Collection place: North America / Culture or time period: Yokuts / Taxon: Amsinckia - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 1-4033, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; seeds, unspecified, plant “like 1-4023, from plains”. The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Lepidium nitidum Nutt., shining pepperweed, Brassicaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 1 nutlet of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae. 1 nutlet of Plagiobothrys [possibly Plagiobothrys nothofulvus (A. Gray) A. Gray, rusty popcornflower], Boraginaceae

Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-4023, described as The main component of the specimen consists of nutlets of Salvia columbariae Benth., chia, Lamiaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 23 seeds of unknown Brassicaceae; 7 seeds of Gilia sp., gilia, Polemoniaceae; 2 nutlets of Plagiobothrys sp., popcornflower, Boraginaceae; 1 nutlet of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae; 1 seed of Phacelia sp., phacelia, Hydrophyllaceae; 1 seed of Epilobium sp., willowherb, Onagraceae.

Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-4025, described as Seeds (owin), used as food. 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: 45 achenes of Ranunculus californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae; 7 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae; 7 seeds of Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood, bluedicks, Themidaceae (also placed in Alliaceae or Liliaceae); 2 nutlets of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae; 1 seed of Luzula comosa E. Mey., Pacific woodrush, Juncaceae; 1 achene of Potentilla glandulosa Lindl., sticky cinquefoil cf. USDA Plants Database [Drymocallis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb. cf. nomenclature based on USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http: //www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl (07 July 2009)], Rosaceae; 1 seed of Trifolium sp., possibly T. obtusiflorum Hook. & Arn., clammy clover, creek clover, or sour-salt clover , Fabaceae 1 seed of Triteleia ixioides (W. T. Aiton) Greene, yellow-brodiaea or prettyface, Themidaceae (also placed in Alliaceae or Liliaceae).

Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10460, described as Flat dark brown seeds. 10461 is made from these seeds. 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: 62 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 17 seeds of Ranunculus californicus Benth.,California buttercup, Ranunculaceae. 13 seeds of Collinsia heterophylla G. Buist ex Graham, Chinese houses, Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae and Veronicaceae) 9 seeds of Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood, bluedicks, Themidaceae 3 seeds of Triteleia, possibly Triteleia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene, white brodiaea, Themidaceae 13 florets of Melica californica Scribn., California melic, Poaceae 11 florets of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass , Poaceae 3 seeds of Trifolium obtusiflorum Hook., clammy clover, Fabaceae 1 seed of Lupinus sp., lupine, Fabaceae 1 nutlet of Amsinckia sp., popcorn flower, Boraginaceae 1 floret of Bromus diandrus , ripgut grass, ripgut brome, Poaceae 1 mericarp of Sanicula sp., sanicle, Apiaceae