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Although Abronia angustifolia is not considered endangered, it faces threats from habitat destruction due to urban development and mining in the area. [5] While not widely cultivated, it stands out as a unique representative of desert flora, and conservationists emphasize the importance of preserving its native habitat to maintain its ecological role as a key food source for arid-climate species.
Gaillardia aristata is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, known by the common names common blanketflower and common gaillardia. [3] This perennial wildflower is widespread across much of North America, from Yukon east to Québec and south as far as California, Arizona, Illinois, and Connecticut, although it may be naturalized rather than native in parts of ...
Penstemon harringtonii was first described in 1958 by C. William T. Penland in the journal Madroño. [2] Penland had discovered the plant in 1952 within 5 miles (8.0 km) of Green Mountain Reservoir in Grand County, Colorado, and collected a type specimen he would use to describe the species; this specimen is now held at Colorado College's herbarium.
Angelica is the Latin feminine name implying "angel-like" from the mid-16th century, probably named for the plant due to its scent. [16] Archangelica derives from "an angel of the highest order," an Old French term in the late ( 12th century ), or from the Greek word "arkhangelos" ("chief angel").
Five wildflower species occupy less than 1,000 cm 2 in this photo taken on the eastern slope foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in late July. Pink: Alberta wild rose; white: Western yarrow; blue: Bluebells showing both pink (immature) and blue (mature) stages; yellow: Arnica cordifolia (Heart-leaved arnica); and red: Red paintbrush Wildflowers of Western Australia Wildflowers are ...
The name comes from the Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς "mouse's ear", which the foliage is thought to resemble. [4] In the Northern Hemisphere, they are colloquially known as forget-me-nots or scorpion grasses. [5] Myosotis alpestris is the official flower of Alaska [6] and Dalsland, Sweden.
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Blanchan, Neltje (1917) [Originally published in 1900 as Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors]. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Adapted from Blanchan's Nature's Garden by Asa Don Dickinson. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company