grasslands/meadows
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Bromus inermis / smooth brome
- clump forming grass but clonally spreading
- erect, leafy
- in winter, leaves curl up (like ribbon)
- florescence is a nodding panicle, standing well above leaves
- spikelets bronze/purple at maturity; anthers yellow
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Danthonia californica / California oatgrass
- medium-sized, cool season bunchgrass
- florets widely spaced with long stalks on an open panicle
- may have flowering stems that appear wiry and crinkled
- when flowering, stamens are purple
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Erigeron speciosus / aspen fleabane
- prolific purple-ish flowers with many "petals" and a yellow center
- forest openings and edges, meadows
- late blooming - a "fall aster"
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Koeleria macrantha / Prairie Junegrass
- short, tuft-forming bunchgrass
- leaves short and basal with raised veins
- grows in early spring; flowers in June/July
- spike-like cylindrical inflorescence, 2-5" long, tan or purple
- scattered distributions, esp. in rocky or sandy forests or plains
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Potentilla gracilis / slender cinquefoil
- yellow, 5-petaled flowers with many stamens
- petals touch or overlap
- leaves with 5-9 toothed, deeply cut lobes
- leaves may be hairy, especially below
- many different exposed habitats
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Triteleia grandiflora / wild hyacinth
- terminal cluster of several, blue (to white) funnel-shaped flowers
- 6 tepals, 3 of which look wrinkled; deep blue lines on each tepal
- only 2-3 very long thin basal leaves
- onion-like but not smelly
- mostly in grasslands - late June, early July
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