Media available: legacy documentation / Collection place: Soulsbyville, Tuolumne County, California / Taxon: Ranunculus californicus - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Media available legacy documentation Collection place Soulsbyville, Tuolumne County, California Taxon Ranunculus californicus

Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10292, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; seeds (Madia sativa), flat, curved, brown. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M.sativa is closely related to and partly interfertile with M. gracilis. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsule: 51 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., soft brome, Poaceae 22 achenes of Drymocallis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb., glandular cinquefoil, Rosaceae 15 seeds of Trifolium ciliolatum Benth., foothill clover, Fabaceae 15 florets of Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray, brome fescue, Poaceae 12 mericarps of Daucus carota L., Queen Anne's lace, Apiaceae 11 seeds of Trifolium obtusiflorum Hook. f., clammy clover, Fabaceae 10 florets of Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel., rat-tail fescue, Poaceae 9 seeds of Castilleja densiflora (Benth.) T.I. Chuang & Heckard, denseflower Indian paintbrush, Scrophulariaceae 4 seeds of Trifolium microcephalum Pursh, smallhead clover, Fabaceae 4 achenes of Ranunculus californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae 4 nutlets of Cryptantha spp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae 4 seeds of Epilobium densiflorum (Lindl.) Hoch & P.H. Raven, denseflower willowherb, Onagraceae 3 fruits of Rumex acetosella L., common sheep sorrel, Polygonaceae 2 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 2 seeds of Clarkia sp., clarkia, Onagraceae 2 seeds of Silene gallica L., common catchfly, Caryophyllaceae 2 (one floret, one caryopsis) Melica californica Scribn., California melicgrass, Poaceae 2 nutlets of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae 2 achenes of Madia exigua (Sm.) A. Gray, small tarweed, Asteraceae 2 florets of Deschampsia spp., hairgrass, Poaceae 1 mericarp of Sanicula spp., sanicle, Apiaceae 1 achene of Sonchus oleraceus L., common sowthistle, Asteraceae 1 floret of Bromus tectorum L., cheatgrass, Poaceae 1 floret of Bromus diandrus Roth, ripgut brome, Poaceae 1 seed of Claytonia sp., springbeauty, Portulacaceae 1 seed of Plantago sp., plantain, Plantaginaceae 1 seed of Descurainia sp., tansymustard, Brassicaceae 1 achene of Agoseris sp., agoseris, Asteraceae