Plant Sightings

Known  in several cultures as the Tree of Life, and originating from the area  between Iran and northern India, the […]

The Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides; P. tremula), are tall slender trees up to around 80 feet tall with characteristic smooth

The  Opium Poppy is famously the source of the drug opium and though  naturalized through much of Europe and Asia,

The  Jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) produces blue flowers in the  spring and early summer which color the sky and ground

A  native tree to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Moringa  (Moringa oleifera) is a tree of many uses, and has

The Mariposa Lilies (Calochortus spp.) are up in California! I find these are some of the most iconic wildflowers of

Waratah  (Telopea spp.) is the common name for a genus of five endemic species  of Australia from the Proteacea which

Opopanax,  (aka. Hercules-all-heal; Opopanax chironium) is a Southern European  herbaceous perennial that grows to about 6 feet tall with a

Known mostly as a drought tolerant ground cover or trailing basket ornamental, this little iceplant, Baby Sun Rose (aka Mesembryanthemum

Lungwort  (Lobaria pulmonaria) is an epiphytiuc lichen that looks like a leaf,  but is made up of three organisms from