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sempervirens
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Jul 24, 2011 - 01:55am PT
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A few more taken this past week in your Plumas National Forest. These were all taken at around 6100 feet elevation. Wildflower season is just beginning above 7000 feet.
It's edible.
Wild onions are also edible; you can usually smell them as you walk past.
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StahlBro
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San Diego, CA
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Jul 24, 2011 - 02:55am PT
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Jul 24, 2011 - 12:54pm PT
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sempervirens
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Jul 24, 2011 - 03:06pm PT
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I'm obsessed.
Those are for Crimpergirl; we talked about the mints last week. Coyote mint is a native, common in the Sierras.
The next three species are from a fen in the Lakes Basin Recreation area, a local gem where recreation is the priority. It's not a wilderness area but resource extraction is almost entirely excluded.
It's called the bog asphodel but to be technical, in California it grows in fens rather than bogs.
The comment about the fens applies to this species too. It's sometimes called bogbean, but in California it grows in fens. If you look close at that last photo you can see the 3-parted leaf growing on a separate stalk; it's trifoliate hence Menyanthes trifoliata.
I'll shut up now. Gracias a su visita.
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drunkenmaster
Social climber
santa rosa
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Jul 27, 2011 - 01:39am PT
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Jul 27, 2011 - 02:03am PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Jul 29, 2011 - 05:59pm PT
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squishy
Mountain climber
sacramento
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Jul 29, 2011 - 06:31pm PT
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jul 29, 2011 - 06:49pm PT
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eKat, they are just freshies popping up... Young snow plants( Sarcodes sanguinea) are purdy......Squishy,^ sweet picture!!...
Beautiful flower pictures -folks!!.....Love them.
That photo is an eyeful!
edit: eKat, That photo is eye candy.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Thanks to Nita and sempreviren, I think I know what these are.
Stickseed ( (corrected in edit, see following posts, I incorrectly guessed Phlox (flox)) and a little bee for Paul Humphrey,
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sempervirens
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Darwin,
That does look like Phlox. But I'm guessing it is in the Borage family and not the Phlox family. It looks a lot like Hackelia, common name "stickseed". Is this a plant in the wild? Or is it cultivated in a garden? What state is it in? Washington?
Anyway if you're so inclined you could look for any king of fruit on tha plant and post a photo of it; or you could google the Hackelia and/or Cynoglossum genus. Many of the Borages have some kind of prickles on the fruit making it bur-like.
FWIW
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Hi Darwin, i just saw the above picture and agree with SemperV, it looks like a stickseed..
The other flower you posted a bit back was a phlox..this is not....cool picture though.
Thank you for the flower pictures, two bad knees( torn memiscus) are keeping me off the trails this year...)-;
Edit: thanks, Darwin...(-;
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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sempervirens and nita,
I see what you mean. I have to pay better attention!
Here is a link to the *full resolution* stickseed;
http://bigstupid.org/VV_page/P1010331.JPG
and now the old flox photo.
http://bigstupid.org/VV_page/DSC00735.JPG
The stickseed was also in Washington, Icicle Canyon, south facing slope about 4000' elevation (higher than the phlox), July 24 2011, amongst granite boulders. Definitely not cultivated.
Thank for pointing that out both of you, and I hope your knee heals up Nita.
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sempervirens
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a few more... They're from a fen near Quincy, Ca.
A cool globe-shape head of flowers, but an even cooler name.
It's not actually a lily, but I prefer that common name over "California pitcher plant".
The insect flies toward these "windows", presumably to escape. But it gets caught in some small hairs. The plant then secretes an enzyme and digests its prey.
I thought you might like to check these out.
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sempervirens
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I did disect a leaf and yes there were insects inside.
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jfs
Trad climber
Upper Leftish
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Just to keep this thread climbing related... =)
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