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California Native Plants for the Garden, Carol Bornstein, David Fross, and Bart O'Brien, Cachuma Press; California Native Trees and Shrubs, Lee W. Lenz, Rancho Santa Ana; Ceanothus, David Fross and Dieter Wilken, Timber Press; Complete Guide to Native Perennials of California, Glenn Keator, Chronicle Books
Eryngium foetidum is a tropical perennial herb in the family Apiaceae.Common names include culantro (Panama) (/ k uː ˈ l ɑː n t r oʊ / or / k uː ˈ l æ n t r oʊ /), cimarrón, recao (Puerto Rico), chardon béni (France), Mexican coriander, samat, bandhaniya, long coriander, Burmese coriander, sawtooth coriander, Shadow Beni (Caribbean), and ngò gai (Vietnam).
The flowers are borne in small umbels, white or very pale pink, asymmetrical, with the petals pointing away from the centre of the umbel longer (5–6 mm or 3 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 4 in) than those pointing toward it (only 1–3 mm or 1 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 8 in long). The fruit is a globular, dry schizocarp 3–5 mm (1 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 16 in) in ...
Though cilantro is most synonymous with Mexican and Thai cuisines and neighboring regions, its bright, slightly citrusy flavor can add freshness to practically any type of meal.
Cilantro is a staple in Mexican and Asian cuisine, per the experts at Pennsylvania State University. The herb's intense fragrance balances hot and sweet spices in a way that parsley cannot, says ...
Over 90% of California's alpine flora are perennial herbs. [5]: 18 Annuals are not common. [5]: 18 Depending on the elevation used to define its lower boundary, the Sierra Nevada alpine zone may have almost 600 species, about 200 of which are only found here .
Numerous plant communities exist in California and botanists have attempted to structure them into identifiable vegetation types groupings. Robert Ornduff and colleagues Phyllis M. Faber and Todd Keeler-Wolf did much work on this problem, and in the 2003 Natural History Guide Introduction to California Plant Life [citation needed] established a cohesive set of titles to identify California ...
The inflorescence is a large, solitary flower with three sepals and six crinkly white petals each up to 10 cm (4 in) long and almost as wide, [5] for a total width of up to eight inches (twenty cm), the largest of any California wildflower. At the center of the flower is a cluster of many yellow stamens. The fruit is a bristly capsule, 3–4 cm ...