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Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-27132, described as White pumpkin seeds.
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-2906, described as Seeds used as food. The specimen consists of fruits and plant fragments of Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance, Lomatium, Apiaceae.
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-2898, described as Buttercup. Scientific name Ranunculus californicus. California buttercup, Ranunculaceae. Other item found and placed in a gelatin capsule: 1 floret of Poa annua L., annual bluegrass, Poaceae. 1 floret and additional awn of Avena fatua L., wild oat, Poaceae
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10206, described as Small flat brown seeds used as food; similar to but different from 1-10197. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M. sativa is closely related to and partly interfertile with M. gracilis. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsule: 20 seeds of Trifolium ciliolatum Benth., foothill clover, Fabaceae; 15 florets of Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray, brome fescue, Poaceae; 3 achenes of Ranunculus californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae; 3 seeds of Trifolium microcephalum Pursh, smallhead clover, Fabaceae; 2 seeds of Trifolium obtusiflorum Hook. f., clammy clover, Fabaceae; 1 nutlet of Galium sp., bedstraw, Rubiaceae; 1 seed of Luzula comosa E. Mey., Pacific woodrush, Juncaceae; 1 nutlet of Salvia columbariae Benth., chia, Lamiaceae; 1 floret of Bromus commutatus Schrad., hairy chess, Poaceae; 1 unknown achene of Asteraceae
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-1757, described as Wild.
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10347, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; seeds, flat, glossy, light brown. The main component of the specimen consists of nutlets of Salvia columbariae Benth., chia, Lamiaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules; 53 seeds of Gilia sp., gilia, Polemoniaceae; 28 achenes of Madia elegans Lind., common madia, Asteraceae. 25 seeds of unknown Brassicaceae. 8 seeds of Silene antirrhina L., sleepy catchfly, Caryophyllaceae; 4 nutlets of Plagiobothrys spp., popcornflower, Boraginaceae; 1 floret of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae; 2 achenes of Agoseris sp., agoseris, Asteraceae; 1 seed of Claytonia perfoliata Willd., miner’s lettuce, Portulacale
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-21685, described as Bottle of edible seed, unparched. Salvia columbariae. The main component of the specimen consists of nutlets of Salvia columbariae Benth., chia, Lamiaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 33 seeds of Gilia sp., gilia, Polemoniaceae. 4 seeds of unknown Brassicaceae. 1 seed of Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley, California broom or common deerweed, Fabaceae
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-2913, described as Shelled heads of plant called Indian wheat. The specimen consists of inflorescence heads and fruits of Wyethia angustifolia (DC.) Nutt., California compassplant, Asteraceae.
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 2-17677, described as Cucumis milo.
Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-7406, described as Food sample; seeds. The specimen consists of fruits of two Polygonum spp., knotweed, Polygonaceae.

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