Sierra College Department of Biological Sciences




Plants of the Week
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The following list of plants are the most likely plants to show up on your "Plants of the Week" list to learn (for either the Fall or Spring semester classes). We will add any new plants that are used in your class this semester. The links provided are to the CalPhoto - Berkeley Digital Library Project Web site.

Spring Plants

Applegate's Indian Paintbrush - Castilleja applegatei (Scrophulariaceae)

Baby Blue-Eyes - Nemophila menziesii (Hydrophllaceae)

Bittercress - Cardamine oligosperma (Brassicaceae)

Blue Dicks - Dichelostemma capitatum (Liliaceae)

California Poppy - Eschscholzia californica (Papaveraceae)

Cudweed - Gnaphalium luteo-album (Asteraceae)

Douglas Lupine - Lupinus nanus (Fabaceae)

Elegant Clarkia - Clarkia unguiculata (Onagraceae)

Fiddleneck - Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia (Boraginaceae)

Field Mustard - Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae)

Hedge Parsely - Torilus arvensis (Apiaceae)

Henbit (Giraffe's Heads) - Lamium amplexicaule (Lamiaceae)

Miner's Lettuce - Claytonia perfoliata (Portulacaceae)

Seep-spring Monkey Flower - Mimulus guttatus (Scrophulariaceae)

Shephard's Purse - Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae)

Wild Radish - Rhaphanus sativus (Brassicaceae)

Winter Vetch - Vicia villosa (Fabaceae)

Fall Plants

Blue Oak – Quercus douglasii (Fagaceae)

Coast Redwood – Sequoia sempervirens (Taxodiaceae)

Coyote Bush – Baccharis pilularis (Asteraceae)

Elegant Madia – Madia elegans (Asteraceae)

Giant Sequoia – Sequoiadendron giganteum (Taxodiaceae)

Gray Pine – Pinus sabiniana (Pinaceae)

Incense Cedar – Calocedrus decurrens (Cypressaceae)

Interior Live Oak – Quercus wislizenii (Fagaceae)

Many-flowered Tobacco – Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora (Solanaceae)

Ponderosa Pine – Pinus ponderosa (Pinaceae)

Toyon (Christmas Berry) - Heteromeles arbutifolia (Rosaceae)

Valley Oak – Quercus lobata (Fagaceae)

Yellow Star Thistle – Centaurea solstitialis (Asteraceae)



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