Published by Daniel Mosquin on October 30, 2017
Although intrigued by the colour and surface of the bracts surrounding the inflorescences of Porophyllum linaria, I did not manage to get a definitive photograph satisfying to me. Late seasonal rains helped fill the unused part of a pantéon (cemetery) with a chaotic assemblage of small plants in flower and fruit; while pleasing to walk […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 22, 2017
Erigeron stanselliae is endemic to a small part of Oregon in the western Siskiyou Mountains. Though we (likely) won’t be collecting in the area where this species occurs, this is the general region we are working in for the next couple weeks.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 10, 2017
Scaposa means scapose, referring to the long stalk (scape) subtending the inflorescence of these plants, as shown in the second photograph of these plants growing in UBC’s E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden.
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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 15, 2017
It’s a wet and stormy day locally, so instead of thoughts of the desert like the previous photo I shared, I am thinking of my 2013 trip to Haida Gwaii. The story of how I encountered these plants was discussed in a previous entry on Carex macrocephala. Senecio pseudoarnica even makes an appearance in one […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 26, 2017
This inflorescence of Onoseris hyssopifolia was photographed near Cayambe, a glacier-covered volcano located on the western edge of the Cordillera Real at the Earth’s equator. Cayambe last erupted in 1786, but a number of low magnitude-earthquakes were reported in late 2016-early 2017. The volcano is located within the 40,000 hectare Cayambe-Coca National Park, an area […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 18, 2017
Urospermum dalechampii is known by the common name smooth golden fleece or Mediterranean daisy. It is in the daisy or sunflower family, aka the Asteraceae. A perennial species, it typically reaches 25-40cm (10-15 in.) in height each year. The hermaphroditic flowers are 5 cm (2 in.) wide, and appear between March and August (in its […]
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