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Pinnacles NP

Observed near the intersection of the high peaks trail and the condor gulch trail a couple years ago, before I was aware of iNaturalist.

Initially i had hoped it might be gabilanensis. However, the leaves lack the glaucous surface gabilanensis should have.

Leaves are much more verdant and less pointed than pajaroensis, also lacking the shreddy grey bark

-somewhat clasping leaves, petioles mostly present
-no basal burl
-fruit had fused stones
-leaves are bright green with lobed bases
-new growth was glabrous, leaves were glabrous as well

Same plant as:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148161528

Here is the path I followed on Jepson (Keybase CW) to get to glandulosa:

• Burls at base of main stem, also above or not; plant sprouting after fire [ED: Some question whether this is a burl or a reaction to mechanical injury]
• Leaves with stomata on both surfaces, occasionally fewer adaxially, surfaces generally the same in color and/or hairiness [ED: Stomata are on both surfaces, but far fewer adaxially]
• Old stem bark smooth or peeling, +- red
• Plant erect; inflorescence panicle
• Twig and/or inflorescence axes and/or bracts glandular
• Glands black or clear (pink), on short and long hairs; burl hemispheric; KR, NCoR, SnFrB, SCoR, w SnBr, PR
• Twig generally glandular; KR, NCoR, SnFrB, SCoR, PR

Sorry I did not bring my good camera for the black glandular hairs but you should be able to make them out.

https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=49170

Also looks a great deal like the photos on page xx of David Stryer's "Flora of Fort Ord" (2019), his "key:"

• Long twig hairs
• Hairs glandular
• Medium sized leaves, soft and felty underneath [Scabrous]
• Shrubby growth habit [???]
• Smooth red bark down to burl

• Burl present [???]
  Note that the leaf petioles are more than 5mm

Comments/disputes welcome as always!

This one was an interesting find for me. I was curious and decided to see if I could figure out what this was. I’ve seen it during the season with little berries, but wanted to see what this actually was. These seem to be popular near the coastal areas so I would consider these being native plants. As well as they are not in season since I usually only see them during the spring time.

Hillside full of them! In an intact patch of stipa grassland with several other native forbs (t. laxa, wyethia angustifolia, chlorogalum pomeridianum, hemizonia congesta lutescens, etc), surrounded by invasive s and ATV scars