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141d

What is this? A fine salad green!
Miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) is really going to town! It is very tasty when freshly picked.
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I may plant it next winter along with my mache

A messy mass of miner's lettuce fills the frame. The rounded spoon shaped leaves are pretty much hidden by the abundant painters palette shaped, green and fleshy bracts showcasing a cluster of about 5 or so tiny white flowers and flower buds at the center. The flowers are star shaped with 5 petals.

This plant is edible as a salad green. If you forage, you should pick it as far off trail as possible.

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121d

Two toned texture
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A closeup of a cluster of wisteria flowers showing the dark lavender keels grading into the lighter lavender wings and white of the banner petals. There are yellow splotches at the base of the banner. The overall effect is an abstraction of shades of lavender and white.

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190d

Roots! Clinging desperately to the side of the hill! Or casually exploring the environs.
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An image of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) roots growing on the side of a hill. The roots are gradually being exposed by weathering, and look a bit as if they are clinging for dear life. Doug firs are notoriously shallow rooted and are the most likely trees to fall in windy rainstorms

A young Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) has a mass of surface roots casually exploring the ground, with ferns, dewberries and small plants growing on top.

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149d

Les flaneuses
Tulips look best when lounging about next to the sidewalk while people watching
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A few pink tulips grow haphazardly next to a stone wall. The pink is in shades from dark in the middle of the six petals to pale rose on the edges. A few of the tulip leaves are slightly bedraggled. There is a drift of white candy tuft growing down the wall on the top right, with its puffs of little flowers backdropping one of the tulips. A patch of Himalayan blackberries is trying to establish itself at the foot of the wall.

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104d

Riverbank lupines (Lupinus rivularis) are almost at the end of their bloom
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A field full of lavender and white lupine flower spires show that the blooming period is, almost over. The pea-like flowers are concentrated at the top of the stems, with the velvety green seed pods already well formed at the bottom. The flowers are set against the deep green palmate leaves.

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