These plants spread easily because of their stoloniferous growing habit. This Coreopsis may form dense colonies in optimum growing conditions, but is not considered to be invasive. The areas searched in 2023 had dense, sporadic colonies throughout this stretch of the river. […]
CPC2023
CPC 2023 National Meeting Photo Contest
Chipola Dye-Flower: Coreopsis integrifolia
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Buds, Flowers, and Fruits galore!
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The Boynton’s False Foxglove is a dainty plant.
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Arnoglossum album (fruit)
This species’ flowers and bracts are clustered and held at the top of the stem with about 4-5 heads per stem off of the main stem. There are usually around 5 bracts per head. […]
Variable Leaf Plantain (Arnoglossum diversifolium)
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Florida Milkvetch In Flower
The light purple flowers of the Florida Milkvetch grow in tiny clusters at the tip of the stems. The leaf arrangement is opposite and the leaves are shaped like tiny hearts. Many of these clusters were no bigger than two hands side-by-side. […]
Desert Lily
Desert lily (Hesperocallis undulata) blooming in Anza Borrego. […]
Desert blooming
Flowers in the Anza Borrego desert. […]
Tiny garden
A little collection of starworts from the mountains near Jamul. […]
Springtime in Jamul
Spring flowers blooming on a mountain in Jamul. […]
Caulanthus inflatus (desert candle)
Caulanthus inflatus (desert candle), Brassicaceae north of Barstow CA, Mojave Desert. […]
Hosackia crassifolia var. otayensis
Primarily found on Otay Mountain (San Diego County, CA), this rare bean (1B.1/T1) is a wonderful sight on a mountain over looking the border into Mexico. […]
Xylorhiza cognata and an unknown lepidopteran
Taken east of Mecca, CA in the Mecca Hills area during a CaPR trip. Xylorhiza cognata is a rare endemic to the Colorado Desert (1B.2/G2) and usually found in canyon slopes of sandy washes. Truly a gem to see! […]
Gentiana linearis
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Nabalus barbatus
Nabalus barbatus on a roadside savanna remnant. […]
Ancistrocarphus keilii with penny for scale
Diminutive plant not seen in nearly 30 years, re-located and seen for the first time since being described as new species from herbarium specimens. First photos of live plants in the field taken this April. […]
Ribes echinellum
Ribes echinellum in South Carolina with visiting Bombus […]