When I get curious about something I have previously taken for granted, my little mind is blown by all the things I do not know.
serration
Tag: let’s botanize
Cichorieae
More new botanical vocabulary. Pappus! Achene!
don’t be glumey
Just when I thought I knew the parts of a flower, glumes and lemma and lodicules come along.
cotyledons
Funny the things one recalls from youth. I remember learning about monocotyledons and dicotyledons, and just loving those words. I was probably insufferable, informing disinterested people about the difference. (Grasses are monocots, having only a single cotyledon). See, I’m still doing it. 😂
Quercus
I joined with the Ellwood Friends Nature Journal Club at the Goleta Butterfly Grove, one of the most significant monarch butterfly overwintering sites in California (must go back in winter to see them!). I was happy to find a coast live oak laden with baby acorns, as it seems that this species is having another lean crop year.
hello petal
symmetry
This prompt got me looking closely at a lot of flowers!
teensy and huge
ribbon and nest
In a shaded corner of our garden, I’ve tucked a gathering of diverse ferns and nestled the shiitake log among them (still no mushrooms, but it’s only been four months.)
Bulbine frutescens
I’m learning a lot from Let’s Botanize. This week: RAM and SAM.
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