Poales

Bouteloua gracilis photographed against a hazy sunset sky

Bouteloua gracilis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 30, 2018

Thirteen years ago for a blue grama BPotD entry I wrote: “I wanted more of the spikes set against the sky”. I didn’t remember that wish when I photographed this a few weeks ago, I was just attracted to the curled spike against the smoke-hazed sunset sky (due to the fires in British Columbia).

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Achnatherum hymenoides in hail storm

Achnatherum hymenoides

Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 11, 2018

Achnatherum hymenoides has a distribution that ranges from British Columbia to northern Mexico, spanning most of the western part of the North American continent (the USDA PLANTS database also suggests an occurrence in Yukon).

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Inflorescence of Mesanthemum africanum

Mesanthemum africanum

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 18, 2018

This monocotyledonous species is a member of the Eriocaulaceae, which is a family related to the perhaps more familiar grasses and sedges (all belong to the Order Poales). Sometimes called the pipewort family, this group of plants is distinguishable from many other monocots by having inflorescences arranged in heads. Species in the Eriocaulaceae are mostly […]

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The flower and inflorescence of Billbergia nutans

Billbergia nutans

Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 23, 2018

Queen’s-tears or friendship plant is a bromeliad native to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. Easy to grow, propagate, and share among friends, it is one of the most popular bromeliads in cultivation.

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Flowers of Tillandsia usneoides

Tillandsia usneoides

Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 9, 2017

The next time I visit Savannah, Georgia, I promise to try my best for one of those dreamy “Spanish moss and oak” photographs–something like this one from Celeste Booth’s article on “The Story Behind Spanish Moss” via bromeliads.info.

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Eriophorum scheuchzeri in habitat

Eriophorum scheuchzeri

Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 31, 2017

Scheuchzer’s cottongrass, is a member of the sedge family (Cyperaceae). It occurs across northern Eurasia and northern North America, including many northwestern states in the contiguous USA (in the Rocky Mountains).

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Grassy Point, Hornby Island, Abstracted

Grassy Point Flower Medley

Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 29, 2017

Two photos taken with some haste, out of respect for one of the local resident killdeer who determined I was too close to its nest.

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