Category Archives: Flowers
The Tropical Milkweed
Where I grew up, the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, was part of my environment. I was used to big plants like this and large pods like this (My Platonic Ideal Milkweed is shown in a copyrighted image here, under Asclepias … Continue reading
Posted in Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Botany, Ecology, Flowers
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Aphelandra and the big sex cell
Blooming now at the edge of a “tangled bank” of growth alongside our seasonal stream is an Aphelandra species, relative to the zebra plant, A. squarrosa. It is a shrub with a candle-like flower-head or inflorescence. You can see in … Continue reading
Posted in Acanthaceae, Botany, Flowers
Tagged Acanthaceae, Aphelandra, bracts, extrafloral nectaries, opposite leaves, pollen, stamen
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Lantana camara – red sage, yellow sage
I’ve seen this flower in bloom for some time now, but only after the arrival of my now favorite field guide, [see references at the end of this post] did I even try to identify it. It is Lantana camara, … Continue reading
Posted in Botany, Flowers, Verbeneaceae
Tagged Flower, Lamiaceae, Lantana, Lantana camara
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