Wild Flowers of Pacific Union College
Pacific Union College is located in the California Floristic Province. Within the 1600 acre lot, PUC is home to a wide variety of plant specious including redwoods. This book catalogs these flowers by color and with a short description of each flowers unique characteristics.
Pacific Union College is located in the California Floristic Province. Within the 1600 acre lot, PUC is home to a wide variety of plant specious including redwoods. This book catalogs these flowers by color and with a short description of each flowers unique characteristics.
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LIMNANTHACEAE<br />
Limnanthes douglasii<br />
Common Meadow Foam<br />
L. douglasii is used in cosmetics by<br />
extracting the oil from its seeds. The<br />
inflorescence consists <strong>of</strong> heart shaped<br />
petals with anthers that are flattened<br />
that appear fused to the petals. The<br />
leaves are deeply lobed, appearing<br />
linear.<br />
SAXIFRAGACEAE<br />
Lithophragma heterophyllum<br />
Woodland Star<br />
L. hetrophyllum consists <strong>of</strong> leaves that<br />
grow near the bottom <strong>of</strong> the stem<br />
and it’s most <strong>of</strong>ten found leafless. 3-12<br />
flowers connect to a brown-colored<br />
“stem” called a peduncle. <strong>Flowers</strong> have<br />
a cup shaped calyx with sepals that are<br />
red in color.<br />
24 Native<br />
Native 25<br />
Book Layout.indd 24-25<br />
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