A collection of flora from the pacific wonderland.

Archive for July 20, 2012

Skyrocket aka Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

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Bull of the Woods W.A., Oregon, 7/2012.

This plant is rare for both its beauty and the fact that it is biennial, i.e.  it takes two years to produce flowers, and then dies.   Also known as foxfire, it is a hummingbird favorite.

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