Asteraceae

Flowers and foliage of Wyethia bolanderi

Wyethia bolanderi

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 8, 2020

Wyethia bolanderi is an uncommon species of chaparral plant communities in central California.

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A distant view of the hillsides along Dalles Mountain Road

Dalles Mountain Road

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 6, 2020

Here is a 2015 photograph from a favourite site of many spring wildflower seekers, the Dalles Mountain Road area in southern Washington state.

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Flowers of Liatris punctata along the stem

Liatris punctata

Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 21, 2019

Another school year is starting soon, requiring the annual recitations of “almost always” and “most of the time” with respect to explaining plants.

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Inflorescences of Syneilesis aconitifolia

Syneilesis aconitifolia

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 19, 2019

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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Inflorescences of Sanvitalia procumbens

Sanvitalia procumbens

Published by Daniel Mosquin on October 30, 2018

Commonly known as Mexican creeping zinnia in English, my preference is for the more evocative Mexican common name: ojo de pollo, or chicken eye.

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Inflorescences of Pulicaria dysenterica

Pulicaria dysenterica

Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 18, 2018

Last Friday, the UBC Horticulture Training Program students were treated to a lecture about Eurasian medicinal plants and a tour of the physic garden with Ukrainian botanical pharmacologist Anastasiia Dushyna. Pulicaria dysenterica was not one of the plants highlighted on the tour, but it likely would have been, had we been growing it in the […]

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Foliage and stem of Stevia rebaudiana

Stevia rebaudiana

Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 4, 2018

Up to three hundred times as sweet as sugar, the calorie-free steviol glycosides in stevia have been known and exploited for at least 1500 years.

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