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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...
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...
The iniflorescence looks somewhat like a Salvia and the stem appears to be angled, but I've never seen one with flowers like this.
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?
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.
I will post a 2nd photo showing the whole plant which is a dense tangled mass of slender stems about 3' tall. This was blooming at the LA...
I'll post a 2nd photo of the leaves.
This is Evernia prunastri or oak moss lichen, one of the fruticose lichens. It's native to Europe and North Anerica, and has been collected in...
Does anyone know who the Loureir is whose name is on Phoenix loureiri?
This is the female strobilus or cone of a Cycas taiwaniana, or as it is sometimes listed, Cycas revoluta var. taiwaniana, showing the sporophylls...
This is a shrub in the Asteraceae about 4-5' tall. The leaves are oak-like in shape and somewhat rough-textured like fine sandpaper and the...
I am confused about the species Euphorbia heterophylla and Poinsettia cyathophora. I have seen a number of websites that list them as synonyms of...
Does anyone know the meaning or derivation of the genus name Callitropsis?