Flowering Plants (17)
May 17, 2007
Ranunculus aquatilis
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. I'm on vacation today. – Daniel
Thank you to marcella2@Flickr for sharing today's image with us (original image | BPotD Flickr Group Pool).
White water-crowfoot is native to ponds, lake margins, marshes and slow-flowing rivers throughout much of the northern hemisphere. In Europe, Asia and Africa, it can be found from Norway south to northern Africa. In North America, it stretches from the Arctic to Mexico (note that some treatments suggest it is distributed only in western North America, while others list all of North America).
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May 16, 2007
Fruit Medley
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. I'm on vacation today. – Daniel
Thank you to codiferous@Flickr for sharing today's photograph (original | BPotD Flickr Group Pool).
codiferous names the fruits from his autumn Washington hike in the comments accompanying the original photograph.
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May 15, 2007
Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum' (tentative)
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. I'm on vacation today. – Daniel
Thank you to Jacki of Oregon, aka jacki-dee@Flickr for today's photograph (original | BPotD Flickr Group Pool).
Read more about fennel via Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages.
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May 14, 2007
Aloe plicatilis
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. I'm on vacation today. – Daniel
Thank you to badthings@Flickr for today's photograph (original image | BPotD Flickr Group Pool). badthings is also the writer behind the weblog Two Gardens, where you can see many more fine photographs and accompanying writing.
Read about the African fan aloe via the South African National Biodiversity Institute's PlantZAfrica.
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May 13, 2007
Rosa 'Ausmas'
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel
Thank you to Lorraine E. of Chicago, Illinois for submitting today's photograph – much appreciated!
The Kemper Center for Home Gardening has an excellent factsheet for Rosa 'Ausmas'.
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May 12, 2007
Corydalis scouleri
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel
Scouler's corydalis or western corydalis is native to British Columbia, Washington and Oregon (Corydalis scouleri in Flora of North America). More images are available to view via the Burke Museum.
Lastly, for local readers, here's one final mention of tomorrow's Perennial Plant Sale. Corydalis scouleri will be available.
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May 11, 2007
Ornithogalum nutans
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. I'm on vacation today. – Daniel
Thanks to Vicki of Maryland, USA for sharing this photograph (check out Vicki's Pics@Flickr).
Drooping (or nodding) star-of-Bethlehem or silver bells is native to Ukraine, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, though it has now naturalized in some parts of North America and elsewhere. Missouri Plants has a good writeup on Ornithogalum nutans. Also, check out an 1885 illustration of the species.
Note to local readers: the Canadian Geranium and Pelargonium Society is having its annual plant sale and art show this weekend. As always with these plants, look for vibrant colours and interesting scented foliage!
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