Plant and Tree Identification: SOLVED: 3 unidenified plants

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Author Content sube1984 Moorpark, CA (Zone 9a) July 06, 2009 12:13 AM Post #6783077 i saw these while hiking in happy camp, moorpark, ca...the blue flowers were on a spiky bush growing in a dry riverbed... Click the image for an enlarged view. sube1984 Moorpark, CA (Zone 9a) July 06, 2009 12:28 AM Post #6783127 angry native...Crotalus oreganus helleri This message was edited Jul 6, 2009 5:01 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. sube1984 Moorpark, CA (Zone 9a) July 06, 2009 12:31 AM Post #6783132 happy native...Lampropeltis getula californiae This message was edited Jul 6, 2009 5:04 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. sube1984 Moorpark, CA (Zone 9a) July 06, 2009 12:34 AM Post #6783140 plant 1 up close Click the image for an enlarged view. sube1984 Moorpark, CA (Zone 9a) July 06, 2009 12:36 AM Post #6783145 plant 2... Click the image for an enlarged view. sube1984 Moorpark, CA (Zone 9a) July 06, 2009 12:40 AM Post #6783150 i thought i identified the third as a type of astragalus...but if anyone knows the genus that would be great This message was edited Jul 6, 2009 4:54 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. altagardener Calgary, AB (Zone 3b) July 06, 2009 12:50 AM Post #6783165 Nice snakes! The second one is an Asclepias spp., milkweed. The third is a lupin, Lupinus ssp.. sube1984 Moorpark, CA (Zone 9a) July 06, 2009 07:55 AM Post #6783708 great with identifying both plant 2 and 3's genus...i will look on calflora for a species, unless anyone knows right away, ill need to return for seed pods on the lupine This message was edited Jul 6, 2009 5:07 AM sube1984 Moorpark, CA (Zone 9a) July 06, 2009 08:17 AM Post #6783762 I think the asclepias is Asclepias eriocarpa sube1984 Moorpark, CA (Zone 9a) July 06, 2009 08:25 AM Post #6783786 I found one photo of Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons which seems to match the picture of the third plant, both most flower colors do not, however i understand that there is a lot of differences in color based on habitat and natural hybridity. Great job with identifying those two plants altagardener! fc_upland Upland, CA July 06, 2009 06:14 PM Post #6786115 Plant one is an Eriastrum sp, possibly Eriastrum densifolium

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