#apiaceae

Somewhere in Bolivia

That green bubbly looking guy is Yareta or Llareta (Azorella compacta) — a flowering plant native to the high altitude regions (10,000’ - 15,000’) of the Andes in Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, and western Argentina. They often live as long as 3,000 years, making some specimens, among the oldest living organisms on the planet.

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Although the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere doesn’t occur until Sunday (3/20), the first wildflower of Appalachia’s rich, mesic woods is already out in force. Harbinger of Spring (Erigenia bulbosa), also known as pepper and salt, is a small and fragile perennial, easy to overlook in the leaf debris of the forest floor. But for those who’ve grown up in Appalachia’s woods, the plant’s compound umbels of white flowers with dark red anthers are symbolic of the turning of the tide and a new beginning. The world is reawakening from its deep sleep, and the first wave of spring ephemerals is on its way.

atthebeachtoday:

Do you ever wonder what cilantro plants look like when they go to flowers? The bees love them and I love to save the seeds to make coriander and to plant more next season. I still have a ton of seeds left over from last year.

Mackinlayamacrosciadea
Fruit surface blue-grey. Fruits arranged in umbels, laterally compressed, and 2-lobed. Wider than long. calyx lobes and styles persistent at the apex.