The first and only time I had previously found this member of the family Orobanchaceae (which goes by the common…
When in bloom this is the most readily identifiable hedge nettle in our region, because the flowers are much larger…
Prunella vulgaris is one of the very few plants I learned to identify from Craig Sondergaard 40+ years ago (of the…
Last Thursday, thanks to certification by people who obviously don’t know me at the Universal Life Church (though henceforth I…
I’m going to take a brief break from talking about conifers in my plant posts, to address one of my…
I have to admit that in my recreational naturalist investigations I am most drawn to the relationships amongst lifeforms. I also…
This was the native plant of the trip to Long Beach Peninsula last weekend, a plant that not only had…
Last winter while exploring The Cliff I happened upon some large toothed leaves that looked familiar and somewhat saxifrage-ish. It…
Japanese Mazus is a pretty little plant which seldom gets more than 8” tall. One look at the flowers and…
Wooly Mullein is a biennial plant in the Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae). It grows a large rosette of large and wooly…