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Jeweled Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum)Observer
ulysses20Description
Deceased
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False Grass-Poly (Lythrum junceum)Observer
chris_nelsonDescription
Found close enough to someone's fence that it could be an escaped garden flower.
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False Grass-Poly (Lythrum junceum)Observer
truthseqrDescription
Flowers: 1-2 in each leaf axil
Stem: not hairy; erect, up to 60 cm tall
Short, conical hypanthiums/fruits. Red spots at base.
Per @randomtruth, the hypanthium shape is the easiest character to look at for differentiation - L. cal has cylindrical hypanthiums with defined ribs, and L. junceum has shorter, conical hypanthiums that are mostly smooth.
Here's a photo by @randomtruth of L. californicum on flickr for reference - note the long, cylindrical hypanthiums with the ribs.
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Pink Bow-Tie Gall Wasp (Feron izabellae)Observer
serenamyjerDescription
Scrub oak
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Yellow-headed Spider-hunting Wasp (Leptodialepis bipartitus)Observer
biobank-lantauhk
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Western Amethyst Laccaria (Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis)Observer
justineecker97
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False Grass-Poly (Lythrum junceum)Observer
rossta0825Description
Think it’s lythrum genus, but which species.
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Bristly Goldenaster (Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. echioides)Observer
helenhDescription
YSC Trail near scattered eucalyptus, Mission Peak Regional Preserve (above Ohlone College). The last photo shows the leaves in early May.
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Yellow Owl's Clover (Triphysaria versicolor ssp. faucibarbata)Observer
forestnymphDescription
No purple on this one. Is it T. versicolor subspp. faucibarbata? Or Orthocarpus spp.?
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Telegraphweed (Heterotheca grandiflora)Observer
janetplantDescription
On parking strip next to park on Quema Drive.
About 6 feet tall.
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False Grass-Poly (Lythrum junceum)Observer
janetplantDescription
Not sure if L. hyssopifolium or L. Californicum. Will look closer.
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Hayfield Tarweed (Hemizonia congesta)Observer
janetplantDescription
I know there are several hayfield tarweed sub species and I'm just marking this hayfield tarweed. More notes later
We
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Fiesta Flower (Pholistoma auritum)Observer
janetplantDescription
Second year that I've seen these flowers in this location. They are on shady bank.
Just visited this site (July 29, 2014) and the goats have eaten all the dried vegetation. Looking forward to seeing if they come back next year.
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Las Vegas Buckwheat (Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii)Observer
sotexnaturalist
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Baptarma felicitaObserver
sixleggedsamDescription
Visiting Encelia and Buddleia
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Indian Rushpea (Hoffmannseggia glauca)Observer
dawnmcclainDescription
Control it with Picloram
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Apricot Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)Observer
alexmadaniDescription
Desert Globemallow :)
