Wild Flowers of Marin: A Layman's Handbook |
Common terms and phrases
Angel Island April through August April through July basal leaves Black Point blue Bolinas botanist bracts branched brushy hills brushy slopes California calyx Carson country chaparral coastal Dillon Beach erect Family Named Family The name February feet high Figwort Figwort Family flowers grow grassy hills Greek meaning heavily veined inches high inches long Inverness Park lance-like lanceolate Latin meaning Latin name leaf leaflets leaves are ovate Lily Family lobes Lucas Valley March through June marshes meadows Mill Valley moist Mount Tamalpais Muir Woods oblong Olema Pea Family petals pink plant is eight Point Reyes Peninsula Point Reyes Station purple roads roadsides rocky slopes Rodeo Lagoon Rose Family roundish San Anselmo San Rafael hills Sausalito to Point sepals shrub slightly hairy smooth specific name means specific name refers stalkless stalks stamens Stinson Beach Sunflower Family three feet tall Tiburon Tomales toothed umbels upper waste places white flowers Widespread from Sausalito