Date: 23 March 2017
Location: SCA Trail (37.832143, -122.482281)
What Did You See:
Family: Fabaceae
Genus and Species: Lupinus bicolor
Common Name: Lupine
Description: This plant is pubescent and annual. It usually flowers during the months of March to June. The petiole can vary from 1 – 7 cm. The inflorescence is usually whorled. Petals are usually, banner spot is white and sometimes magenta.
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus and Species: Minuartia douglasii
Common Name: Douglas’ sandwort
Description: Stem is erect to spreading. The leaf is wide, thread-like, becoming curled, flexible, and evenly spaced. It can be found rocky, sandy slopes, flats in chaparral, oak and pine woodland.
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus and Species: Erysimum franciscanum
Common Name: Franciscan wallflower
Description: The base of the is woody. The leaves olanceolate to oblanceolate-linear to flat and can be hairy. The fruit that this plant has is flat parallel to septum and not constricted between seeds.
What Did You Do: This is was the site of our field quiz and honestly, wow. That’s why my title says that I got five wrong even when I got more than five wrong. The view at the end was probably the best so far. Truly, this quiz crushed my soul.