Collection place: Madera County, California / Accession number: Acc.545 / Loans: S1987-1988 #41: University of North Carolina/Geirge R. Holcomb (March 29, 1988–July 6, 1990) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Seed, accession number 1-21687, described as Bottle of black seed (Madia sp.). Scientific name Madia elegans common name madia. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl., common madia, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M. elegans is highly variable and intermediates blur distinction among extremes. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 4 seeds of Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood, bluedicks, Themidaceae 3 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 1 nutlet of Cryptantha sp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae 1 floret of Melica, possibly Melica californica Scribn., California melic, Poaceae 1 mericarp of Sanicula sp., sanicle, Apiaceae

Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-21685, described as Bottle of edible seed, unparched. Salvia columbariae. The main component of the specimen consists of nutlets of Salvia columbariae Benth., chia, Lamiaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 33 seeds of Gilia sp., gilia, Polemoniaceae. 4 seeds of unknown Brassicaceae. 1 seed of Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley, California broom or common deerweed, Fabaceae