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longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
sheathing
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
inconspicuous
Fruit or Cone
mature fruit dehiscence
opening along 1-2 seams
opening along 3 to many seams
does not split open to release seed
CBG 2024 Seed Collection Priority Species
Species Count: 43
Apocynaceae
Asclepias subverticillata
Asclepias tuberosa
Asteraceae
Achillea millefolium
Acourtia wrightii
Baileya multiradiata
Chaetopappa ericoides
Hymenothrix dissecta
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Xanthisma spinulosum
Fabaceae
Lotus wrightii
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Senna covesii
Linaceae
Linum lewisii
Malvaceae
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Nyctaginaceae
Mirabilis laevis
Papaveraceae
Eschscholzia californica
Plantaginaceae
Penstemon eatonii
Penstemon linarioides
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Plantago patagonica
Poaceae
Aristida purpurea
Bothriochloa barbinodis
Bouteloua aristidoides
Bouteloua barbata
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua gracilis
Bouteloua hirsuta
Bouteloua repens
Digitaria californica
Disakisperma dubium
Elymus elymoides
Eragrostis intermedia
Koeleria macrantha
Muhlenbergia emersleyi
Muhlenbergia longiligula
Muhlenbergia montana
Poa fendleriana
Setaria macrostachya
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Vulpia octoflora
Verbenaceae
Glandularia gooddingii
Zygophyllaceae
Kallstroemia grandiflora