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Chicoryleaf Wirelettuce commented on by jj602304 Escondido, California, USA4 years ago

Please upload this to iNaturalist so that the curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum can find out if this is a county record. Great find!

Cholla commented on by jj602304 California, USA4 years ago

If you post these photos on iNaturalist.org, you may be able to get an identification from Jon Rebman, who is an expert in the genus Cylindropuntia.

Prickly Pear Cactus commented on by jj602304 San Diego, California, USA4 years ago

Nonnative, naturalizes, can hybridize with native Opuntia

Fried Egg Flower (Matilija Poppy) commented on by jj602304 Encinitas, California, USA4 years ago

Planted

Garland chrysanthemum commented on by jj602304 Carlsbad, California, USA4 years ago

Taxon update

Woolly Blue Curls commented on by jj602304 California, USA4 years ago

The pedicel is visible

Thistle commented on by jj602304 California, USA4 years ago

It is a California invasive plant.

Lupine commented on by jj602304 Escondido, California, USA4 years ago

Variable in morphology

Scotch Broom commented on by jj602304 Claremont, California, USA4 years ago

Fruit long, flowers terminal. Cytisus scoparius is not extant here.

Spotting commented on by jj602304 San Diego, California, USA4 years ago

The plant in the foreground is Carpobrotus, which can be hard to ID to species because two wild species hybridize

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