CPC2023 Archives - Center for Plant Conservation

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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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. […]