Category Archives: Verbeneaceae
Pink Porterweed
Many years ago when I lived in New York City, I went birding with a small group of Audubon pros. I’ll never forget the time when one woman said, pointing to a bird whose name I’ve forgotten, There it is … Continue reading
Lantana followup
A very helpful self-taught (in his own words) botanist now living in Tasmania, nuytsia (who blogs on a lot more than just botany), has sent along some nice additional information on Lantana and we have had some correspondence about it. … Continue reading
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
A teak tree in our back yard?
Teak trees are not indigenous to Panama. But there’s a monoculture teak forest only a couple of miles from here as the crow flies. And I’ve seen some old, majestic individual trees on the road into David. So I shouldn’t … Continue reading
