Beardtongues
Penstemon labrosus
Bluff Lake, July 18th, 2019
In amongst the Plantaginaceae
Formerly of the Scrophulaceae
I liked it better as a Figwort...
#family #genetics #taxonomy #beard #tongue #penstemon #flowers #flower #bigbear #lake #summer #2019 #sangabriel #red #petals #beauty #bright #forest #bluesky #macro #bokeh #pearlsofbokeh #flowersandmacro #floweroftheday #instagood #botany #naturelovers #love #flowerstalking #walking
Grayleaf Skullcap
Scutellaria siphocampyloides
Member of the mint family
Cousins to S. lateriflora,barbata,
and my favorite, baicalensis
Repository of flavonoids
Grows along dry stream beds
#bigbear #mountain #gray #leaf #skullcap #snail #camel #shape #flowers #flower #botany #beauty #medicinalherbs #california #cnps #nature #forest #friends #purple #green #bluesky #background #nofilter #flowersandmacro #macro #floweroftheday
Platanthera dilatata/White Bog Orchid
As far as Orchids go
It is relatively plain
But as a harbinger of things to come
It is totally insane!!!
#orchids #orchidaceae #platanthera #favorite #plants #close #riparianforest #beauty #bog #orchid #white #flowers #flower #plain #pain #treatment #medicinalherbs #herbs #botany #science #ecology #habitat #flowerstalking #floweroftheday #macro #flowersandmacro #nature #mountains #forest #forestbathing
Lilium parryi
Growing in the San Bernardino Mtns.
Endangered but not difficult to find
It prefers riparian habitats
And mile high meadows
#lemon #lily #endangeredspecies #mountain #meadows #riparian #habitat #ecology #beauty #monocot #sanbernardino #bigbear #stream #cnps #nativeplants #plants #botany #macro #flowersandmacro #flowers #floweroftheday #yellow #petals #forest #forestbathing #bluesky
Pyrola anaphylla
Leafless wintergreen
Another of the mycoheterotrophic
members of the Ericaceae family, along with Sarcodes, Monotropa, Allotropa and Pterospora. Who needs chlorophyll when you have “friends”?
#pyrola #leafless #wintergreen #ericaceae #parasitic #plants #love #friends #generosity #virtue #botany #life #lifelessons #bigbear #mountain #medicine #forestbathing #forest #breathing #macro #flowersandmacro #naturelovers #inaturalist #cnps #flora #life #science #wanderlust #plantbased #passion #floweroftheday
Sarcodes sanguinea
Is a mycoheteroph from the Ericaceae family which grows in montane areas of the California Floristic Province. It parasitizes a specific ectomycorrhizal fungi known as Rhizopogon ellenae. The spectrum of photosynthetic-hemiparasitic-parasitic plants within the Ericaceae family and the ecological forces which drive their development, divergence and speciation are fascinating things to consider. #fungus #parasites #ericaceae #sarcodes #cnps #california #plants #red #fleshy #snow #flower #flowers #urnshaped #botany #beauty #floweroftheday #instagood #bigbear #forest #bathing #pine #trees #feedme #friends #food #macros #mountains #medicine #nature
Delphinium parryi
The San Bernardino Larkspur
Baldwin Lake, May 30th, 2019
Baldwin Lake is part of the “pebble plains” complex marked by clay and quartzite soils and numerous endemic and endangered species. Delphinium parryi growing in this environment produces these pale and almost transparent petals, an adaptation to the fairly harsh environment, which are very different from the densely purple and opaque petals produced by D. parryi communities in other less harsh environments. #adaptation #speciation #habitat #baldwinlake #sanbernardino #mountains #flower #flowers #delphinium #botany #flowersandmacro #floweroftheday #transparent #petals #pale #lavender #beauty #clay #soil #pine #forest #chaparral #community #naturelovers #conservation #soul
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Parish’s Larkspur/Delphinium parishii
Blue Dicks/Dichelostemma capitatum
Chia/Salvia columbariae
Growing in a little gully off Nacimiento-Fergusson Road on April 27th. Today this area is threatened by the Mill Fire.
#bigsur #backcountry #wildfire #safetyfirst #nativeplants #california #delphinium #chia #blue #purple #flowers #mint #buttercup #lily #family #flower #spring #beauty #calflora #californianativeplants #sanluisobispo #county #wildlife #nature #naturelovers #macro #macrophotography #flowersandmacro
Bees and Black Sage
Black sage commonly refers to Salvia mellifera. There photos were taken in a botanical garden and it is apparent that hybridization with other Salvias has occurred, most likely Salvia clevelandii,so it is not entirely accurate to simply say these are photos of bees and Black Sage. There is also some element of Blue Sage in there as well...
#blacksage #bluesage #salvia #black #blue #sage #bees #botanicalgardens #botany #botanical #gardens #beauty #native #plants #nativeplants #plantbased #medicine #nature #cure #naturelovers #macro #flowers #light #earth #lovers #flora #pharmacy #fantasy #floweroftheday #flowerstagram
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Ear shaped Acacia seed pod
Makes me wonder what became
Of the kids who aspired to this
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#earholes #embarrassing #acacia #natural #necessary #naturlovers #fullerton #arboretum #macro #major #flowerstalking #nofilter #macro_brilliance #macro_vision #macro_love #bokeh #bokehlicious #bluesky #gray #leaves #premature #seeds #seedpod #photooftheday #instadaily #instagood #haha
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When the flowers fall
Some will be arrested
And other will be trampled ...
#flowers #flower #falling #floating #floweroftheday #macro #flowersandmacro #macro_vision #macro_brilliance #flowerstalking #flowerstagram #instagood #instadaily #huntingtonlibrary #garden #botanicalgardens #nature #naturelovers #poetry #poetrycommunity #art #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #sunday #mood
