Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 31, 2018
Ragged-leaf liverwort is a widely-distributed liverwort of forests and bogs. The Encyclopedia of Life entry for Schistochilopsis incisa (now a synonymous name) displays a map with collections across the Northern Hemisphere from Arctic regions to near the equator in South America. It also uses the common name jagged notchwort.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 28, 2018
The fifth fabaceous species in this series on the pea family, Clianthus puniceus is a critically-endangered species now only extant on a small island (~5ha or ~12 acres) within a harbour of New Zealand’s North Island. Threats include summer droughts, competition from weeds, and browsing animals, including rodents.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 23, 2018
“Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight: with wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white, and taper fingers catching at all things, to bind them all about with tiny rings,” wrote John Keats of an old cultivar of sweet pea, ‘Painted Lady’.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 20, 2018
Alfalfa, or lucerne, lined the roadsides in many places during my recent trip across Canada’s Prairies. In a few places, it was also cultivated as a crop for hay.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 31, 2018
Nymphoides peltata, or yellow floating heart, makes a second appearance on Botany Photo of the Day, this time with a close-up of a flower. Tamara Bonnemaison wrote an excellent entry on this species in 2015: Nymphoides peltata.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 20, 2018
Ethiopian acanthus is native to the highlands of Ethiopia, where it grows in a Mediterranean-type climate with free-draining soil. Apparently used for fencing around vegetable gardens in Ethiopia, it has been introduced into ornamental cultivation in Europe and the USA in recent years.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 13, 2018
Golden brush or or voodoo flame ginger is native to Borneo. It is one of 5 species in the genus, all endemic to the world’s third largest island.
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