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Syneilesis aconitifolia

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 19, 2019

Inflorescences of <i>Syneilesis aconitifolia</i>

Inflorescences of Syneilesis aconitifolia

Most of the horticultural admiration for shredded umbrella plant is for its leaves, but I think the inflorescence has a certain charm as well.

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Degenia velebitica

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 9, 2019

Flowers of <i>Degenia velebitica</i>

Flowers of Degenia velebitica

Degenia velebitica (no common name in English) is endemic to rocky slopes and screes of Croatia’s Velebit and Kapela mountain ranges. It is a monotypic genus (containing only the one species), therefore the genus occurs nowhere else in the world.

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Iliamna rivularis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 26, 2019

<i>Iliamna rivularis</i>, or mountain hollyhock

Iliamna rivularis, or mountain hollyhock

It had been ten years since I last knowingly encountered Iliamna rivularis, so it was a highlight for me at last weekend’s Botany British Columbia gathering in Rossland.

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Aristolochia arborea

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 17, 2019

Flowers of <i>Aristolochia arborea</i>

Flowers of Aristolochia arborea

It is always intriguing to find the outlier in a plant family. As noted in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group summary, the Aristolochiaceae, or birthwort family, “…are more or less herbaceous plants (they are quite often vines)”. The epithet arborea, though, reveals the habit of this species: a (small) tree.

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Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 10, 2019

Mats of <i>Penstemon davidsonii</i> var. <i>menziesii</i> near Whistler, British Columbia

Mats of Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii near Whistler, British Columbia

Menzies’ penstemon or Menzies’ beardtongue is native to British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. Despite growing in rocky, well-draining soils, plants can be spectacularly floriferous as shown in today’s photograph.

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Orthosiphon aristatus var. aristatus

Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 31, 2019

Inflorescence of <i>Orthosiphon aristatus</i> var. <i>aristatus</i>

Inflorescence of Orthosiphon aristatus var. aristatus

Cat’s whiskers seems like a fitting common name for this taxon. Another name is Java tea, which gives hints to both its native distribution (tropical Asia and Queensland) and how it is consumed as a medicine.

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Peteria thompsoniae

Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 27, 2019

<i>Peteria thompsoniae</i> in habitat

Peteria thompsoniae in habitat

Like the Opuntia aurea in the previous entry, Peteria thompsoniae is also a species of the American Southwest. It is commonly known as spine-noded milkvetch; the spines are readily apparent in another of Andrey’s photographs: Peteria thompsoniae.

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