Fallbrook
Common Plants in Yards
Yellow Blooms
Crete Weed
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This is the second most common weedy plant in my yard (after filaree), a non-native from the island of Crete and its neighboring islands in the Mediterranean. It is a locally naturalized weed of gardens, pastures, roadsides, etc. according to Jepson.
The flowers are usually entirely made of petals, each with a purplish tip divided into five lobes. The flowers sometimes have a black dot in the center, but sometimes not. The leaves and stem have bristles (stiff white hairs), which have minute barbs at the ends. The leaves are alternate. The sap is milky.
Common Names: Crete Weed Scientific Name: Hedypnois cretica Location: 1802 Acacia Lane Date: 31 March 2001 Photographer: Tom Chester
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Updated 31 March 2001.