December Plants of the Month

Click on each of the titles below to read accounts of the featured plants.

Photo by Vernon Smith

Aphyllon californicum ssp. californicum (red-purple broomrape)

Orobanche species in California are now in genus Aphyllon

Photo by Vernon Smith

Heteromeles arbutifolia – (toyon)

Heteromeles arbutifolia (toyon)

Photo by Doreen Smith

Viola adunca ssp. adunca – (western dog violet)

Wild purple-blue violets (native and introduced)

Quercus durata var. durata – (leather oak)

Quercus durata, Leather Oak

Toxicodendron diversilobum – (poison oak)

Poison-oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum, a shrub of the Sumac family, Anacardiaceae

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