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Menzies' Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii)Observer
naturealiDescription
Sequoia ForestKeeper Wildflower Wednesday Walks
Cyrus Canyon, Weldon
Kern County, California
11 March 2015
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Chayote (Sicyos edulis)Observer
mycwazowskiDescription
Found this alongside a walkway in a small park. Lots of cultivated plants nearby but this was outside the fences. Marah macrocarpa was suggested but the spines look different because they are thinner and denser.
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Bitter Gooseberry (Ribes amarum)Observer
plantsarecoolPlace
Restoration site adjacent to Turnpike Trail near end at junction with Atascadero Creek & Obern Trail, Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California. (Google, OSM)Description
Nodal spines 3; INFL <5 flrs; Sepals 5; anthers exceeding white petals; styles glabrous throughout to base; stem erect; styles clearly exceeding anthers; abaxial LF surface glandular; internodal bristles 0, hypanthium longer than wide; anther tips mucronate.
