When it is blooming, Aruncus dioicous is unmistakable. Nothing else has those panicles with thin racemes of tiny white flowers.…
There has been a bit of a taxonomic upheaval in what used to be the genus Lotus, with most of…
I had never identified this pretty but easily overlooked member of the family Rosaceae, which goes by the common names…
I have a confession to make. Not only am I not good with the members of Asteraceae, I often don’t…
This rather spectacular member of the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) also goes by the names of western sky-pilot, western polemonium, and…
Rhododendrons (and their congeneric cousins azaleas) are widespread, approaching ubiquity, in the cultivated landscapes of our region, although I much…
Salal may be the first wild shrub I ever learned to identify. It was pointed out and named to me…
This was the native plant of the trip to Long Beach Peninsula last weekend, a plant that not only had…
I don’t usually post a subspecies as a profile, but the genus Potentilla is in flux. Pacific silverweed was a…
This delicate little member of the willowherb/evening primrose family (Onagraceae) is called enchanter’s nightshade, small enchanter’s nightshade, and alpine enchanter’s…