Mastodawn

#DeadNettle nestled in, amongst the St John Wort plants.

#Spring #wildplants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #botanical #plants #garden #Bloomscrolling

Aurel Porté 2d ago

Six months ago, I resumed my Incultures project to broaden it. I asked several artificial intelligences to generate images of urban weeds based on their names and a botanical description. The result: a large amount of pseudo-photographic material depicting plants that are biologically plausible (with a few inaccuracies) yet often visually far removed from the species requested. I then rearranged these into painted synthetic portraits of each plant.
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#plants #weeds #wildplants #wallpainting #painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #zeitgenossischekunst #malerei #artcontemporain #peinturecontemporaine #peinture #fediart

Plazi Species 6d ago

#NewSpecies!
Lysionotus purpureopunctatus
A newly discovered gesneriaceae from #china!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/90A94D3B-8402-5A66-98E1-D8CEAC5FC463
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.165184
#PhytoKeys#LysionotusPurpureopunctatus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #gesneriaceae

Plazi Species 6d ago

#NewSpecies!
Michauxia mormoriana
A newly discovered campanulaceae from #iran!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0384A669-FF89-AD49-FF34-3299FEF7FD05
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.732.1.10
#Phytotaxa #MichauxiaMormoriana

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #campanulaceae

Willa

Mar 25

A pair of skunk cabbages (𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘴) from Frear Park in 2023.

These were our most reliable sign of Spring when we lived down there, but we've yet to find a patch in this area.

#WildflowerWednesday #NotYourMothersBloomScrolling #BloomScrolling #WildPlants #Spring

Plazi Species Mar 20

#NewSpecies!
Acianthera nukiniana
A newly discovered orchid from #brazil!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D878C-CC6C-6F03-ED35-FC70FD93DCA1
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1043.3211
#eytaxonomy #AciantheraNukiniana

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #orchidaceae #orchids

Plazi Species Mar 20

#NewSpecies!
Gentiana daofuensis
A newly discovered gentianaceae from #china!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A24D894C-2563-551A-81A2-E074569AC523
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.183828
#PhytoKeys #GentianaDaofuensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #gentianaceae

Plazi Species Mar 13

#NewSpecies!
Gilliesia taguataguensis
A newly discovered amaryllidaceae from #chile!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/185E0A76-9211-50D9-83D2-91BFA42B5C77
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.270.175170
#PhytoKeys #GilliesiaTaguataguensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #amaryllidaceae

Plazi Species Mar 13

#NewSpecies!
Radula rheophila
A newly discovered liverwort from #thailand!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F613211E-8205-5AD0-9E17-E1AA6B42E48D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.181229
#PhytoKeys #RadulaRheophila

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildplants #plants #wildlife #radulaceae #liverworts

Nature Punk Mar 9

Another nice story before I head outside to make my own.

The first photo is of the author checking out some speedwell and I think the first flower I took a photo off last week was a tiny Germander Speedwell flowering earlier than it's country cousins by a garden wall in Wolverhampton.

There is a lot to be said for a slow walk in the urban jungle :)

#UrbanNature #WildPlants #CityNature #UrbanFlora #NatureInTheCity #GreenCities #solarpunk

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/09/country-diary-a-riverside-walk-reveals-the-citys-history-written-in-plants

Country diary: A riverside walk reveals the city’s history written in plants

Lower Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne: Under boardwalks, in concrete, on window ledges, seeds borne by water and carried on feet survive

The Guardian