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Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Observer

rahulzahul

Date

October 11, 2023 06:31 PM CDT

Description

Very confused, was as big or bigger than my Vizsla and the exact same color (golden brown) - didn't get a good look at the tail, but it was large with a distinctive head shape and swam fast. Perhaps an escaped capybara from an exotic game ranch? Or maybe just a massive Nutria or beaver? Not sure!

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Parish's Penstemon (Penstemon × parishii)

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marlowe111

Date

June 19, 2023 12:46 PM PDT

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Japanese Dragon Mouth (Eleorchis japonica)

Date

July 16, 2023 03:43 PM +10

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Shrubby Beardtongue (Pennellianthus frutescens)

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ilya_rudenko

Date

July 15, 2023 02:41 PM +10

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Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus)

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pete_woods

Date

July 19, 2023 03:50 PM EDT

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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

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cloreally

Date

August 5, 2018 09:18 AM PDT

Description

Albino crow? Seen two consecutive days. Poor skill at flying/landing seems to indicate a juvenile.

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dhfischer

Date

July 6, 2019 10:47 AM HST

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marceloamores

Date

October 24, 2021 08:45 AM -05

Description

BIDENS ANDICOLA H.B.K., Nov. Gen. et Sp. 4:237 (186). 1820; B. andicola H.B.K. vars. normalis and heterophylla O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 3^II^: I36. 1898; B. fruticulosa Mey. and Walp., Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 19 Supplem. I. 271. 1843.

Descript. amplific.- Herba perennis, semi-procumbens vel etiam erecta, valde hispido-pubescens vel fere glabra, ramosa, 2-8 dm. alta, caulibus parce angulatis. Folia 1-7 cm. longa, valde polymorpha; nunc indivisa, ovata, serrata, sessilia vel alato-petiolata, ad apicem obtusa vel subacuta; nunc tripartite vel 1-3-pinnata foliolis ovatis vel lanceolatis vel linearibus et ad apicem sensim vel abrupte apiculatis. Capitula ramos terminantia, longe pedunculata, radiata; pansa ad anthesin 2-4 vel rarius etiam usque ad 5.5 cm. lata, 0.7-1.4 cm. alta. Involucrum perspicue hispidum, bracteis ex-terioribus 8-10, lanceolatis vel lineari-oblongis, ciliatis, supra saepe glabratis, apice plerumque obtusis, quam interioribus lanceolatis dense hispidis plerumque multo brevioribus. Flores ligulati saepius 8, lutei, ligula elliptico-oblanceolati, apice plerumque minute 3-denticulati, 1.2-2.5 cm. longi. Achaenia tenuiter linearia, inferne sensim attenuate, obcompresso-quadrangularia, sulcata, supra plus minusve erecto-hispida, fusco-nigra, corpore 0.7-1.4 cm. longa et 0.4-1 mm. lata et paleas demum superantia, apice bi- (vel pauca tri-) aristata, aristis tenuibus, brunneo-stramineis vel rubescentibus, re-trorsum hamosis, 1.7-3 mm. longis.

BIDENS ANDICOLA var. DECOMPOSITA O. Kuntze, I.c.; B. macrantha Griseb., Abhandl. Goett. I9:I38 I874; B. grandiflora Balb. var. breviloba 0. Kuntze, I.c.-Folia 2-3-pinnatisecta, usque ad I dm. longa, achaeniis superne valde attenuato-elongata.

For many years the identity of the South American Bidens andicola has been obscured for herbarium workers by the great multiplicity of foliage forms encountered. WEDDELL, as early as 1856 (Chloris And. 1870) described it as a polymorphous plant ("Plante polymorphe et très repande dans la chaine, mais presque exclusivement alpestre"). Later, OTTO KUNTZE, who like WEDDELL had collected in South America, commented upon the variability of the leaves ("Eine robuste Art mit einfach oder mehrfach ternatisecten Blättern, mittelgrossen gelben Strahlblüthen, ziemlich grossen Blüthenköpfen, äusseren zottig behaarten Involucralbracteen etc., aber in Bezug auf Blatttheilung wie manche andere Bidens-Art sehr variabel"; Rev. Gen. Pl. 3^II^: 136. 1898). In herbaria the numerous foliage forms are seen to simulate corresponding forms of B. triplinervia H.B.K. (B. humilis H.B.K., B. crithmifoliac H.B.K., etc.), and this has led often to confusion between the two species. Recently I was enabled, through the courtesy of OTTO BUCHTIEN (cf. SHEREFF, BOT. GAZ. 76: 151. 1923), to study a great number of specimens collected by him and displaying a wide range of variation. From these (all in Herb. Field. Mus.) and many others, totalling more than two hundred specimens, the preceding descriptions are drawn. It was found that sometimes, in poorly developed material, distinction from B. triplinervia is apparently impossible. In well developed material, however, the distinctions are usually very definite, B. andicola being coarser, its thicker heads having commonly about eight instead of commonly about five rays[4], etc. B. andicola has the paleae shorter than the mature achenes and this character separates it from the surprisingly similar aggregation of Mexican forms (Purpus 1547, 1548, 2637, 4135, 5089, 5620; Rose and Painter 6666, 7949; Pringle 4915; E. W. Nelson 3220, etc.) that in late years have passed erroneously under the name B. daucifolia DC. In the latter[5] the paleae are usually very blackish above and commonly surpass the mature achenes.

Occasionally a form of B. andicola is found with the leaves highly compound and the achenes strongly narrowed above, somewhat like those of Cosmos. If it were not for various connecting forms this would seem to be specifically distinct. KUNTZE, who himself collected specimens of it, referred at least one of them, a plant from Cochabamba, Bolivia (Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard.) to B. andicola, naming it var. decomposita. In a careless moment he named a precisely identical form from between Cochabamba and Rio Juntas, Bolivia (Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard.) B. grandiflora Balb. var. breviloba, although B. grandifjora is a Mexican species and is not known to occur in South America.

[4] Unfortunately, B. triplinervia produces at times an 8-rayed form. Discussion of this form must be deferred until a later date.

Sherff, E. E. (1926). Studies in the Genus Bidens. VII. Botanical Gazette, 81(1), 25-54.>>

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Black-capped Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

Observer

estaay

Date

December 26, 2019 02:50 PM JST

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Scarlet Bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius)

Observer

thesafarihiker

Date

March 19, 2024 02:00 PM PDT

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Giant White × Coast Fawn Lily (Erythronium oregonum × revolutum)

Observer

smilodonichthys

Date

March 28, 2015 11:51 AM PDT

Description

Not sure this is E. revolutum × E. oregonum or just a white E. revolutum. Found with many others that were white, pale pink and the regular pink of E. revolutum. Might it even possibly be a hybrid of E. montanum which is found on the Kludahk ridge very close to this location?

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Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)

Observer

rainhead

Date

February 8, 2023 01:18 PM PST

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Showy Penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis)

Observer

gabimclean

Date

January 7, 2024 11:04 AM PST

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Heller's Beardtongue (Penstemon triflorus)

Observer

codystricker

Date

March 25, 2023 03:19 PM CDT

Description

I found a population of penstemon today with individual plants expressing traits of P. cobaea, P. triflorus, and some possible hybrids between the two. I thought these were interesting and wanted to share them to show the variations expressed.

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Hybrid Cardinal Flower (Lobelia × speciosa)

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lissamorrison

Date

September 24, 2023 02:55 PM CDT

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What

Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki)

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robshep

Date

July 31, 2023 07:06 AM AEST

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Showy Penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis)

Observer

terrawild

Date

June 19, 2023 11:31 AM PDT

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Showy Penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis)

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th92105

Date

October 1, 2023 05:16 PM PDT

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What

Showy Penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis)

Date

May 29, 2023 03:58 PM PDT

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quirino

Date

October 26, 2019 02:42 PM CDT

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cmad90

Date

September 2, 2021 06:05 PM PDT

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What

Cleveland's Beardtongue (Penstemon clevelandii)

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madily

Date

May 3, 2023 01:00 PM PDT

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Showy Penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis)

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patrickdyer

Date

November 23, 2023 08:30 AM PST

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What

Yellow Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)

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godusabo

Date

August 6, 2023 07:35 PM MDT

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Intermediate Avens (Geum × intermedium)

Observer

lazza

Date

June 14, 2017 03:27 PM CEST

Description

Is this a hybrid, G. urbanum x rivale?

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Intermediate Avens (Geum × intermedium)

Observer

mhough

Date

May 31, 2020

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Yellow Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)

Observer

rollier

Date

July 1, 2010 02:51 PM MDT

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karengoatkeeper

Date

June 17, 2022 03:16 PM CDT

Description

This milkweed plant has been observed for many years. It has an umbel arrangement like purpurascens, but droops like syriaca. The flowers show characteristics of both. The fruits are arranged like syriaca, but reatively smooth like purpurascens. Dr. Richard Rintz determined this plant is definitely a hybrid between the two species.

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alfredomaldonado

Date

December 25, 2022 03:53 PM CST

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What

Bellflower Beardtongue (Penstemon campanulatus)

Observer

daniela72

Date

September 25, 2021 11:12 AM CDT

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What

Hybrid Cardinal Flower (Lobelia × speciosa)

Observer

coreyjlange

Date

September 3, 2016 12:25 PM CDT

Description

Weird magenta morph??? About 1% of the population were this color

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Pinto Beardtongue (Penstemon roseus)

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ga_tania

Date

September 26, 2022 10:55 AM CDT

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ladonna3

Date

July 21, 2020 03:42 PM UTC

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What

Showy Penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis)

Observer

alice_abela

Date

May 19, 2022 03:10 PM PDT

Description

Thomas Mountain Road area, Riverside County, California

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Showy Penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis)

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mhrains

Date

April 24, 2022 10:32 AM PDT

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efmer

Date

April 4, 2017 11:02 AM PDT

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emilykjenks

Date

May 15, 2021 06:13 PM PDT

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i_tortuga

Date

June 3, 2021 11:49 AM PDT

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Cleveland's Beardtongue (Penstemon clevelandii)

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sshigenaga

Date

March 21, 2020 01:07 PM PDT

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What

Showy Penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis)

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jc4me70

Date

March 31, 2022 06:49 PM UTC

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Showy Penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis)

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aachkinazi

Date

April 3, 2022 09:47 AM PDT

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Parish's Penstemon (Penstemon × parishii)

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jordanzylstra

Date

May 17, 2021 12:47 PM PDT

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Parish's Penstemon (Penstemon × parishii)

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stucumber

Date

May 2, 2020 05:57 PM PDT

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Beardtongues (Genus Penstemon)

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naness

Date

March 14, 2022 06:11 PM PDT

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Beardtongues (Genus Penstemon)

Observer

shrike2

Date

November 8, 2021 01:49 PM PST

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Cleveland's Beardtongue (Penstemon clevelandii)

Observer

katiebugcos

Date

March 30, 2020 08:44 AM PDT

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What

Lewis' Monkeyflower (Erythranthe lewisii)

Observer

matt_twyman

Date

August 5, 2019 03:44 PM MDT

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