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Category: Ranunculales

Anemone deltoidea 

June 10, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Anemone deltoidea apparently sometimes goes by the common names 3-leaf anemone and western white anemone, but I’ve always called it Columbia…

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Posted in: Anemone, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Anemone deltoidea

Achlys triphylla

June 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

After 4 straight animal posts (3 of them vertebrates), I thought I’d turn to the botanical world for this profile.…

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Posted in: Achlys, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Berberidaceae, Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Achlys triphylla, Sweet after death, Vanilla Leaf

Anemone oregana (Oregon Anemone)

May 12, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

On my recent trip to the Wind River in Skamania County I was somewhat disappointed to find a dearth of…

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Posted in: Anemone, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Anemone oregana, Oregon Anemone

Vancouveria hexandra

June 2, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

It is somewhat ironic that the most common common name for this plant in the family Berberidaceae is northern inside-out flower,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Berberidaceae, Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculales, Species Profiles, Vancouveria Filed under: Northern Inside-out Flower, Vancouveria hexandra

Delphinium trolliifolium

May 22, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

There are several common names for this species, from the utterly prosaic cow poison, poison delphinium, and poison larkspur, to…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Delphinium, Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Columbian Larkspur, Cow Poison, Delphinium trolliifolium, Poison Larkspur

Dicentra formosa (Pacific Bleeding Heart)

April 7, 2021 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

Who doesn’t love Pacific Bleeding Hearts? Many, many years ago, the first time I saw this species in the wild,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Dicentra, Eudicots, Papaveraceae, Plants, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Dicentra formosa, Pacific Bleeding Heart

Ficaria verna

March 5, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Ficaria verna is a beautiful early spring bloomer, its bright and shining yellow flowers, with a starburst of light green…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Ficaria, Plants, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Ficaria verna, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

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