Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 28, 2017
Deciding upon the name to use on BPotD for some commonly-cultivated garden plants can sometimes be a challenge. If looking to source this Iceland poppy, you would likely be better off searching for some variation of Papaver nudicaule and ‘Champagne Bubbles Pink’ or ‘Champage Bubbles’ (Pink). I usually like to sidestep these names that are […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 27, 2017
Ulmus parvifolia has made appearances on Botany Photo of the Day before, but either as a bonsai or dwarf cultivar (entries tagged Ulmaceae). It can also be a worthwhile street or specimen tree, due to the ornamental bark.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 26, 2017
This inflorescence of Onoseris hyssopifolia was photographed near Cayambe, a glacier-covered volcano located on the western edge of the Cordillera Real at the Earth’s equator. Cayambe last erupted in 1786, but a number of low magnitude-earthquakes were reported in late 2016-early 2017. The volcano is located within the 40,000 hectare Cayambe-Coca National Park, an area […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 25, 2017
Chylismia claviformis subsp. peirsonii was the source of the sticky pollen that persisted on my shoes for weeks after my March visit to California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 24, 2017
Phymatosorus scolopendria is a polypod fern native to tropical regions of the world. Its native range extends from tropical Africa to India, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, Micronesia and Polynesia. It has also naturalized in Hawaii, Florida and Puerto Rico. Phymatosorus scolopendria typically grows in disturbed areas, secondary forests, and in coral rock crevices. At […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 21, 2017
According to Kew’s State of the World’s Plants report, approximately 2000 species of flowering plants are described as new to science each year. Most of these are from Brazil, China, and Australia. For Canada, somewhere between 0 and 9 new species have been described each year between 2004 and 2016. Castilleja victoriae was one of […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 20, 2017
Convolvulus ocellatus var. plicinervius is a small woody shrub, endemic to serpentine grasslands of Zimbabwe’s Great Dyke.
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