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Autumn foliage of Cornus obliqua

Cornus obliqua

Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 27, 2018

The common name pale dogwood presumably refers to the underside of the leaves, which are evident here in both the curled leaves that have turned purplish-red and many of the fallen leaves in the water.

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Mentzelia lindleyi flower

Mentzelia lindleyi

Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 25, 2018

Commonly known as golden bartonia or Lindley’s blazingstar, Mentzelia lindleyi is an annual species native to California’s Coast Ranges near San Francisco.

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Inflorescences of Cornus unalaschkensis

Cornus unalaschkensis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 9, 2018

Coastal bunchberry, western bunchberry, or Alaskan bunchberry, is native to western North America and extreme eastern Russia. According to the Flora of North America account of Cornus unalaschkensis, the species inhabits “maritime copse or heath, maritime coniferous forests and bog woodlands, moist broadleaf or coniferous forests” from elevations of 0 to 3000m (to 10000 ft.).

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Mentzelia packardiae close-up

Mentzelia packardiae

Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 4, 2015

This late-May set of photographs is from the Leslie Gulch area of eastern Oregon, USA. I had long been interested in visiting the region, as it is both botanically and geologically fascinating. The area is known for its rock formations and volcanic history, but to botanists and plant enthusiasts it is also a special place. […]

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A close-up of the flower of Eucnide urens

Eucnide urens

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 3, 2015

In addition to the flower, today’s photo also shows the needle-like stinging hairs that give this species its common name, desert stingbush.

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The inflorescences of Davidia involucrata

Davidia involucrata

Published by tbonne on May 31, 2015

Earlier this week, I walked past this Davidia involucrata tree in UBC Botanical Garden and was surprised to see it waving hundreds of white “handkerchiefs” at me. I had never seen a plant with this characteristic before, so of course I had to stop and photograph the unusual inflorescences.

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The springtime flowers of Cornus mas

Cornus mas

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 1, 2014

Cornus mas, known as the cornelian cherry, is a native to eastern Europe and western Asia. This species was well known to the ancient Greeks and Romans, and is contemporarily regarded as an ornamental species in temperate regions worldwide. Although the common name is the cornelian cherry this species is from the dogwood family, Cornaceae […]

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