Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 24, 2019
Golden prickly-pear is narrowly-restricted to a small area of southern Utah and northern Arizona. Perhaps the easiest place to observe this species is within Utah’s Zion National Park if the iNaturalist observations of Opuntia aurea are any indication.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 5, 2018
Large-flowered sandwort is primarily native to mountainous regions bordering the western and central parts of the Mediterranean Sea. Aptly illustrated in the first photograph, the typical habitat is dry, rocky sites.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 6, 2018
Widely distributed in the Mexican parts of the Chihuahuan Desert, Thelocactus bicolor‘s range elsewhere is restricted to two counties in adjacent Texas, Brewster and Starr.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 8, 2018
Frankenia is the sole genus within the Frankeniaceae, or the sea heath family. This flowering plant family has a distribution that covers warm, dry areas of most continents, though the majority of species are Australian. Typically, plants in this family are associated with soils that are either saline, calcareous, or gypsum-rich.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 5, 2018
This endangered species of cactus from Brazil lacks a common name. Parodia warasii is native only to Brazil’s southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, where it grows in the cracks of rock walls at four different locations.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on November 14, 2017
These fiery pink inflorescences belong to Bistorta affinis. Known as Himalayan bistort, the species is native to the Himalayas and neighbouring regions, growing at elevations of 3000 to 4900m above sea level (10000–16000 ft.). Whether carpeting the ground of a cultivated garden or a mountainside slope, it brings welcoming colour to the landscape.
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