Object name: Seeds / Culture or time period: North Central California tribes / Taxon: Ranunculus - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-7424, described as Madia sp. 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 capsules: 6 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., soft brome, Poaceae 4 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 3 nutlets of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae 1 floret of Deschampsia sp., hair grass, Poaceae 1 seed of Ranunculus, possibly R. californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae. 1 nutlet of Cryptantha sp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae