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Flower identification assistance requested
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:57 am
by simonov
Can anyone tell me what these are?
This was blooming in the sort of heather that lines the trail to the Ski Hut.
And what is this?
Re: Flower identification assistance requested
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:17 am
by mattmaxon
simonov wrote:Can anyone tell me what these are?
This was blooming in the sort of heather that lines the trail to the Ski Hut.
Ceanothus leucodermis; Chaparral Whitethorn
It is a Wallflower, what precise variety I couldn't say They 're generically known as Wallflower
This would be my guess
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species ... ecnum=3472
Re: Flower identification assistance requested
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:42 am
by Elwood
The first two appear to me to be Ceanothus Cuneatus, or Buck Brush.
Re: Flower identification assistance requested
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:50 am
by simonov
Uh-oh, a controversy has already erupted!
Re: Flower identification assistance requested
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:56 am
by Elwood
I respectfully defer to my more knowledgeable colleague.
Re: Flower identification assistance requested
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:59 am
by mattmaxon
simonov wrote:Uh-oh, a controversy has already erupted!
I guess we can agree on one thing
it's Ceanothus of one sort or another....
Collectively known as Buckthorn or California Lilac
It's pretty when in bloom other wise despised by XC hikers for it's tendency to shred you, & your gear
Great stuff if you run low on razor wire
