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: 58 seeds of Collinsia heterophylla G. Buist ex Graham, Chinese-houses, Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae); 16 seeds of Triteleia ixioides (W. T. Aiton) Greene, yellow-brodiaea, Themidaceae (also placed in Alliaceae or Liliaceae); 16 seeds of Silene sp., catchfly, Caryophyllaceae; 12 seeds of Clarkia sp., clarkia, Onagraceae; 11 seeds of Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood, bluedicks, Themidaceae (also placed in Alliaceae or Liliaceae) 11 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 6 nutlets of Salvia columbariae Benth., chia, Lamiaceae 5 seeds of Gilia sp., gilia, Polemoniaceae; 2 mericarps of Sanicula sp., sanicle, Apiaceae; 2 nutlets of Cryptantha sp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae; 1 floret of Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel., rat-tail fescue, Poaceae; 1 achene of Rigiopappus leptocladus A. Gray, wireweed, Asteraceae; 1 achene of Agoseris sp., agoseris, Asteraceae; 1 seed of Allophyllum sp., Grant, false gillyflower, Polemoniaceae; 1 floret of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass, Poaceae; 1 achene of Coreopsis sp., tickseed, Asteraceae; 1 seed of Trifolium obtusiflorum Hook. f., clammy clover, Fabaceae; 1 floret of Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C. E. Hubb., nit grass, Poaceae; 3 unknown
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Madera; Picayune
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Piece count on card: "1", description is plural. Photo: 15-4962. Published: B.A.E. B 78 pl 50.
Loans:
S1987-1988 #41: University of North Carolina/Geirge R. Holcomb (March 29, 1988–July 6, 1990) and S2008-2009 #11: Seed Lab, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center (CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture)/Department of Agriculture, UC Davis (April 6, 2009–December 1, 2009)