Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 27, 2019
Here is a memory from 2017’s bloom in the Californian desert within Joshua Tree National Park. I’ve heard this year is also turning out to be an exceptional one.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 25, 2019
UBC Botanical Garden’s forums have been operating for almost eighteen years. The most frequented part of the forums is the plant identification section, which frequently has worldwide participation in solving these mysteries. Lila Pereszke from Hungary identified the plant in today’s images, which was photographed by the Scotland-dwelling Sheila during her travels to Mauritius!
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 22, 2019
The charming bells of Codonopsis clematidea create a whimsical fairy scene. Its common names include clematis bonnet bellflower and Asian bellflower.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 1, 2019
Usually, ferns have their spore-bearing structures (or sori) on the surface of the frond or lamina (e.g., Polypodium glycyrrhiza). Sometimes, as in Adiantum shastense (see image in comments), the sori are marginal or on the edge of the frond. A third scenario is presented today: stalked marginal sori that extend from the tips of the […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on January 29, 2019
Fleshy-stalk pelargonium is a drought-deciduous succulent native to South Africa and Namibia. How fleshy is the stalk? Very.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on January 25, 2019
Halophytes, or salt-tolerant plants, are found in a number of environments: seashores, mangrove swamps, salt marshes & swamps, and, as in today’s photographs, saline semi-deserts. Two halophytic grasses, saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) and alkali-grass (Puccinellia nuttalliana), make an appearance in the images. The top image primarily features saltgrass with perhaps some alkali-grass in the upper right […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on January 24, 2019
The intriguing and diminutive Anisotome procumbens looks like it came straight from a Dr. Seuss book when photographed with a macro lens!
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