Published by Daniel Mosquin on December 24, 2018
Was this purple foxglove intentionally planted against the orange lichen-encrusted wall? The effect of having all three of the secondary colours adjacent to one another is pleasing to me, whether it is by design or not.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on December 19, 2018
The common name–worm moss–is an appropriate name for Bryoandersonia illecebra, as the resemblance is uncanny. Bryoandersonia illecebra is endemic to eastern North America. Although it has a wide distribution across this part of the USA (especially in the southeast), it is quite rare in Canada and “expected” in northeastern Mexico (from link above). Worm moss, […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on December 14, 2018
Stapelia grandiflora is native to the Northern Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. It has a long list of common names, including carrion flower, starfish flower, starfish cactus, and giant toad plant. These names are shared with the similar Stapelia gigantea, featured on BPotD in 2005. Contrary to some of its common names, […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on November 29, 2018
It seems next week will see the appearance of the first significant span of freezing temperatures this winter in our region. Snow isn’t in the immediate forecast, so I won’t have the opportunity to improve upon this photograph, but the cold temperatures will likely be enough to start the seasonal leaf-rolling and -drooping of many […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on November 21, 2018
Abutilon persicum is native at a minimum to India, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar, and the biogeographical region of Malesia. Some references suggest it is present in other areas (Africa, Bhutan, and China), but at least one of these requires skepticism (see the Flora of China account for Abutilon). Where it does occur, plants typically grow along paths […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on November 11, 2018
One hundred years ago today, Private George Lawrence Price (a Canadian) became the last soldier of the-then British Empire to die before the 11 a.m. Armistice of November 11. In the Belgian village of Ville-sur-Haine, Private Price was shot and killed by a sniper at 10:58 a.m.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on November 9, 2018
Grevillea longifolia is a narrow-range endemic with a distribution restricted to New South Wales in Australia. Within New South Wales, Grevillea longifolia is primarily found in the southern half of the Sydney Basin and the Woronora Plateau. It grows in moist forests on yellow clay soils and Sydney Basin Hawkesbury Sandstone, typically along the banks […]
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