Cosumnes Virtual Herbarium

Tomentose or bristly-hairy; Lvs: blade crenate or toothed, cordate; Infl: flrs solitary in axils or in leafy panicles, bractlets subtending calyx; Flr: petals yellow to reddish, stigmas head like; Fr: cylindric to spheric, dehiscent; seeds:2-9/fr. Segment

Tree: 6-20m; Stem: twigs hairy, greenish; Lf: pinnately compound, leaflets 3-5, central largest, 3-5 lobed, toothed; Infl: appearing before lvs, drooping

Plant: 10-200cm; white to pink umbel; Lvs: finely 3-pinnately divided, cauline

Lvs: simple, sessile; blades 2-12cm, linear, obtuse; Infl: phyllaries 3-8 in 1 series; chaff scales +/- equal; Ray Flrs: 3-8; corollas 10-12mm, yellow to red; Disk Flrs: 6-35; corrollas 6-10mm; Disk achenes: pappus 10 oblong, white scales

Stem: generally glabrous; Lf: sheath appendaged, ligule membranous; Infl: spike-like, 2-5.5cm, axis breaking in fruit; Spikelet: glumes of lowermost spikelet 2-3 awned, upper glumes 3-awned, florets generally 4, upper 2 sterile, lemma short awned or 0

Shrub or Tree: 4-12m; Leaflets: 5-7; Infl: 1-2dm, panicle-like, erect, finely hairy; Flr: calyx 2-lobed, petals white to pale rose, 5-7 stamens, exserted, anthers orange

Lf: ligule 3-5mm; Infl: 7-30cm; Spikelet: glumes 2.8-3.6mm, back puberulent below middle; lemma 2mm, tip 2-toothed, awned from middle; Floret: short hairy-tufted

Lvs: ligule 2.5-4mm; Infl: 5-30cm; Spikelet: glumes 1.5-3.5mm, acute to narrowly acuminate, callus hairs; lemma 1-2mm, sometimes awned above middle

Lvs: ligule 2-6mm; lower blades 4-10cm, 3-8mm wide, flat; Infl: 8-25cm, widely ovate in outline; primary branches mostly spreading; Spikelet: glumes 2-3mm; callus hairs 0 or minute; lemma 1.5-2mm, no awn; palea 0.7-1.4mm

Plant: rapidly growing; Lf: leaflets 13-25, 8-13cm, lanceolate, with 2-4 teeth, each with a large gland on lower surface; Infl: 10-20cm

Stems: 1-10, generally glabrous, sometimes puberulent below nodes; Lf: sheath slightly scabrous, ligule minutely scabrous; Infl: >2cm wide, open; Spiklet: 3-4mm; glumes 2-3mm, lemmas 1.5-2mm, awns 3mm

Plant: up to 3 feet tall; Lvs: basal; Infl: pedicels ascending to erect; Flr: petals white; Fr: lateral walls thick, opaque

Tree: trunk <35m; Lf: blade thick, base tapered to round, tip round to acute, margin generally flat, upper surface green, midrib and major veings not indented, lower surface yellow-green

Lf: ligule 3-4.5mm; Infl: 1-7cm, 4-6mm wide; Spikelet: glumes 2-3mm, lemma awn bent

Lf: upper sheath inflated; ligule 1.5-5.5mm; Infl: 1.5-6.5cm; Spikelet: glumes 3-5mm, lemma awn bent, exceeding lemma body by 3-5mm

Lvs: cauline petiole 5-50mm; axillary lvs generally smaller, persistent; Infl: clusters axillary throughout plant, bracts green, spined; Staminate Flr: stamens 3; Pistillate Flr: sepals 3; Seed: red-brown

Lvs: cauline petiole 4-30mm; Infl: spike-like clusters axillary, bract 1, spine-tipped, green; Staminate Flr: sepals 4-5, stamens 3-5; Pistillate Flr: sepals 4-5, fused at base, falling with fruit

Lvs: petiole 10-90mm, blade lanceolate to ovate; Infl: spike-like, terminal, solitary or with axillary ones at base; bracts spine-tipped; Staminate Flr: sepals 5; Pistillate Flr: sepals 5; Seed: red-brown

Plant: 3-30dm, monoecious; Infl: panicle of spike-like clusters, terminal spike < or = 20cm, 5 cm wide; Satminate Flr: sepals 4-5; Pistillate Flr: sepals 5; Seed: black

Plant: 5-20dm, Stems: soft-hairy to bristly; Lvs: opposite at least below, 4-12cm, lanceolate to ovate, generally 1-2 pinnately lobed, hairy; Inf: staminate heads 2-5mm diam, involucre lobes 3-5; pistillate heads 1-flowered; Fr: bur<6mm, greenish brown

Stem: 1-10dm; Lf: 2-8cm, 2-15mm wide; Infl: 3-5 flrs; Flr: hypanthium urn-shaped, petals 3-4(5)mm, stamens 4(7), anthers deep yellow; longest peduncles 3-5(9)mm, petals deep rose-purple; Fr: 3-5mm wide

Stem: 1-10dm; Lf: 1.5-8cm, 5-15mm wide; Infl: 1-3(5) flrs; Flr: hypanthium urn-shaped; petals 3-4mm; stamens 4(5-12), anthers pale yellow; longest peduncles 0-3mm; petals pale lavender; Fr: 4-6mm wide

Plant: hairs generally bristly; Flr: corolla 7-11mm, 4-10mm wide at top, more or less orange, limb generally with 5 red-orange marks

Stem: 5-40cm; Lf: sessile, blade 5-20mm, ovate to elliptic; Flr: pedicel 1-3cm, recurved in fruit; corolla 7-11mm wide, salmon to blue *(now in the Myrsinaceae)

Plant: ill-scented; Stems: <24cm, lightly hairy; Lvs: <6cm, 2-3 pinnately divided; segments linear; Infl: heads radiate, phyllaries green, margins scarious, pale brown, chaffy in upper half; Ray Flrs: sterile, 10-15; ligules 6-9mm, white, reflexed in age

Plant: 4.5-10dm, branched; Lf: blade 5-15cm, pinnately dissected, segments 1-5mm; Infl: white umbel, rays 3-6

Stem: stout, more or less stiffly erect, branched near top; Lf: blade 5-8cm, base tapered to cordate, tip obtuse to acute; Flr: corolla 2.5-5mm, cylindric to urn-shaped; Fr: 6-9cm

Stem: branched, 3-7dm; Lf:blade 3-22cm, gen. inrolled; Infl: 12-25 cm, open, raceme-like; Spikelets: ±sessile, spreading, glumes subequal, short-awned, lower 3-5 veined, lemma 13-20mm, central awn gen. 3.5-7cm, lateral awns slightly shorter

Plant: 5-25dm; Stem: many, erect, brown to gray-green; Lvs: narrowly elliptic to widely oblanceolate, entire or coarsely 3-5-lobed near tip, sparsely tomentose above, densely white tomentose below; Infl: 10-30cm, leafy; heads bell-shaped, nodding

Lvs: whorls of 3-5, persistent, short petiole, blade base tapered; Flr: corolla reflexed, greenish white, can be tinged purple, hoods gen.

Lf: opposite, persistent, petiole short; Flr: corolla reflexed, yellowish white or purplish

Stem: 1-3m, erect; branchlets thread-like; young stems simple, stout, edible; Infl: thread-like, jointed near middle; Flr: drooping, bell-shaped, greenish white; Fr: red

Stems: 4-10dm, hairy above; Lvs: basal/cauline; Ray Flrs: many; corollas 8-12mm, violet, Fr: hairy

Stems: erect, 2-8dm, glabrous; Lvs: basal and cauline, generally 3-6cm; Infl: heads in an open cyme; phyllaries linear to lanceolate; Ray Flrs: many; corollas generally <7mm, pink to violet, barely larger than disk corollas; Fr: more or less hairy

Plant: 4-15dm; Stem: 1+ from base, erect; branches ascending to spreading, stiff; Lf: blade 15-70mm, linear to lanceolate, base tapered or rounded; Staminate Infl: spike or panicle, generally terminal; Pistillate Infl: bracts in fruit 3-12mm

Lf: glabrous to minutely scabrous; Spikelet: glumes 18-30mm, 5-7 veined; lemmas 12-18mm, generally soft-hariy below awn, forks at tip 2-6mm, bristly, awn 20-40mm, bent, twisted below bend

Lf: blade minutely scabrous; Spikelet: glumes 18-25mm, 7-9 veined; lemmas 14-20mm, glabrous, soft hairy in lower third, forks at tip<1mm, awn 25-40mm, bent, twisted below bend

Plant: green to reddish, fertile only when ascending; Stem: <5+cm; Sporangium: cases generally male

Plant: 1-2m, glabrous, sticky; Stems: generally 1 from base, ascending; Lvs: petioles <10mm, winged; Infl: heads in flat-topped clusters; phyllaries in 2-3 series; chaff 0 or 1 series of inconspicuous scales; Stam. Flrs: 26-40; pappus 3-4mm

Shrub <3m, glabrous, generally sticky; Stems: prostrate to erect; Lvs: barely petioled, 8-55mm; Infl: heads in a leafy panicle; involucre hemispheric to bell-shaped; phyllaries in 4-6 series; chaff 0; Stam. Flrs: 20-34; pappus 3-4.2mm; Pist. Flrs: 19-43

Stem: prostrate to ascending: Lf: 12-36mm, opposite, veins>6, palmate; Infl: pedicel 5-18mm, generally < leaf, stout; Flr: sepals 5; Fr: capsule

Stem: 1-6dm, branched, stiff, angled; Lvs: pinnately lobed; basal <12cm, with 2-3 pairs of lateral lobes, terminal lobe ovate; Flrs: petals bright yellow; Fr: erect to spreading-ascending, 2.5-5cm, straight; Seed: more or less 1.5mm

Stem: 3-8dm, branched; Lvs: pinnately lobed; basal ± 2dm, with (4)6-10 pairs of lateral lobes; cauline with 6-16 pairs of lateral lobes; Flr: petals 5-7 yellow; Fr: ascending, 4.5-8 cm, straight, pedicel stout, >1mm thick; Seed: 1-1.5mm wide, gray/brown

Stem: 2-8dm, branched above, coarse; Lvs: basal with 1-4 pairs of lateral lobes; Flr: petals 6-8mm, bright yellow; Fr: erect to ascending, 1-3cm, straight; Seed: 1-1.5mm, oblong

Lf: ligule 4-8mm; Infl: 9-28cm, narrow, dense; Spikelet: 1.5-3mm; glumes glabrous to finely scabrous, tip short-pointed; 1 floret; lemma 2-3mm, 2-toothed

Lvs: compound, petioled, leaflets 2-8cm; lanceolate, serrate; Infl: heads radiate or discoid, erect; outer phyllaries 5-8; chaff scales brownish; Ray Flrs: 0-few; Disk Flrs: corollas orange; Fr: blackish, pappus awns 2

Lvs: alternate, pinnately lobed, lobes 3-15, short, linear; Infl: heads radiate, phyllaries in 1 series, margins clear; Ray Flrs: ligules yellow ±purple on back; Disk Flrs: corolla yellow, stigmas & pollen yellow or white

Plant: hairs sparse to dense, stiff; Lvs: basal pinnately lobed, serrate-dentate; Flr: petals 7-11mm; Fr: erect, 1-2cm, pedicel erect

Lvs: lateral lobes 2-4, upper lvs base ±clasping stem; Flr: petals 6-11mm, yellow; Fr: linear, beak 10-15mm, narrowed to a slender style; Seeds: many, 1 row per chamber, very finely netted

Leaves: Ligule 1-4mm; Infl: 2-10cm, Spiklets 1-14 per infl, 10-19mm, glumes: 4-7mm, 5-9 veined, florets 12-19; lemmas 6-8mm