#Grindelia stricta platyphylla

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J20150827-0012—Grindelia stricta var platyphylla—RPBG by John Rusk Via Flickr: Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla—Pacific gum plant. The Flora of North America has lumped this taxon into Grindelia hirsutula. The Jepson E-Flora as well as PLANTS database retain G. stricta var. platyphylla. This California endemic is found in salt marshes along the coastal strand from Del Norte County south to Ventura County, including the northern Channel Islands. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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J20171026-0009—Grindelia stricta var platyphylla—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla—Pacific gum plant. The Flora of North America has lumped this taxon into Grindelia hirsutula. The Jepson E-Flora as well as PLANTS database retain G. stricta var. platyphylla. Found in salt marshes along the coastal strand from Del Norte County south to Ventura County, including the northern Channel Islands. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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J20171026-0009—Grindelia stricta var platyphylla—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla—Pacific gum plant. The Flora of North America has lumped this taxon into Grindelia hirsutula. The Jepson E-Flora as well as PLANTS database retain G. stricta var. platyphylla. Found in salt marshes along the coastal strand from Del Norte County south to Ventura County, including the northern Channel Islands. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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J20171026-0005—Castilleja latifolia—RPBG by John Rusk Via Flickr: Castilleja latifolia—Seaside paintbrush. Spotty, but sometimes locally abundant, distribution in coastal sand dunes from about Aptos in Santa Cruz County to a few miles south of Post Ranch in Monterey County. Threatened by sand mining in some locations. The type locality is in San Francisco, where it is not longer found. The plant is hemiparasitic, that is, it obtains nourishment from a host plant but also photosynthesizes . Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla serves as the host plant for this planting, as it often does in the wild. The fact that it thrives and blooms nearly year around in our garden testifies to the skill of Michael Uhler, the gardener who maintains it. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA .