Hillside walk, 24 February 2014
This week I found only the one blooming wishbone bush (Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia), and its flowers had already withered earlier in the day. The wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpa) has almost finished flowering.
But others progress with their flowers. Notable is elderberry (Sambucus mexicana), which is now blooming in multiple places. The skunkbrush (Rhus armomatica) is beginning to bloom, although as yet it has no leaves. It warrants careful watching because last year the bloom lasted little more than a week.
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Black cottonwood |
Wishbone bush |
Dodder |
Strigose lotus |
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Strigose lotus |
Two color everlasting |
Mission prickly-pear |
Blue elderberry |
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Blue elderberry |
Blue elderberry |
Blue elderberry |
Blue elderberry |
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Telegraphweed |
Russian thistle |
Lizard |
Gopher plant |
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Rattlesnake weed |
Popcorn flower |
Black sage |
Skunkbrush |
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Skunkbrush |
Skunkbrush |
Goldenback fern |
Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry |
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Lemonade berry |
Southern honeysuckle |
Southern honeysuckle |
Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry |
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California liverwort |
California liverwort |
California liverwort |
Coffee fern |
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Wild cucumber |
Douglas's nightshade |
Poison oak |
Common chickweed |
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Common chickweed |
Golden currant |
Mulefat |
Mulefat |
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Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry |
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