by Vernon Smith | Mar 28, 2020 | 2020 Plants of the Month
Erythranthe nasuta by Doreen Smith Erythranthe nasuta – Vernon Smith The plant of the month for April is Marin’s small annual monkeyflower, Erythranthe nasuta. Recent taxonomic work has led to the re-naming of all the California native Mimulus. Now they are classified into the genera Erythranthe, Diplacus and Mimetanthe. Marin’s particular species of small annual monkeyflower, Erythranthe...
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by Vernon Smith | Feb 26, 2020 | 2020 Plants of the Month
Scoliopus bigelovii by Doreen Smith March’s plant of the month is the very early species, Scoliopus bigelovii. It has several common names: slink-pods, fetid adder’s tongue, and brownies. The original report and herbarium collection of this plant were in 1854 from Mt. Tamalpais, but it has since grown in many places in the coast redwood forests from Humboldt County south to Santa Cruz County....
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by Vernon Smith | Dec 24, 2019 | 2020 Plants of the Month
Marin’s early-flowering yellow-flowered Sanicles, Sanicula by Doreen Smith Sanicula arctopoides (footsteps-of-spring)—Vernon Smith Sanicula arctopoides, footsteps-of-spring, is a coastal plant that decorates coastal grasslands each year, mostly on Point Reyes, and is sometimes seen near Nicasio Reservoir. While the plants look attractive, their “perfume” is like cow-dung to attract their fly...
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