LM wrote:
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:50:56 -0500, Hell Toupee wrote:

Can you identify this tree found in northern California?
http://img687.imageshack.us/g/whattreeisthis111.jpg/
Maybe this?
Cassia leptophylla
Gold Medallion Tree

Hi Hell,
(Can I call you Hell?)

The yellow flowers look the closest I've seen so far but the leaves are
unfortunately all wrong for the gold medallion tree. Drat.

Got it!

Fremontia, also called California Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron
californicum)
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/po...fornicum_1.php
http://ohric.ucdavis.edu/photos/full...todendron2.jpg

Don't let the 'bush' part of the name mislead you, it also grows into
a small (15-25 ft) ornamental tree.