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Start Over Taxon Amsinckia Accession number Acc.303 Function 8.1 Foods
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-12793, described as Chipas. The specimen consists of mixture of seeds and fruit fragments of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, flixweed, a native of Eurasia, and Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton, mountain tansymustard, a California native, both members of the Brassicaceae. Note: Some fruits are less than 1 mm wide and are classified as D. incisa. Identification based on treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 155 Seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae; 11 Nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae; 9 Seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 4 fruits of Polygonum sp., Polygonaceae.
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-12787, described as Seeds (lolas) for food. The specimen is a mixture of fruits with accessory structures of Polygonum sp., dock, Polygonaceae, and seeds of Mentzelia spp., blazingstar, Loasaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 32 caryopses of Secale cereale L., rye, Poaceae; 29 achenes of Madia sativa Molina., coast tarweed, Asteraceae; 17 seeds of Chenopodium sp., goosefoot, Chenopodiaceae; 17 nutlets of Amsinckia spp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae; 6 florets of Bromus carinatus Hook & Arn., California brome, Poaceae; 3 seeds of Collomia grandiflora Douglas ex Lindl., grand collomia, Polemoniaceae; 2 florets of Bromus commutatus Schrad., hairy chess, Poaceae; 2 seeds of Linum lewisii Pursh., Lewis’ flax, Linaceae.
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-12794, described as (Lolas). The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 123 achenes of Polygonum sp., knotweed, Polygonaceae 45 seeds of Camelina microcarpa Andrz. ex DC., small-seed false flax, Brassicaceae 28 seeds and fruits of Chenopodium sp., Chenopodiaceae 18 achenes of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae 16 nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae 7 seeds of Gayophytum sp., Onagraceae 6 seeds possibly of Descurainia sp., tansymustard, Brassicaceae 6 caryopses of Secale cereale L., cereal rye, Poaceae 4 achenes of Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl., common madia, Asteraceae 4 florets of Festuca arundinacea Schreb., tall fescue. Poaceae 4 seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, panicle willow-herb, Onagraceae 2 seeds of Phacelia sp., Hydrophyllaceae 1 seed of Collomia sp., Polemoniaceae 1 floret of Torreyochloa pallida (Torr.) G. L. Church var. pauciflora (J. Presl) J. I. Davis, weak manna grass, Poaceae

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