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Purple or blue flowers
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© Christopher L. Christie
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California Lilac, Deerbrush, Buckbrush
Ceanothus
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This shrub is native to California and can be seen in
the wild as well as in gardens. Flowers may be a vivid blue or
lavendar, or creamy in color, depending on the species. Many common
names are used for the different species of genus Ceanothus.
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© Missouri Botanical Garden
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Jacaranda
Jacaranda mimosifolia |
This tree, a native of South America, is often seen in California
gardens, especially in Southern California. It blooms in summer.
View more information from the Missouri Botanical Garden.
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Wikipedia
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Lily of the Nile
Agapanthus
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Agapanthus is a genus of plants native to South Africa and is
commonly seen in California gardens. It blooms throughout the summer.
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© Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org
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© Saint Mary's College of California
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Pride of Madeira
Echium candicans, Echium fastuosum |
A native of Madeira and the Canary Islands, this plant has
escaped gardens and grows in the wild in California.
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Wikipedia
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Tibouchina semidecandra or Tibouchina urvilleana
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This shrub is a native of Brazil and may grow to be a small
tree in California gardens. Its velvety purple blossoms appear
from early spring to late summer. In Hawaii it is considered an invasive
pest.
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Unusual fruits and forms
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Indian Pipe
© George Rembert
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Indian Pipe
© Tony LaBanca
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Indian Pipe, Ghost Plant
Monotropa uniflora
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A California native found in the North Coast and Klamath Range areas, the Indian pipe
is a threatened plant in California, though it is common elsewhere. This
flowering plant does not have chlorophyll and is found growing in dark, moist,
shaded forests.
Monotropa uniflora is a parasite on fungi that are themselves parasitic on trees.
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California Gall Wasp
© Joyce Gross
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Spined Turbaned Gall Wasp
© Joyce Gross
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Gall Wasps
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These galls may appear to be fruits or flowers on oak trees, but they are
actually hatcheries for baby wasps. Many different species of wasps make
these galls. In California they are most
often seen on oaks, but they may be found on other plants as well. To see more
photos of different kinds of wasp galls,
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Hooker's Ground Cone
© Chris Wagner
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Northern Groundcone
Gerald and Buff Corsi © California Academy of Sciences
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Ground Cone, Broomrape
Boschniakia
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These are parasitic plants that may be seen in coastal forests in California.
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California Manroot
© Saint Mary's College of California
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Coastal Manroot root
© N. Misa Ward
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Manroot, Wild Cucumber
Marah
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This vine has unusual spikey fruits that display large seeds when the fruit
ruptures, and a strange lumpish tuberous root that can
be extremely large. Marah species
that occur in California include M. fabaceus, M. horridus, M. macrocarpus and
M. oreganus.
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