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Here's a picture of a beautiful species that has few if any images displayed on the internet. This species was growing near the foot of a...
This is a picture of a Geranium fruiting structure. According to Wkikpedia, "The fruit is a unique schizocarp made of five (or three) achenes, in...
This is the cigar box tree, Cedrela fissilis, in the mahogany family Meliaceae. These pictures are from a tree at the LA Arboretum. Thought you...
According to the Jepson Manual, the differentiating characters between ssp. eurekensis and the two other California ssp. (californica and avita)...
Swallenia alexandrae or Eureka Valley dune grass is a rare and andangered endemic of the Eureka Valley dunes, in rhw northern part of Death Valley...
This is the very rare Eureka Dunes evening primrose, Oenothera californica ssp. eurekensis, that is only known from three locations in the...
This is the Australian tree called wilga or Australian-willow, Geijera parviflora, named after the Swedish botanist J.D. Geijer. It rarely grows...
This is a shrub with opposite leaves and milky sap. My inclination is that it is an Apocynaceae but I can't find any species with flowers like this.
This is I'm pretty sure a Montanoa. The flower is very similar to M. leucantha, M. grandiflora and M. guatemalensis, but I don't think any of them...
Looks like it may be Plectranthus neochilus aka Coleus cannis.
Here's a picture of the leaves.
The iniflorescence looks somewhat like a Salvia and the stem appears to be angled, but I've never seen one with flowers like this.
In general I agree with Michael F. While it is true that common names for plants have never been regularized and never will be, and what is called...
This is Fritillaria pinetorum, the pinewoods fritillary, and is an uncommon California endemic inhabiting shaded granitic slopes from 6,000' to...
This is another Arboretum species. Does anyone recognize it?
Thank you thank you thank you. I'm very glad to get this identification. That's definitely it. Someone else suggested Asparagus to me but I had...
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Flower looks like maybe Ornithogalum or something like that. I'll post a 2nd photo that shows some of the foliage if you look closely.
Okay, Daniel, I've got a tentative identification on this. According to my contact at the Arboretum who had a lot of trouble with it, it is a...
I'm afraid this is still a bit of a mystery. The Zaluzania id is out because the leaves are not alternate. The Smallanthus id seemed good for a...