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Plant Catalogue
Mayhew
1948
May 14 Corner Grizzly Peak Road & Marlborough Terr., Alameda Co, Calif.
20. (cont.) herb slightly hirsute; leaves much divided;
found on an east-facing slope; altitude 1100 feet;
growing with Sidalcea, Solanum, Brodiaea capitata,
Rhus diversiloba, Baccharis, several species of
Graminae; soil rocky with little top soil.
21. Brodiaea capitata Benth. (Blue Dick)
Herb growing solitary, one flower head to a
plant; grows from a bulb; corolla deep blue;
leaves grass-like; found on an east-facing
slope; altitude 1100 feet; growing with Rhus
diversiloba, Sidalcea malvaeflora, Solanum
umbelliferum, Baccharis, & several species of
Graminae; little top soil; grow from 6 to 15 inches high.
22. Sidalcea malvaeflora Gray (Checker Bloom)
Herb from 8 to 24 inches high; several flowers
in each cluster; corolla pink to purplish; two types
of flowers — perfect and pistillate — perfect
flowers larger; herbage hairy; found on east-facing
slope, growing with Brodiaea capitata, Solanum
umbelliferum, Rhus diversiloba, Baccharis, & several
species of Graminae; altitude 1100 feet.
23. Solanum umbelliferum Esch. (Blue Witch)
Woody-stemmed herb found growing in the
shade of Quercus agrifolia, with Brodiaea
capitata, Rhus diversiloba, Baccharis, Sidalcea
malvaeflora, & several species of Graminae
near by; corolla blue, stamens sessile around
style, bright yellow; grows to about 24 inches
high, altitude 1100 feet; soil rather rocky;
blossoms nearly hidden by grass.