Flat dark brown seeds. 10461 is made from these seeds. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl., common madia, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M. elegans is highly variable and intermediates blur distinction among extremes. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 62 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 17 seeds of Ranunculus californicus Benth.,California buttercup, Ranunculaceae. 13 seeds of Collinsia heterophylla G. Buist ex Graham, Chinese houses, Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae and Veronicaceae) 9 seeds of Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood, bluedicks, Themidaceae 3 seeds of Triteleia, possibly Triteleia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene, white brodiaea, Themidaceae 13 florets of Melica californica Scribn., California melic, Poaceae 11 florets of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass , Poaceae 3 seeds of Trifolium obtusiflorum Hook., clammy clover, Fabaceae 1 seed of Lupinus sp., lupine, Fabaceae 1 nutlet of Amsinckia sp., popcorn flower, Boraginaceae 1 floret of Bromus diandrus , ripgut grass, ripgut brome, Poaceae 1 mericarp of Sanicula sp., sanicle, Apiaceae
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Fresno Flats, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Madera; Fresno Flat
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Taxon:
Amsinckia and Ranunculus californicus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as food.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Piece count on card: "1", description is plural.
Loans:
S1987-1988 #41: University of North Carolina/Geirge R. Holcomb (March 29, 1988–July 6, 1990) and S2009-2010 #8: Seed Lab, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center (CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture)/Deborah Meyer (February 12, 2010–July 30, 2010)