Clicking on the thumbnail photos below will enlarge the image. Seen here in flower, the green bracts appear like petals. This noxious weed is hard to control on cattle lands. The red berries are poisonous - often called deadly nightshade. Can grow directly among the rocks of the coastal zone.
Stems can be woody.
The leaves are three parted but not the typical clover-leaf shape. White camas is very common plant along the dry dunes and backshore in areas of full sun. The urn-shaped flowers and stems with no leaves is diagnostic. All parts of the plant are poisonous if eaten. Flowers July and August.