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DonnerParty
02-12-2012, 06:13 PM
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All pictures are of the same plant. My best guess is the Scotch Broom? (Cytisus scoparius)... I am on the Northern California Coast, ( Fort Bragg area)
TresMon
02-12-2012, 07:27 PM
When did Fort Bragg move from NC???
Rick
02-12-2012, 07:35 PM
Wrong flowers and seed pods for Scotchbroom. Let me look.

EDIT: You've got me. I've checked a number of my resources and don't show it either.
LowKey
02-12-2012, 07:59 PM
Would need to see leaves and whether they alternate on the plant or are all basal.
I've already learned on the WSF that it's very difficult to ID plants online.
Rick
02-12-2012, 08:06 PM
Even the 4 petal flower has me buffaloed. The pics aren't that good but I can't find a 4 petal on a stem like that with toothed leaves.
RandyRhoads
02-12-2012, 08:10 PM
Fort Bragg the town has been here in CA forever. Ft. Bragg the military post is NC.....
LowKey
02-12-2012, 08:16 PM
Four petals and a pod usually means a mustard family. Usually. Not always.
nell67
02-12-2012, 09:48 PM
Looks like a Point Reyes wallflower?http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/erysimum-concinnum
DonnerParty
02-12-2012, 10:14 PM
Looks like a Point Reyes wallflower?http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/erysimum-concinnum

It does except minus the pod. I am completely stumped.
Sparky93
02-13-2012, 02:33 AM
The screen name you chose doesn't really bode good luck lol
DonnerParty
02-13-2012, 02:44 AM
HAHAHA!!!! I didnt even think about that. The donner party was the epitome of outdoor survival though. If you can eat human you can survive anywhere
Sparky93
02-13-2012, 03:21 AM
HAHAHA!!!! I didnt even think about that. The donner party was the epitome of outdoor survival though. If you can eat human you can survive anywhere

True dat....
your_comforting_company
02-13-2012, 08:32 AM
I would say it is almost definately in the mustard (brassicacaea) family. If the flower has 4 long, and two short stamens, and the seedpods are in a spiralling raceme, I would say it is a mustard for sure. The beaked seedpods would also indicate the same. The leaf shape definately reminds me of wild radish. Check the flowers and get a better pic of the top and bottom if you can.