Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 30, 2017
Death Valley monkeyflower is endemic to California’s Inyo County, where it grows in a specific habitat: cracks in (semi-)shaded steep limestone canyon walls (rupicola means “rock dweller”).
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 29, 2017
This is salmonberry’s third appearance on Botany Photo of the Day. Tamara wrote a comprehensive entry on fruit-colour polymorphism in 2015. And, coincidentally, I posted my own scan of a double-flowered plant a decade ago: Rubus spectabilis Double-Flowered Group. Comparing the two scans, I think you’ll see the patience and skill with which Laara accomplishes […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 28, 2017
Weekend plans to visit British Columbia’s Juan de Fuca Provincial Park went astray, so I am instead sharing images from last year’s low tides trip. This is the Botanical Beach site where I’ve previously photographed sea palm and stiff-stiped kelp. In the first photograph, Postelsia palmaeformis occupies the rocks with the mussels, while Laminaria setchellii […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 26, 2017
Heteropterys glabra is a woody tropical vine favoured for its five-petalled yellow flowers and reddish-pink immature fruits. The first fruits appear shortly after the initial flush of blossoms and ripen on the vine as the plant continues to flower, such that flowers and fruits can be observed together. Resembling the fruits of maples (though in […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 23, 2017
Add Aleurites moluccanus to the list of plants featured on Botany Photo of the Day that have an uncertain native distribution. Speculated to be native to somewhere in Malesia, candlenut or kukui (Hawai’i) is now distributed throughout tropical areas of Earth due to uses such as: food, ink, light source, varnish, lumber, soap, shampoo, ritual […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 22, 2017
Bahiopsis laciniata is a drought-tolerant shrub native to the chaparral and coastal sage scrub regions of California and Baja California. It can be found at elevations of 20m to 1030m (65-3350 ft.). It is commonly known as San Diego sunflower, canyon sunflower, and tornleaf goldeneye.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 21, 2017
This lichen species is perhaps the record holder for English common names: peppermint drop lichen, candy lichen, and spraypaint (from Brodo’s Lichens of North America) are all quite descriptive and appropriate.
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