Can you help me identify these plants?
March 28, 2012 1:20 PM Subscribe
Plant ID-Filter: I'm having trouble identifying these plants from Crystal Cove state park in Orange County, California. Any native plant specialists able to lend me a hand?
Best answer: I'm pretty sure image #6 is chaparral nightshade (Solanum xanti).
Oh, and just above that should have been "coastal", not "costal"...
posted by RichardP at 2:17 PM on March 28, 2012
Oh, and just above that should have been "coastal", not "costal"...
posted by RichardP at 2:17 PM on March 28, 2012
Best answer: Jepson Manual 2e says photo #15 is scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). The flower details in the other photos are too hard to see, but I'll keep working on them.
posted by retypepassword at 2:19 PM on March 28, 2012
posted by retypepassword at 2:19 PM on March 28, 2012
Best answer: #16 looks like a Ribes. I'm not sure which species.
posted by retypepassword at 2:22 PM on March 28, 2012
posted by retypepassword at 2:22 PM on March 28, 2012
Response by poster: retypepassword: I didn't recognize that twig as a ribes because it didn't have the flowers, but you're right- it's Ribes speciosum, I have other pictures which show that more obviously now that I know. Thanks!
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 2:25 PM on March 28, 2012
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 2:25 PM on March 28, 2012
Best answer: #11 looks kind of like a wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum). Hard to tell without the radishy radish flowers.
posted by retypepassword at 2:52 PM on March 28, 2012
posted by retypepassword at 2:52 PM on March 28, 2012
Best answer: It's hard to tell — is it possible that #8 is an immature specimen of Bush Poppy (Dendromecon rigida)?
posted by RichardP at 3:14 PM on March 28, 2012
posted by RichardP at 3:14 PM on March 28, 2012
Best answer: #3 looks kind of like Artemisia californica, or California Sagebrush.
posted by fancyoats at 4:16 PM on March 28, 2012
posted by fancyoats at 4:16 PM on March 28, 2012
Best answer: #17 looks like an Erodium botrys (notice the large pokey thing (its fruit)? All Erodiums have a pokey thing of some sort). Its common name is long-beaked stork's bill.
posted by retypepassword at 4:18 PM on March 28, 2012
posted by retypepassword at 4:18 PM on March 28, 2012
Best answer: #1 looks like a bush mallow of some sort (Malacothamnus sp.). I can't tell specifically what it is, but the closest-looking one I've found is Chaparral mallow (Malacathamnus fasciculatus).
posted by retypepassword at 4:50 PM on March 28, 2012
posted by retypepassword at 4:50 PM on March 28, 2012
Best answer: #8 is Oenothera ssp. Not sure which one.
#5 Is Rhus integrifolia.
#14 looks like an everlasting or rabbit tobacco- maybe Pseudognaphalium californicum.
posted by oneirodynia at 5:00 PM on March 28, 2012
#5 Is Rhus integrifolia.
#14 looks like an everlasting or rabbit tobacco- maybe Pseudognaphalium californicum.
posted by oneirodynia at 5:00 PM on March 28, 2012
Best answer: Oh, the fern might be Athyrium filix-femina, but it's hard to tell how divided the leaflets are from the photo.
posted by oneirodynia at 5:57 PM on March 28, 2012
posted by oneirodynia at 5:57 PM on March 28, 2012
Based on my knowledge of CA desert species 4 looks like a milkweed and 10 is some sort of Encelia.
posted by a22lamia at 7:00 PM on March 28, 2012
posted by a22lamia at 7:00 PM on March 28, 2012
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posted by RichardP at 1:51 PM on March 28, 2012