Corallorhiza maculata - Spotted Coralroot. Quite an immaculate sight!

San Antonio Collinsia, Collinsia antonina thriving in a shaded siliceous shale bed on the edge of the oak woodland.

Rawson's Flaming-Trumpet, Collomia rawsoniana thriving along small creek in the Sierra Nevada foothills

A flowering spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata) rises over the duff in Tahoe National Forest, northern California. This curious member of the orchid family resides entirely underground except for its inflorescence. Lacking photosynthetic capacity, the spotted coralroot obtains nutrients by parasitizing fungal mycelia.

Iris douglasiana, Santa Cruz Co. March 2022 in visible (left) and UV (right).

Field of Dreams (Calochortus longebarbatus)

Calochortus persistens overlooking the Scott Bar Mountains (Klamath National Forest).

Chaenactis Under the Mountain

Danaus plexippus on Asclepias speciosa

Goldfields being goldfields

Clarkia breweri - Del Puerto Canyon

Non-Drab Draba (Draba aureola aka Mt. lassen draba, photo taken 7.30.2023) CA rare plant rank 1B.3 (2))

Beautiful Sedum in BCCER

A california kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae) sits serenely against the sand food (Pholisma arenarium)

Lupinus stiversii

A Checkerbloom flower (Sidalcea malviflora) with a Bumblebee sleeping in the center.  Taken near San Francisco Bay

Castilleja exserta in a field of poppies

Cercis occidentalis w lacewing

Striped adobe lily, Fritillaria striata

A Sierran Spring, Indian Paintbrush on a rocky outcrop in Tahoe National Forest

Barren yet Diverse: A Hard Life on the Serpentine Barrens of New Idria, California

Together amongst the dew

Platform of Yarrow

A. parvum with Pollinators

Penstemon newberryii through a handlens, in all its hairy, woolly glory.

Swallowtail getting nectar from milkweed

Erythranthe cardinalis - Bair Road, Humboldt County

Calochortus and Opuntia on the Low Road, White Mountains.

post-fire Calochortus tolmiei

Fasciated Townsendia condensata

Our Beautiful State Flower in All Her Glory

Pholisma sonorae blooming in the Algodones Dunes

A closer look at Chaparral orchid

Hopeful Desert Bluebells

Paeonia brownii

Persistence - Feather Falls Trail

Menzies' wallflower (Erysimum menziesii) (Humboldt County, California)

Sidalcea slumber

Silene salmonacea

Allium acuminatum, Hooker's Onion, South Warner Mountains

California Lady's Slipper in Serpentine Bog

Sunflowers in Marin county, CA

BOTANIZING

California Lupine with Mount shasta in the background

Stunning Styrax redivivus

An upclose photo of Diplacus pulchellus

Redwood Forest Views

Drosera rotundifolia and Friends

Busy Bees and Lovely Lupins

California Hesprochiron

Siskiyou fritillary

Lewisia cotyledon of the Marble Mountains