Asterids II

plant list from the IB 102 lab with links to Calphoto images

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Garryaceae

Garrya

Male Garrya elliptica in flower showing catkins

Female Garrya fremontii showing berry fruits and opposite leaves

Solanaceae

Solanum

Solanum carolinense showing anthers opening by pores

Solanum clokeyi flowers

Solanum dulcamara fruits

Prickly fruits of Solanum rostratum

Nicotiana

Nicotiana attenuata flowers showing anthers opening by slits

Nicotiana quadrivalva flower with capsule fruits in the background

Habit of Nicotiana attenuata

Convolvulaceae

Calystegia

Calystegia macrostegia showing wider stigmatic lobes

Calystegia macrostegia ssp. intermedia showing vining habit

Calystegia subacaulis has much shorter stems

Convulvulus

Convolvulus arvensis showing narrower stigmatic lobes

General habit of Convolvulus arvensis

Cuscuta

Cuscuta californica (orange) parasitizing some shrub

Flowers of Cuscuta californica

Fruits of Cuscuta californica:

Boraginaceae

Amsinckia

Coiled inflorescence of Amsinckia douglasiana

A patch of Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia

Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia showing orange spots inside the corolla

Cynoglossum

Cynoglossum grande showing typical Boraginaceae flower form

Cynoglossum grande fruit (four nutlets)

Habit of Cynoglossum grande

Myosotis

Myosotis sylvatica inflorescence

A patch of Myosotis latifolia:

Plagiobothrys

General habit of Plagiobothrys cognatus

Plagiobothrys stipitatus var. macranthus fruit

Plagiobothrys chorisianus var. chorisianus flowers

Eriodictyon

Habit of Eriodictyon californicum

Eriodictyon crassifolium inflorescences:

Nemophila

Habit of Nemophila heterophylla showing solitary flowers

Capsule fruits of Nemophila heterophylla showing calyx lobes (against the fruit) and appendages (curled back away from the fruit)

Nemophila menziesii flower showing the second (Hydrophyllaceae) flower form in the expanded Boraginaceae

Phacelia

Coiled inflorescence of Phacelia anelsonii

Habit of Phacelia californica

Phacelia calthifolia flower

Phacelia campanularia:

Rubiaceae

Galium

Galium aparine fruits, whorled “leaves,” and hooked hairs

Galium californicum showing “leaves” in whorls of four

Flowers of the weakly-woody Galium porrigens var. porrigens

Apocynaceae

Apocynum

Flowers of Apocynum androsaemifolium showing united anthers

Apocynum cannabinum paired follicles

Apocynum androsaemifolium habit

Asclepias

Flower of Asclepias asperula showing greenish-white corolla and purple hoods

A clump of Asclepias californica

Follicles of Asclepias eriocarpa

Asclepias exaltata flower showing horns coming out from the hoods