Praying hard as we speak...please be safe...get well quick.
I'm trying to help identify the other plant you mentioned...probably something native to California. I'll keep thinking about it, but you could actually take it to the Horticulture Extension in your area, ours is located at the college...they helped me identify a mushroom once, that I thought was making Winston sick.
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