Dan Violette photography - Fine Art Nature Photography
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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.
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) share this exposed coastal slope with California bush sunflower (Encelia californica) and wild grass companions. This early Spring bloom was photographed at the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains near Point Mugu State Park, Ventura County, California.
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.
This park-visiting couple admires the view of McWay Falls spilling 80 feet onto the beach at dusk. Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, named after a pioneering rancher of the early 1900s, encompasses 3000 acres along California's Big Sur coast. The Park's Overlook Trail is an excellent location for whale watching. The Park also features the Julia Pfeiffer Burns Underwater Area where experienced scuba divers can explore the marine reserve that was established in 1970.
South Fork Bishop Creek, Bishop Creek Canyon. Pine and autumn shades of aspen trees adorn this granite canyon wall at dusk.
An early autumn storm dusts the peaks of the White Mountains outside Bishop, California while on the Owens Valley floor, the late afternoon sun ignites a field of yellow rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus).
California Jimson Weed (Datura wrightii) produces beautiful large trumpet-shaped flowers that are generally white to pinkish purple. Also known as "thornapple" the plant gets its prickly common name from the appearance of seed capsules that are about the size of walnuts and covered with thorns. 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.
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) share this exposed coastal slope with coast prickly pear cactus (Opunita sp.), California bush sunflower (Encelia californica) and wild grass companions. This early Spring bloom was photographed at the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains near Point Mugu State Park, Ventura County, California.
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) flowers are two-to-three inches across with fern-like leaves clustered on tall fleshy stalks. These drought-tolerant perennial asters are among Spring's earliest wildflowers brightening exposed coastal dunes and rocky slopes from Baja California and the Channel Islands to Central Southern California. With their wild grass and prickly pear cactus companions, these were photographed at the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains near Point Mugu State Park as an early morning fog lifts. The tall stalks on the left are dried yucca flower spikes from the prior year's bloom.
California Jimson Weed (Datura wrightii) produces beautiful large trumpet-shaped flowers that are generally white to pinkish purple. Also known as "thornapple" the plant gets its prickly common name from the appearance of seed capsules that are about the size of walnuts and covered with thorns. 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 Jimson Weed (Datura wrightii) produces beautiful large trumpet-shaped flowers that are generally white to pinkish purple. Also known as "thornapple" the plant gets its prickly common name from the appearance of seed capsules that are about the size of walnuts and covered with thorns. 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 Jimson Weed (Datura wrightii) produces beautiful large trumpet-shaped flowers that are generally white to pinkish purple. Also known as "thornapple" the plant gets its prickly common name from the appearance of seed capsules that are about the size of walnuts and covered with thorns. 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.
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