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From Amianthium on Tuesday 2nd of June 2026 06:43:56 PM PDT
Amianthium muscaetoxicum (Walter) A. Gray is found in data bases with many alternate spellings. It may have been published at one time with this spelling, but now Amianthium muscitoxicum seems to be preferred. Other synonyms you can find are Amiantanthus muscaetoxicum, Chrosperma muscitoxicum, Melanthium muscaetoxicum, Melanthium muscitoxicum, Zigadenus muscaetoxicum, Zigadenus muscitoxicum, Zigadenus muscitoxicus, and Zygadenus muscaetoxicus. It is native to the eastern United States. All parts of the plant are poisonous, especially the bulbs, and the specific epithet, muscaetoxicum, translates to Fly Poison, a common name for this plant. Height: to about 50 cm. Photographed June 2008 in Linville Gorge Wilderness, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina by Jay Yourch.
From Bowiea on Monday 1st of June 2026 05:37:31 PM PDT
Bowiea volubilis Harv. is found in southern and tropical Africa. The leaves are short lived and the flowers are in an interesting twining raceme, green or white and star-shaped, growing up to 3 m long. The flowers have an unpleasant smell and all parts of the plant are poisonous. Common name: climbing sea onion.
Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis is widespread from Uganda to South Africa. It is a summer grower and is the one most common in cultivation. Photos 1-2 were taken by Cameron McMaster. Photo 3 was taken by Carol Jensen of a plant originating from the Copenhagen Botanic Garden.
Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis (van Jaarsv.) Bruyns (syn. Bowiea gariepensis) is native to Namibia to the Northwestern Cape Province. The species B. gariepensis was put under B. volubilis in 1988. It is different than ssp. volubilis because of the larger and more conspicuous white flowers, rambling habit, glaucescent foliage, brown tunic on the bulb and is a winter grower. The photos below were taken by Dylan Hannon.
From Xanthorrhoea on Sunday 31st of May 2026 06:59:22 PM PDT
Xanthorrhoea australis R.Br. grows in Victoria, in South Australia, the southern coast of New South Wales and Tasmania. This species is not often seen in bloom unless fire has stimulated its reproductive cycle. It has leaves that are softer and less rigid than some of the other species. Plants that have burned have black trunks with grass like leaves forming a skirt. It grows up to 3 meters. Flowers of this species have six petals. Photos were taken by Mary Sue Ittner and Bob Rutemoeller October 2007 in the Grampians where there had been fires earlier so there was a good display of flowers.
From Taraxia on Saturday 30th of May 2026 05:03:33 PM PDT
Taraxia tanacetifolia (Pursh) Rydb., syn. Oenothera tanacetifolia Torr. & A. Gray, Camissonia tanacetifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) P.H. Raven, is found in clay soils in open fields and moist slopes in Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and California from 700 to 2500 m. It is often found in large populations. Leaves are deeply pinnately-lobed, hairy, and the stigma exceeds the anthers. It flowers May to July. Height: about 10 cm. The first two photos were taken by Mary Sue Ittner near the Feather River, Plumas County. The next two photos were taken by Gary A. Monroe in May 2007 in Sierra County, California, and are included here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license.
From Asian Fritillaria Four on Friday 29th of May 2026 06:14:20 PM PDT
Fritillaria uva-vulpis Rix is native to Turkey, Iraq, and Iran where it is often found in fields. Height: 20 cm. The first photo from Jamie Vande is of the typical commercial form offered by most bulb houses. It likes sun and a well drained soil that is moist in the late winter and spring. The second photo is from Hans Joschko and the third photo from John Lonsdale. The last flower photo of the fox grape fritillaria was taken in the Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7 garden of Jim McKenney who added his text. "This clump taught me a lesson: I forgot to dig it for the summer, and not only did the bulbs survive a wet summer, but the plants the next year were much bigger than those covered and kept dry for the summer. In the photo it is growing vigorously with Euroweeds Ranunculus ficaria and Veronica persica et al."
In these seed photos by David Pilling, the first was taken using reflected light and the remainder with transmitted light. In photo 2 embryos are barely visible; see Fritillaria Germination. Photo 3 taken 67 days later after the seeds had been exposed to cold (32-40 °F) and moisture shows the embryos have developed and germination is taking place.
From South African Oxalis Three on Thursday 28th of May 2026 06:15:59 PM PDT
Oxalis extensa Salter is a small species with flowers in various shades of pink. Quite attractive, it is found in large masses on koppies, hills and other protrudences in the regions of Kakamas and Augrabies. This means it is not a winter rainfall species, and it seems to grow best if watered from late spring/early summer well into autumn. The third picture is from a plant in habitat near Kakamas. Photos by Christiaan van Schalkwyk.
From Narcissus Division Four on Wednesday 27th of May 2026 06:34:43 PM PDT
Narcissus 'Cheerfulness' is a fragrant, late bloomer with creamy white flowers and yellow flecks. Photos taken March 2007 by Jay Yourch.
From Calochortus Species Five on Tuesday 26th of May 2026 05:28:13 PM PDT
Calochortus purpureus (Kunth) Baker is one of the Mexican Calochortus species, Section Cyclobothra, subsection Purpurei. This species has erect, bulbiferous, glaucous stems that are 20-65 cm and bears two to four nodding, deep, bell-shaped 2.5-3.5 cm flowers. This species grows in meadows and tropical deciduous forests as well as conifer-oak forests in the states of Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Guerrero, Morelos and Oaxaca at elevations of 1300-2500 m. This species was featured in Mariposa,Volume 4,#2. The plants shown here are from Michoacan, Municipality de Morelia, San Miguel del Monte 2300 m and were photographed in September of 2007. Photos by Mary Gerritsen
The closeup in the first photo is taken from a plant collected near Santo Tomas de los Platanos, Mexico State in September, 2007. Photo by Dennis Szeszko. The next two photos were taken by Dale Denham-Logsdon in early September from El Divisidero which is just north of Ixtapan de la Sal, Estado de Mexico. Plants were growing in a road cut beneath a power line in rocky soil at an altitude of about 1825 meters.
From Cyphia on Monday 25th of May 2026 05:15:39 PM PDT
Cyphia subtubulata E.Wimm. grows on stony often clay flats in the Western Cape and flowers August to October. Height range: 60-90 cm. Photo by Dylan Hannon of plants grown from seed, Citrusdal (ex Silverhill seed).
From Anthericum on Sunday 24th of May 2026 05:04:44 PM PDT
Anthericum ramosum L. is native to Western & Central Europe, and is an excellent yet underused ornamental species. Perhaps it is neglected because it is sometimes regarded as not overly hardy, when in fact, it's perfectly hardy in USDA Zone 5, in Northern New England, USA. The plant is trim and neat, with tidy firm basal foliage that's handsome in its own right. Starting in July, erect, wiry branched stems sport flurries of starry white flowers, each with a yellow ovary and sporting yellow anthers. It flowers throughout the summer, growing to about 2'- 3' tall (60 - 90 cm), and is a visual delight on sunny days when the reflexed white flowers open. In flower, the plant is reminiscent of Gaura lindheimeri, a central and western American wildflower that enjoys popularity here in the USA. Photos were taken July 9, 2004, by Mark McDonough with 2 showing the whole plant from 2 different angles and a closeup of the flowers.
