Johnny Tuck;  Triphysaria eriantha

Mid bloomer.  Three yellow sacs with red-purple “beak,” massed in grasslands.  Also called Butter and Eggs.

Notes:  Figwort family.  Rarely found at Bridgeport.  Used to be found in the area of the Foothill Lomatium.

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Kingdom Plantae -- Plants 
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants 
        Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants 
            Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants 
                Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons 
                    Subclass Asteridae 
                        Order Scrophulariales 
                            Family Scrophulariaceae -- Figwort family 
                                Genus Triphysaria Fisch. & C.A. Mey. -- owl's-clover
                                    Species Triphysaria eriantha (Benth.) Chuang & Heckard
                                    -- johnny-tuck

Johnny Tuck;  Triphysaria eriantha