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Category: Eudicots

Oxalis trilliifolia

September 16, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I was quite surprised to see a patch of blooming Oxalis trilliifolia (a member of the family Oxalidaceae which goes by the…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Oxalidaceae, Oxalidales, Oxalis, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Oxalis trilliifolia

Medicago lupulina (Black Medic)

September 10, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Medicago lupulina is yet another example of a plant that I thought was too similar to other plants to be identified,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Fabaceae (Legumes), Fabales, Medicago, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Medicago lupulina

Amaranthus powellii 

September 8, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

The other day, whilst taking a detour through the local cemetery to avoid a person who seemed to be arguing…

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Posted in: Amaranthaceae, Amaranthus, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Amaranthus powellii

Drosera anglica

August 24, 2023 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

It is interesting that they say that Drosera anglica (which goes by the common names English sundew, great sundew, and…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Drosera, Droseraceae, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Drosera anglica

Drosera rotundifolia (Roundleaf Sundew)

Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I’ve recently profiled moths with predaceous caterpillars (Cosmia calami (American Dun-bar Moth), and moths whose larvae are parasitoids of wasp…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Drosera, Droseraceae, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Drosera rotundifolia, Roundleaf Sundew

Pedicularis racemosa

August 15, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

The first and only time I had previously found this member of the family Orobanchaceae (which goes by the common…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Lamiales, Orobanchaceae, Pedicularis, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Pedicularis racemosa

Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)

August 11, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I was very surprised to encounter this small stand of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) on the south flank of Mt.…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Malpighiales, Plants, Populus, Salicaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen

Rubus leucodermis 

August 9, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I’m not really much of a forager, and I can’t say I’ve ever tried the fruit of Rubus leucodermis (known as blackcaps,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Rubus, Species Profiles Filed under: Rubus leucodermis

Ericameria bloomeri 

August 7, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I got really lucky identifying these beautiful members of the family Asteraceae ( which carry the common names rabbitbrush goldenweed,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Ericameria, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Ericameria bloomeri

Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphur-flower Buckwheat)

July 20, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I have been hoping to find Eriogonum umbellatum (sulphur-flower buckwheat) for some time now, but my timing was always wrong and I…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Eriogonum, Eudicots, Plants, Polygonaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Eriogonum umbellatum, Sulphur-flower Buckwheat

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