Image Match Flashcards
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis)
Salicaceae (Willow)
Dioecious
The bark can be used to make an aspirin tea.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Chaparral Candle (Hesperoyucca whipplei)
Agavaceae
Monocot
Monocarpic (dies after flowering)
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Spiny Redberry (Rhamnus crocea)
Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn)
Dioecious Dicot
Host plant for larva of Hermes Copper Butterfly.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Ramona Lilac (Ceanothus tomentosus)
Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn)
Purple/blue flowers cover hillsides in early spring.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Flat-Top Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Favorite nectar of the Hermes Copper Butterfly.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Mule Fat (Baccharis salicifolia)
Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Dioecious
“Mule Fart” explanation…
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Mojave Yucca (Yucca schidigera)
Agavaceae
Monocot
Pollinated by the Yucca Moth
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
Fagaceae (Oak)
Monoecious Dicot
Leaves are cupped like a little boat, so it is easier
to remember it is “Coast” live oak.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Coastal Goldenbush (Isocoma menziesii)
Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Spittlebugs love this plant!
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Jimson Weed (Datura wrightii)
Solanaceae (Nightshade)
Night Flying Hawk Moth is pollinator.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Screw-Bean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens)
Fabaceae (Pea)
Monoecious Dicot
Seeds are scarified in the digestive tract of animals, needed to germinate.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Broom Baccharis (Baccharis sarothroides)
Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Dioecious
Blooms in fall, when females turn to fluffy white seed balls.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)
Fabaceae (Pea)
Seeds are yummy to birds and beasts and man.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Laurel Sumac (Malosma Laurina)
Anacardiaceae (Sumac)
Sumac Leafblotch Miners (moth) larva leave tracks of frass through layers of leaf.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Holly-Leaf Cherry, Islay (Prunus ilicifolia)
Roasacea (Rose)
Fruit is yummy, but the cherry has a huge pit compared to the edible portion.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
California or Coastal Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)
Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Monoecious
“Cowboy cologne”
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Black Sage (Salvia mellifera)
Lamiaceae (Mint)
Makes great honey!
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Lemonadeberry (Rhus integrifolia)
Anacardiaceae (Sumac)
Berries can be used to make a lemony drink.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)
Lamiaceae (Mint)
Unlike most in the mint family, it is not aromatic.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Coast Monkeyflower (Diplacus puniceus)
Phrymaceae (Hop or Lopseed)
Will close stigma if senses pollination.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Mission Manzanita (Xylococcus bicolor)
Ericaceae (Heath)
Some specimins live to 400 years +
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Eastwood Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa)
Ericaceae (Heath)
Fruit can be made into jelly.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)
Rosacea (Rose)
One of the most dominant chaparral plants.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Bladderpod (Peritoma arborea)
Cleomaceae (Spiderflower)
Harlequin Bug gets its “stink” from this plant.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Engelmann Oak (Quercus engelmannii)
Fagaceae (Oak)
Monoecious Dicot
Rarest oak, listed as vulnerable.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
Rosaceae (Rose)
The cut berry resembles and apple inside.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Desert Agave (Agave deserti)
Agavaceae
Monocot
Monocarpic: Fruits once, then dies.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious and Dicot?
Interesting fact:
Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversolobum)
Anacardiaceae (Sumac Family)
Dioecious
Humans are usually highly allergic, but animals are not.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Sweet Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Apiaceae (Carrot)
Seeds taste similar to anise.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
White Sage (Salvia apiana)
Lamiaceae (Mint)
Used in Native American purification rituals.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting fact:
California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii)
Fagaceae (oak)
Monoecious Dicot
Favorite acorn of Native Americans.
What Plant?
What Family?
Anything other than Synoecious Dicot?
Interesting Fact:
Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpa)
Cucrbitaceae (Gourd)
Crushed and thrown into water by Kumeyaay to stupify fish.
