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Blue and violet wildflowers in-bloom in the first week of June
(from top-to-bottom, left-to-right: Penstemonsp.,Mertensia longiflora,Delphinium bicolor,Lupinus sericeus,Viola adunca,Linum lewisii,Mertensia paniculata)
Lolo National Forest, MT
June 2014, 2015, 2016
Robert Niese
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Robínia híspida 08.06.18.
Acacia 09.05.18.
Wooly Clover (Trifolium tomentosum)
Collected by David Styer near Marina Airport, 2010
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Winter Trees and Shrubs: Eastern Redbud
Winter Trees and Shrubs: Eastern Redbud
Botanizing doesn’t have to end when the leaves fall off the trees and the ground goes frozen. Plants may stop actively growing during this time, but they are still there. Some die back to the soil level and spend the entire winter underground, leaving behind brown, brittle shells of their former selves. Others, particularly those with woody stems, maintain their form (although many of them…
I have driven past the cemetery in Batesville, TX hundreds of times on my way to and from my hometown, but we never actually stopped there until this month. Bordered by agricultural fields on three sides and US-57 on the fourth, it’s quite packed. The plants are typical of species found on alluvial deposits in this region, and regular mowing favors low-growing species (though the last picture shows guayacan Guaiacum angustifolium, normally a shrub or small tree, stubbornly growing as a mat). Also pictured are scarlet spiderling (Boerhavia coccinea), a normal guayacan with bud, scarlet muskflower (Nyctaginia capitata), Texas bindweed (Convolvulus equitans), and Berlandier’s trumpets (Acleisanthes obtusa).
I think you’re Fab-aceae!
Last week, I had the great pleasure of creating a couple of pieces for Plant Love Stories! Fabaceae is one of my favorite plant families, so I knew I had to dedicate a valentine to a fab Fab. What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with plants and animals you love like lupines and bumblebees?
#Lupinus #Fabaceae #bumblebee #Bombus #PlantHeartArt #PlantLoveStories #ValentinesDay #puns #plantlove #plants #love #botanize #art #science #scientificillustration #botanicalillustration #illustration #plantart #markerart #prismacolor #markers #penandink #lupine #bee
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The bean pod of Pterocarpus angolensis is a fascinating one! The genus refers to the distinctive pods: “pter” for wing and “carpus” for fruit. Called kiaat in Afrikaans, this tree is native to southern and eastern Africa and is widely valued for it’s wood, medicinal use and, I imagine, it’s beauty. This particular specimen was collected in Mpumalanga, South Africa. What a fun fruit to sketch!
#Fabaceae #kiaat #bloodwood #wildteak #Pterocarpus #botany #botanize #plants #nature #art #science #scientificillustration #botanicalillustration #illustration #plantart #sketch #inksketch #penandink #brushpen #lineart #linedrawing #ethnobotany #medicinalplants
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