Plants

Douglas Spiraea (Spiraea douglasi)

A wetland shrub, excellent for wetland restoration purposes. Photographed in Vancouver, Washington.

White Bat Flower (Tacca integrifolia)

Photographed at the Flecker Botanic Garden, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia var. pavia) Yellow mutation.

Ventura Marsh Milkvetch, (Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus)

Photographed at Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County, Texas

Ventura Marsh Milkvetch, (Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus)

Endangered species, only found in Oxnard, California.

Parish Delphinium (Delphinium parishii)

Ventura Marsh Milkvetch, (Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus)

Parish Delphinium (Delphinium parishii)

Photographed at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada,

Red Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)

Ventura Marsh Milkvetch, (Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus)

Parish Delphinium (Delphinium parishii)

Photographed in Austin, Texas.

Alkali Mariposa Lily (Calochortus striatus)

Bent Leaf Mariposa Lily (Calochortus flexuosus)

Photographed at Ash Meadows National Wildllife Refuge, Nevada.

Bent Leaf Mariposa Lily (Calochortus flexuosus)

Photographed at Ash Meadows National Wildllife Refuge, Nevada. These plants usually have a weak stem and grow using other plants to support the stems and flowers.

Sego Lily (Calochortus nuttallii)

Ripley's Alicelia (Alicelia ripleyi)

Photographed at the Spring Mountains, Nevada.

Ripley's Alicelia (Alicelia ripleyi)

Photographed in southern California.

Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)

Photographed in southern California.

Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)

Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)

Photographed in southern California.

Yellow Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha)

Photographed in Utah.

Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

Yellow Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha)

Photographed at the Spring Mountains, Nevada

Blue Columbine (Aquilegia caerulea)

Photographed in Colorado.

Ripley's Alicelia (Alicelia ripleyi)

Photographed at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)

Ripley's Alicelia (Alicelia ripleyi)

Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)

Photographed at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)

Ripley's Alicelia (Alicelia ripleyi)

Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)

Photographed In the Spring Mountains, Nevada.

Red Banksia (Banksia coccinea)

Matchstick Banksia (Banksia cuneata)

Ashby's Banksia (Banksia ashbyi)

Photographed in Western Australia.

Ashby's Banksia (Banksia ashbyi)

Matchstick Banksia (Banksia cuneata)

Ashby's Banksia (Banksia ashbyi)

Photographed in Western Australia.

Matchstick Banksia (Banksia cuneata)

Photographed in Western Australia.

Banksia, new leaves.

Matchstick Banksia (Banksia cuneata)

Photographed in Western Australia.

Fern Leaf Banksia (Banksia oblongifolia)

Photographed in Western Australia.

Banksia pilostylis

Photographed in Western Australia.

Red Buckeye (Asculus pavia)

Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia), With seed pods developing.

Photographed at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas.

Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia), With seed pods developing.

Photographed at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas.

Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)

Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia), With seed pods developing.

California Buckeye (Aesculus californica)

Photographed in Austin, Texas.

California Buckeye (Aesculus californica)

Photographed at the Tejon Ranch, California.

California Buckeye (Aesculus californica)

Photographed at the Tejon Ranch, California.

Pointleaf Manzanita (Arctostaphylos pungens)

Photographed in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation, Nevada.

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Photographed in east Texas.

Narrow-leaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)

Photographed in Western Australia.

Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curvassica)

Native to Mexico, but photographed at Carnarvon Gorge National Park, in Queensland, Australia where it is considered an invasive weed.

Reed Milkweed (Asclepias subulata)

Photographed at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada.

Antelopehorn Milkweed (Asclepias asperula)

Photographed in central Texas.

Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)

Photographed at Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

Ash Meadows Blazingstar (Mentzelia leucophylla)

Photographed at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada. Flowers open for only a few hours each day, just before dark during mid-summer.

Ash Meadows Blazingstar (Mentzelia leucophylla)

Photographed at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada. Flowers begin to open around mid-afternoon, during mid-summer.

Whitestem Blazingstar (Mentzelia albicaulis)

Ash Meadows Blazingstar (Mentzelia leucophylla)

Whitestem Blazingstar (Mentzelia albicaulis)

Photographed at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada.

Giant Blazingstar (Mentzelia laevicaulis)

Whitestem Blazingstar (Mentzelia albicaulis)

Photographed just south of Jackson, Wyoming.

Whitebract Blazingstar (Mentzelia involucrata)

Photographed at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada.

Pacific Blazingstar (Mentzelis obscura)

Photographed at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

Ash Meadows Milkvetch (Astragalus phoenix)

Photographed at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

Ash Meadows Milkvetch (Astragalus phoenix)

Photographed at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

Preuss's Milk-vetch (Astragalus pruessii)

Photographed at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

Newberry's Milkvetch (Astragalus newberri var newberri)

Photographed In the Spring Mountains, Nevada.

Fremont's Milkvetch (Astragalus lentiginosus var fremontii)

Photographed In the Spring Mountains, Nevada.

Coachella Valley Milkvetch (Astragalus lentiginosus var coachella)

Photographed at Desert Hot Springs, California.