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A farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena) flower begins to open at sunrise. This wildflower, native to Western North America, produces showy salmon-colored two-inch blossoms on three-foot tall stems.
California Jimson Weed (Datura wrightii) produces beautiful large trumpet-shaped flowers that are generally white to pinkish purple. The plant is highly poisonous and its abuse has caused many deaths particularly among experimenting teenagers. However, Native Americans (as well as Eastern Indian, Caribbean, and Mexican cultures) continue to use Datura as an herbal medicine. California bush sunflowers (Encelia californica) share this coastal space. This early Spring bloom was photographed at the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains near Point Mugu State Park, Ventura County, California.
Parrot's beak (Lotus berthelotii) blossom close-up. This plant is native to Tenerife, largest of the Canary Islands, where it has long been considered an endangered species. Its attractive silvery green needle-like trailing foliage and brilliant scarlet-hued flame-like 1.5 inch flowers make this plant a sought-after exotic. This image was made with a 100 mm macro lens.
Parrot's beak (Lotus berthelotii) in full bloom. This plant is native to Tenerife, largest of the Canary Islands, where it has long been considered an endangered species. Its attractive silvery green needle-like trailing foliage and brilliant scarlet-hued flame-like 1.5 inch flowers make this plant a sought-after exotic.
Bladderpod (Cleome isomeris) is a native shrub well suited to washes and bluffs of arid coastal Southern California. Yellow flowers produced much of the year highlight the prominent large, inflated, pendulous seed pod housing pea-like seeds favored by birds and once used as food by native Indians.
This cosmos flower head nods deeply under the weight of raindrops. The cosmos common name is from the Greek for "balanced universe".
Cattleya intermedia, 'Irrorota'. This fragrant orchid, native to Brazil and Argentina, boasts five inch flowers ranging widely in color from light lavender to dark pink, and generally with a purple lip. This particular clone is unusually light colored. Maximum print size 8x10 inches.
Rudbeckia hirta. Black-eyed Susan flowers. This member of the aster family is native to North America. Flowers are two to three inches across on stems 12 to 24 or more inches tall. Yellow petals flushed with orange surround a dark-brown central cone. Popular with butterflies in summer; birds favor its seeds in autumn.
Cattleya gaskelliana (maximum print size 8x10). Native to Venezuela. This robust orchid species has light purple-violet flowers to 6.5 inches across. The intricate lip features a purple splash with pale border and a yellow throat.
A farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena) flower begins to open at sunrise. This wildflower, native to Western North America, produces showy salmon-colored two-inch blossoms on three-foot tall stems.
A farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena) flower begins to open at sunrise. This wildflower, native to Western North America, produces showy salmon-colored two-inch blossoms on three-foot tall stems.
A farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena) flower begins to open at sunrise. This wildflower, native to Western North America, produces showy salmon-colored two-inch blossoms on three-foot tall stems.
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