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Mayhew
1948
Plant Catalogue
7.
May 18
1645 Spruce St. Berkeley, Alameda Co, California
28. Sisyrinchium bellum Wats. (Blue-eyed Grass)
Herb from 4 to 18 inches high; grass-like
leaves, all basal; corolla blue, petals yellow at
the base; herbage clammy; found growing in
rather dry soil in an open grassy plot between
buildings with Medicago hispida, Plantago
lanceolata, Avena fatua, and several other
species of Graminae; altitude 100 feet.
May 19
1433 Spruce St. Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
29. Matricaria suaveolens (Pursh) Buch. (Pineapple Weed)
Small herb, 2 to 4 inches high; leaves pinnately
dissected; flowers greenish; no rays; found growing
on hard packed soil between sidewalk and
street, along with Medicago hispida, Hordeum
murinum, Taraxacum vulgare, Lolium perenne,
and Anagallis arvensis; altitude 100 feet.
30. Senecio vulgaris L. (Common Groundsel)
Herb from 4 to 14 inches high; black-tipped
involucreal bracts; flowers yellow; no rays; herbage
clammy; found on rather hard packed soil in
a flower garden border in back of the
house; growing with Anagallis arvensis, Bromus
rigidus, Euphorbia peplys, Stellaria media;
alitude 100 feet.
May 20 Corner Grizzly Peak Road + Marlborough Terr., Alameda Co, Calif.
31. Carduus pycnocephalus L. (Thistle)
Herb growing from 6 inches to 4 feet high; very
prickly stems and leaves; flowers clustered
near the top; corolla blue to purple; found growing
on an east-facing slope along with Rubus