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Impatiens keilii #4
Image by J.G. in S.F.
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Balsaminaceae - Tanzania, Burundi (www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?104988)
Impatiens
Shown: Detail of fully opened flower
"Impatiens (pronounced /ɪmˈpeɪʃənz/)[1] is a genus of about 850–1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and tropics. Together with the puzzling Hydrocera triflora, this genus makes up the family Balsaminaceae. Such a situation is highly unusual, and phylogenetic studies might reveal that Impatiens needs to be split up; some of its species might be closer to Hydrocera than to their presumed congeners.
"Common names include impatiens, jewelweeds, and, somewhat ambiguously, "balsams" and "touch-me-nots". As a rule-of-thumb, "jewelweed" is used exclusively for Nearctic species, "balsam" is usually applied to tropical species, and "touch-me-not" is typically used in Europe and North America. Some species commonly planted in horticulture have altogether more fanciful names, such as "Busy Lizzie" (the well-known I. walleriana)." (Wikipedia)
I. keilii is periodically available online from:
www.anniesannuals.com/plt_lst/lists/general/lst.gen.asp?p...
Additional views of I. keilii:
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/5082221179/
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/5082294293/
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/5083683463/
Photographed in my garden in San Francisco, California
Clianthus puniceus #1
Image by J.G. in S.F.
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Fabaceae - Endemic to North Island, New Zealand; critically endangered in the wild
Kakabeak, Kaka Beak, Parrot's Beak, Parrot's Bill, Lobster Claw
Shown: Detail of clustered flower buds
"Clianthus puniceus, commonly known as Kaka beak (Kōwhai Ngutu-kākā in Māori), is a woody legume shrub native to New Zealand's North Island. It is one of two species of Clianthus (Kaka beak), both of which have striking clusters of red flowers which resemble the beak of the Kākā, a New Zealand parrot. The plant is also known as Parrot's Beak, Parrot's Bill and Lobster Claw. There is also a variety with white to creamy coloured flowers.
"The species is critically endangered in the wild, known only on Moturemu Island in the Kaipara Harbour. It was previously widely grown as a garden plant, but has generally been replaced by the more robust Clianthus maximus.
"Kaka beak grows to around two metres high, with spreading branches producing leaf stalks up to 15 cm long bearing several pairs of small leaflets. They usually flower from spring through to early summer, but can flower twice a year or even year round." (Wikipedia)
Periodically available online in the United States from:
www.anniesannuals.com/plt_lst/lists/general/lst.gen.asp?p...
My additional image of C. puniceus:
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/6929187388/in/photostream/
Photographed in my garden in San Francisco, California
Protea scolymocephala #5
Image by J.G. in S.F.
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Proteaceae - Endemic to Western Cape Province, South Africa
Thistle Protea
Shown: Detail of mature flower bud
"Protea scolymocephala, the thistle protea, is a flowering plant from the Protea genus native to South Africa. It's a small erect shrub between 0,5 and 1,5 meters tall. The leaves are linear-spatulate curving upwards. The flowerhead is yellow-green and small, with 3,5 - 4,5 cm across. The species flowers between June and November. The fruits are retained.
"Protea scolymocephala occupies sandy flats and coastal lowlands in the Western Cape from approximately the Olifants River in the north, through Cape Town to Hermanus in the east. The species is considered vulnerable and is threatened by both building and alien vegetation." (Wikipedia)
More botanical and cultural information:
www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/proteascoly.htm
My additional images of P. scolymocephala:
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/3268647113/
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/3162250626/
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/3162267986/
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/3269481506/
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/5580492141/
Photographed in U.C. Botanical Garden at Berkeley - Berkeley, California
