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Category: Caryophyllales

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

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

Koenigia davisiae

July 12, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I had no idea what this unprepossesing plant was when I first found it on the trip to Mt. Hood…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Eriogonum, Eudicots, Plants, Polygonaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Koenigia davisiae

Montia parvifolia (Littleleaf Montia)

June 6, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I have had a bit of a mental block with the species in the genera Montia and Claytonia. Back in 2010 when I started…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Montia, Montiaceae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Littleleaf Montia, Montia parvifolia

Saponaria officinalis

September 3, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

They say this plant blooms from June through September, but I always associate it with the month of August. It…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllaceae, Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Bouncing-bet, Saponaria officinalis, Soapwort

Calyptridium umbellatum

August 12, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I found these members of Montiaceae (miner’s lettuce family, although until 15 years ago they were considered to be part…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Calyptridium, Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Montiaceae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Calyptridium umbellatum

Moehringia macrophylla (Big-leaf Sandwort)

July 11, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I first noticed this plant while wandering around with a headlamp waiting for bugs to show up at my lights…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllaceae, Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Moehringia, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Big-leaf Sandwort, Moehringia macrophylla

Eriogonum compositum

August 7, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This member of the family Polygonaceae goes by the common names of arrowleaf buckwheat, heartleaf buckwheat, and northern buckwheat, and…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Eriogonum, Eudicots, Plants, Polygonaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Eriogonum compositum, Heartleaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat

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