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Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Aug 17, 2015 20:44:44 GMT -8 tarol and daveb like this

Post by tallgrass on Aug 17, 2015 20:44:44 GMT -8

Michigan Lily

Botrychium lanceolatum - Lance leaved Grape Fern. A Minnesota threatened species (Or maybe special concern, can't remember)

Dodecatheon media - Prairie Shooting Star. The most important plant in the history of humanity.

Pasque Flower. First flower to bloom in the spring here in the tallgrass prairie region

Coolkat Trail Wise! Posts: 2,925	Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Sept 23, 2015 5:37:25 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Coolkat on Sept 23, 2015 5:37:25 GMT -8 My apologies if this isn't what this area is for but last year I went to Isle Royale and saw the flower/plant below. Would anyone know what this is?
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Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Sept 25, 2015 9:27:53 GMT -8 tarol likes this

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Sept 23, 2015 5:37:25 GMT -8 Coolkat said:

if this isn't what this area is for

Actually, this is what i sort of expected! Pretty flower shots, yes, but in years past there have been frequent "What's this?" posts and we can work toward an ID.

I make my guess that it is a baneberry (Actea sp.) based on similarity of the berries and arrangement. Compare the similar white baneberry; baneberries are also red, even black, depending on species.

If this is in fact a baneberry, it is a member of Ranunculaceae, and related to several other poisonous plants, so as with any other unkown berries in the wild, tasting is ill advised!

N.B.: When taking pictures of a mystery plant, it is very he;pful to get good pictures of the leaves (to be able to see the shape and perimeter of a leaf: toothed? smooth? etc.) and arrangement on a stem: opposites, alternating? spiraling around (each pair rotated 90°)?

When the next season rolls around we can have some better info on what to note along with mystery photos.

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Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Sept 25, 2015 9:40:20 GMT -8 daveb likes this

Post by tarol on Sept 25, 2015 9:40:20 GMT -8

Here are some of my favorite shots over the years - sorry there's a lot to choose from! This is my favorite photographic subject

My son in a field of poppies, Santa Monica Mountains NRA, CA

T again in a field of clover, Santa Monica Mountains NRA

Desert Gold, Death Valley NP, CA - Bottom photo published in Backpacker Magazine

Chocolate Lilies, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, CA

Ithuriel's Spear, SCICON, Springville, CA

Dew on Foothill Poppy, SCICON, Springville, CA

Desert Mariposa Lily, Puma Canyon Ecological Reserve, CA

Bug in a Penstemon, Bald Mountain, Sequoia NF, CA

Bug on Mariposa Lily, Sequoia NP

Another bug on another Mariposa Lily, Angeles NF, CA

Sierra Gentian and a matching purple bug

California Poppies, Carrizo Plain NM

Shooting Stars along Hwy 58, CA

Field of Clover, Carrizo Plain NM

Goldfields, Carrizo Plain NM

Island Morning Glory, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands NP

Leopard Lilies and Lupine, Sequoia NP

T with lupine, Angeles NF, CA

Lupine, Angeles NF, CA

T with Phacelia, BLM land north of Lucerne Valley, CA

T exploring carpets of coreopsis, Saddleback Butte State Park, CA

AZ Lupine

Arizona Lupine, Joshua Tree NP, CA

Joshua Tree Flowering Frenzy, Mojave NP, CA

Desert 5 Spot, Newberry Mountains Wilderness, CA

Striped Adobe Lilies (rare), Lewis Hill Preserve, CA

Desert Mallow with Cholla Cactus, BLM land north of Lucerne Valley, CA

Fiddleneck, Santa Monica Mountains NRA

Poppies, Fiddleneck, & Phacelia, Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, CA

T near the Poppy Reserve, CA

Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, CA

johnnyray Trail Wise! Argle-Bargle, Jiggery-Pokery, and Applesauce Posts: 2,050	Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Sept 29, 2015 5:48:50 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by johnnyray on Sept 29, 2015 5:48:50 GMT -8 Wild Bergamot and Cone Flowers

rebeccad Trail Wise! Writing like a maniac Posts: 12,376	Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Sept 29, 2015 17:36:28 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by rebeccad on Sept 29, 2015 17:36:28 GMT -8 Tarol--the giant posts with dozens of photos really mess with my computer's efforts to load the page! Maybe go a bit easier on that? Anyone else have that problem?
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Coolkat Trail Wise! Posts: 2,925	Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Dec 24, 2015 4:49:31 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Coolkat on Dec 24, 2015 4:49:31 GMT -8 P5270102 by Hiker88, on Flickr
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Post by Coolkat on Jan 22, 2016 6:19:39 GMT -8

Sept 25, 2015 9:27:53 GMT -8 Admin said:

I make my guess that it is a baneberry (Actea sp.) based on similarity of the berries and arrangement. Compare the similar white baneberry; baneberries are also red, even black, depending on species.

Not sure if they are related or not but I finally found, with the help of a friend, the name of my mystery flower. It's called the Blue Bead Lily

www.hikenewengland.com/NatureYellowClintonia.html

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Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Jan 22, 2016 7:45:09 GMT -8

Post by Admin on Jan 22, 2016 7:45:09 GMT -8

Jan 22, 2016 6:19:39 GMT -8 Coolkat said:

Not sure if they are related

Well no, they are not related; Clintonia is a monocot, Baneberry is a dicot. But I am so glad you found a positive ID. And reading the page you linked was fun. Clintonia borealis is news to me, but I'm in California, so no surprise. We have Clintonia here too, but in the mountains it's C. uniflora (single flower) and I have never gone back to see what fruit form they have.

This gets me started thinking about wildflowers this Spring. With lots of rain and snow, should be good.

BTW: I bought the book Newcomb's Wildflower Guide simply because the illustrations are so terrific! It's all about the Northeast, so I think you'd benefit from having a copy. Like I said, it has nothing in my area, it's just a nice book to enjoy for me.

daveb Trail Wise! Posts: 589	Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Feb 9, 2016 9:36:20 GMT -8 johnnyray and desert dweller like this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by daveb on Feb 9, 2016 9:36:20 GMT -8 I don't know what they are but this was at the Teton National Park as we were exiting during some rain showers.
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tallgrass Trail Wise! Posts: 565	Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Feb 10, 2016 10:16:14 GMT -8 daveb likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by tallgrass on Feb 10, 2016 10:16:14 GMT -8 Appears to be a goldenrod (Solidago)

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Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Mar 6, 2016 16:10:32 GMT -8 rebeccad and foxalo like this

Post by davesenesac on Mar 6, 2016 16:10:32 GMT -8

http://www.davidsenesac.com/2016_Trip_Chronicles/PB02745-49w.jpg

Notice last post was last summer. The first wildflowers in our USA each late winter usually show in our desert southwest areas.

The above brown-eyed evening primrose, camissonia claviflormis, shot February 14 with my A6000 with Sigma 60mm F2.8 DN lens plus a Vello 10mm extension tube and diffusion disk. A 5 image focus stack blend with Zerene Stacker then Photoshop CS6 processed 4600 by 4000 pixels. An enlarged vertical slice:

http://www.davidsenesac.com/2016_Trip_Chronicles/PC02745-49w.jpg

More about that image and the trip on Page 2 and Page 3 at this feature link:

www.davidsenesac.com/2016_Trip_Chronicles/2016_Trip-Chronicles-0.html

rebeccad Trail Wise! Writing like a maniac Posts: 12,376	Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Mar 28, 2016 9:09:59 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by rebeccad on Mar 28, 2016 9:09:59 GMT -8 I just returned from the desert and will have flowers to share as soon as I get to work editing the photos....
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foxalo Trail Wise! Life is infinitely stranger than anything the mind could invent.---Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Posts: 2,359	Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Apr 3, 2016 17:05:46 GMT -8 johnnyray and daveb like this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by foxalo on Apr 3, 2016 17:05:46 GMT -8 Toadshade trillium Wild hyacinth Fire pinks (I think.)

hikerchick395 Trail Wise! Posts: 1,176	Post Your Wildflower Pics Here Apr 4, 2016 7:28:33 GMT -8 johnnyray, foxalo, and 1 more like this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hikerchick395 on Apr 4, 2016 7:28:33 GMT -8 phacelia and blazing star Carrizo Plain NM

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