernlike |
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to 22 |
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21A. |
Leaves not as
above |
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to 23 |
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22. |
Flowers
yellow, in umbel, smells and tastes like licorice |
SWEET FENNEL |
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22A. |
Flowers white,
in umbel, feather-like leaves
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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YARROW |
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23. |
Flowers
nondescript, stems reddish, leaf and stem prickly
Photo by Charles Webber, California
Academy of Sciences
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RUSSIAN
THISTLE |
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23A. |
Flowers creamy
turning rusty in cluster, leaves small pointy
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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WILD BUCKWHEAT |
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24.
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Leaves toothed
or loosely serrated, at least some |
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to 25 |
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24A. |
Leaves linear,
entire, or lobed, not serrate |
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to 29 |
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25. |
Leaves
compound |
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to 26 |
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25A. |
Leaves simple,
long, linear, flowers in clusters |
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to 27 |
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26. |
Leaves 7-9
palmately compound, flowers blue-purple raceme
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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LUPINE |
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26A. |
Leaves
smaller, cleft into leaflets, ovate |
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to 28 |
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27. |
Leaves large,
linear tall plant, more than 6", reddish spike flower
Photo by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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CURLY DOCK |
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27A.
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Leaves
slightly toothed or entire, small terminal creamy cluster flower
Photo by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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MULE FAT |
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28. |
Leaves in
3-leaflets, flowers yellow spike
Photo by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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YELLOW SWEET
CLOVER |
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28A. |
Leaves in
3-leaflets, flowers white spike |
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29. |
Plant shrub
with whitish or gray leaves |
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to 30 |
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29A. |
Plant shrub
with green or reddish leaves |
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to 31 |
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30. |
Flowers
yellow, composite, linear leaves, sessile, some toothed |
GOLDENBUSH |
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30A. |
Flowers
yellow, woody shrub, with fat pods
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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BLADDERPOD |
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31. |
Leaves thick
and leathery |
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to 32 |
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31A. |
Leaves not as
above |
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to 33 |
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32. |
Large shrub,
ovate leaves, slimy hard berries, taste like lemons
Photo by Charles Webber, California
Academy of Sciences.
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LEMONADE BERRY |
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32A. |
Large shrub,
leaves entire, fold in middle, stems reddish
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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LAUREL SUMAC |
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33. |
Leaves entire |
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to 34 |
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33A. |
Leaves entire |
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to 34 |
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34. |
Weak stemmed,
yellow composite with purplish center
Photo by Larry Blakely
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ENCELIA DAISY |
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34A. |
Strong stemmed
bush, 5-9 toothed small leaves |
COYOTE BUSH |
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35. |
Leaves
opposite |
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to 36 |
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35A. |
Leaves
alternate |
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to 37 |
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36.
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Leaves sticky,
linear, flowers red or salmon colored
Photos by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St.
Mary's College.
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MONKEY FLOWER |
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36A. |
Leaves no
sticky, flowers whored, lavender color
Photo by Charles Webber, California
Academy of Sciences.
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BLACK SAGE |
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37.
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Leaves simple |
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to 38 |
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37A. |
Leaves in
three, shiny reddish to green |
POISON OAK |
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38. |
Flowers
reflexed white, yellow pistil, fruit green or purple berry
Photos by Beatrice F. Howitt, California
Academy of Sciences and Charles Webber, California Academy of
Sciences.
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NIGHTSAGE |
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38A. |
Leaves large
round or heart-shaped, flower pinkish, fruit round |
CHEESEWEED |
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