grasslands

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  • Astragalus miser / timber milkvetch

    • compound leaves with small, egg-shaped leaflets
    • teeny, pea-like flowers - bicolored but overall blue/purple
    • keel tip is purple and pointed
    • small, hairy seed pods
    • grassland, meadows, and other open communities

  • 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

  • Dactylis glomerata / orchardgrass

    • perennial bunchgrass
    • branched inflorescence with lowest branch well below the others
    • spikelets wedge-shaped, flattened in tight clusters
    • florets green to red/purple tinged; grey-brown when seeds mature
    • introduced and widespread, but not in wet areas

  • 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

  • Drymocallis arguta / tall cinquefoil

    • yellow flowers, 5 petals with pointy green sepals between
    • many stamens; central disk of yellow pistils
    • flowers in clusters with short stems (cyme)
    • most leaves basal - pinnately compound, coarsely toothed, obovate
    • many soil types, but not overly moist

  • Hackelia micrantha / Jessica sticktight

    • teeny blue flowers with yellow/white centers
    • flowers appear singly or in groups above developing fruit
    • inflorescence mostly on one side of the stem
    • lower leaves long and narrow; upper leaves fewer and sessile
    • fruit a pointy and tenacious nutlet

  • Helianthus annuus / sunflower

    • tall with big, drooping leaves (up to 15x15 inches)
    • large sunflower like flowers - yellow petals, darker disk
    • disturbed edges and waste areas, roadsides, near crops

  • Hesperostipa comata / needle and thread

    • widely spaced bunchgrass
    • glossy leaves, smooth stem
    • narrow inflorescence with long awns (hairs)
    • sharp, needle-like seed retaining the awn
    • drought tolerant

  • 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

  • Madia glomerata / mountain tarweed

    • stems, leaves, flowers - strongly aromatic, like tar
    • sticky glandular hairs cover foliage and floral bracts
    • flowers in clusters with 1 to 3 yellow ray florets
    • disk florets retain visible petals; black stamens

  • Penstemon palmeri / Palmer’s penstemon

    • very tall, exposed
    • pink flowers with rose/grape scent
    • flowers clumped on one side of stem in groups of 4-5
    • red "guidelines" (bloody fangs) on lower petals
    • stem leaves opposite, clasping, like little boats

  • Perideridia montana / Gairdner’s yampah

    • white, compound umbel (like all the rest of the family)
    • apparently leafless much of the time, especially when blooming

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