#chaparral flowers

[fotograzio]

Huutat (Lemonade Berry) flowers by Wayne S. Grazio Via Flickr: The lemonade berry is a small shrubby tree. The plant is native to the coastal range of southern California and Baja California. This tree can grow up to 25 feet in height and is a common member of the chaparral plant community. The Kumeyaay Indians used tangy huutat berries to flavor their tea. The berries are soaked in water to provide flavor and they’re also eaten fresh. The seeds from these berries are ground up and combined with this tangy drink. A wad of lemonade berries can also be placed in the mouth as a means to keep thirst at bay during long hikes under the sun. The bark of this tree is used in a tea after childbirth.

#flowers #huutat #fotograzio #chaparral flowers #photo effect #plant #mother nature #macro #Wayne Grazio #cluster #Rhus integrifolia #San Diego #pink and green #lovely #blossoms #flower #photo manipulation #Pink flowers #sour #native American plants #photo to art #tiny flowers #blossom #nature #leaves #painterly #colorful #close up #beautiful #native plants

[thelethalsilence]

#chaparral #san gabriel mountains #flowers #plants #aster #wildflowers #photo

[theworldiseek]

I saw this beauty while on my walk yesterday. I’m not sure exactly what plant this is… I think Chaparral Pea. So pretty! A reminder that our world is very beautiful!

#flowers #spring #chaparral #beautiful

[emperornorton47]

Chaparral Mallow

#Chaparral mallow #Wildflowers #Flowers #Black Star Canyon #orange county #california #photo #digital #original photographers

[footloose-travel]

Cactus flower in our RV park in Arizona City

#world tour #arizona #flower #cactus #arizona city #High Chaparral RV Park #Casa Grande

[gnarl3ne-blog]

Mariposa Lily by Arlene Schag Via Flickr: Mariposa Lily - Calochortus is a perennial California native and endemic plant. It's natural habitat is chaparral. It can be seen blooming from April to August, often with a red-brown petal margin. Sprouts from a bulb. This individual was found in Encinitas California at Quail Botanical Gardens in an undeveloped zone AKA "tribute" to native Indians ( with a ramshackle teepee of twigs that kids didn't even want to touch) and slight margin of land that probably was too expensive to pave over because it was steep and the parking lot next door was already large enough... Companion plant in the background is Del Mar Manzanita, a rare native to Southern California that I want to see planted more in the area. I took this photo during a field trip for a Horticulture class at a local community college. I had to sneak away to find most of our overlooked and increasingly rare natives. Unfortunately most the assignments were regarding non-native plants, what is up with that?

#Yellow Mariposa Lily #Calochortus weedii var. weedii #Weed's #Liliaceae #lily #July #Summer #orange #spotted #spots #dots #anther #perfect #chaparral #San Diego #Southern California #Encinitas #perennial #bulb #California native plant #Westcoast Wildlife #Southern California native plants #Southwest wildflower #California wildflower #coast #yellow flower #FLOWERSadminFAVE #flickr

[conspectusargosy]

Salvia mellifera, black sage, is a perennial shrub in the mint/sage family native from central California down through the top of Baja California. It is part of the cast of plants present in coastal sage and chaparral habitat, thriving only in a specific range of rainfall in a mediterranean climate. The flowers host a variety of pollinators including butterflies, hummingbirds, and native bees and its seeds, like other Salvia species, are abundant and provide food for animals and birds. The fragrant leaves contain chemicals used by the Chumash to treat pain and a unique spicy honey is derived from the plant in the modern day.

#uvivf #nativeflowers #nativeplants #botanical #glowing #neon #fluorescent #fluorescence #autofluorescence

[adventurebasscamp]

man so in like september i started designing this custom aj land based on a chaparral biome and i doubt i'll finish at this point sooo i'll just post what i've got!

dunno what the name of the land would be, but maybe something starting with v. it'd be in that bottom left corner of the map, connecting to kimbara outback (to the right) and appondale (north, through a cave). it'd have kind of a red brick aesthetic to it.

the two buildings are a greenhouse, where you can read about plants and then buy them for your den, and a dye shop, where (for a gem or maybe even diamond cost?) you can make dyes for animal colors that aren't in the menu.

hit a roadblock with this because 1. i have no clue how to draw the thick cover of shrubs and flowers, let alone do them in a simple, aj-stylized way and 2. i have never drawn backgrounds with this level of detail and polish like ever in my life.

if anyone wants to do something with these concepts though, by all means! :o

#my posts #animal jam #jamblr

[odoroussavourssweet]

Perfumes as Biomes

arctic

Tom Ford Soleil Neige

bergamot, white flowers, benzoin

actually somehow does smell like sun on snow!

alpine

Tauer Perfumes L’Air des Alpes Suisses

ambergris, fir, pine, lavender, tonka

herbal earth and bright cool skies

beach

Heeley Sel Marin

salt, seawater, seaweed

sand, sun, salt

boreal forest

Caron Yatagan

pine, artemisia, castoreum

crisp north-woods conifers and muddy boots

bush

Zoologist Koala

eucalyptus, honey, musk

a glowing eucalyptus grove

chaparral

Oriza LeGrand Peau d’Espagne

leather, verbena, carnation

cowboys, sun, dusty herbs

deciduous forest

Guerlain Vetiver

vetiver, bergamot, tobacco, oakmoss

mossy forest floor

desert

Tauer Perfumes Attar AT

leather, labdanum, sandalwood

bone-dry Arabian sands

garrigue

Parfums d’Empire Corsica Furiosa

tomato leaf, grass, mastic

blazing sun and dusty scrub

jungle

Neela Vermeire Ashoka

fig, sandalwood, lotus, incense

shady juicy trees

Mediterranean coast

Hermes Un Jardin en Mediterranee

cypress, fig, bergamot, orange blossom

sun, citrus, gnarled trees, sea

prairie

Yohji Homme

juniper, licorice, sage

big sky country

temperate rainforest

Papillon Perfumes Spell 125

pine, olibanum, ambergris

foggy misty conifers

tropical rainforest

DS & Durga DS

frangipani, lotus, oud

bright blooms and wet earth

#perfume #fragrance

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Leucadendron tinctum

The South African genus Leucadendron belongs to the Protea Family, with many of the species occurring in the vegetation type known as fynbos, which we might think of as the southern African equivalent of our chaparral here in California. Many plants in the Protea Family have very showy flower heads, but with Leucadendron the flower heads are cupped within showy bract leaves at the branch tips, and these bracts are showier than the flower head itself. Leucadendron tinctum occurs over a wide area in the southwestern winter-rainfall region of South Africa.

-Brian

#leucadendron #proteaceae #ruth bancroft garden

[yesyoubelonghere]

More wildflowers from inside the fence line.

Black sage (I hope). This plant is one of the most abundant wildflowers I have found every year on my property. (FF)

Description from the Coastal Watershed Council page: "Black Sage is a perennial subshrub that is scientifically known as Salvia mellifera. Being the most common sage in California, this shrub is found in foothills, canyons, mesas, and chaparrals. Black Sage plants contain aromatic flowers that are white, blue, lavender, or occasionally a pale pink. Able to grow in a large variety of soils, they are very abundant and present all along the California coast. They can reach up to 6 ft tall and 10 ft wide. They are currently in bloom!

Black Sage is a significant native plant as its nectar is an important source of food for hummingbirds and butterflies. The vibrant and aromatic flowers attract pollinators, and its seeds are consumed by our state bird, the quail, as well as various species of birds. Furthermore, Black Sage plants are fairly susceptible to damage from air pollution. Specifically, sulfur dioxide and ozone: two serious air pollutants. Therefore, these shrubs are great monitors of air pollution levels in areas throughout California.

Black Sage is an angiosperm, a part of the mint family. Often, members of this family produce potent essential oils. These oils vary from scents of pleasant mint to very pungent and not so pleasant scents! "

[persephonaae]

A rainbow of flowers today (with the humble western jack-o-lantern thrown in there as well because I wanted something orange XD )

We got in order: giant wakerobin, western jack-o-lantern, California buttercup*, pacific hounds tongue, Henderson’s shooting star, chaparral currant, California fetid adder’s tongue*, buckbrush*, and milkmaids! (There’s a star next to each one of our new in blooms this week :) )

#native plants #native flowers #mushroom #wildflower #wildflowers #mushrooms #fungi #take a walk with me

[thelethalsilence]

#san gabriel mountains #rain #flowers #plants #photo #chaparral #senecio #threadleaf groundsel

[bangtansorciere]

Lovers Through the Ages | m.list

With an amaranth and cerulean sky swirling above your head and fireflies dancing around your person, making you bask in their glow, you await your lover at the edge of the Dark Forest. Unlike the inviting colors outside the foliage, within its folds, you only find wispy shadows and secretive whispers of its inhabitants. You peregrinate deeper into the chaparral, hypnotized by the tantalizing scents of hyacinths and tuberose, grabbing one off of the flower bush as you pick the petals and leave a trail for your lover to follow and join you before you become lost to the mist of time.

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Past Quidditch Matches

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[emperornorton47]

Chaparral Yucca

#Chaparral Yucca #Our lord's candle #Spanish dagger #yucca #wildflowers #Flowers #Overcast #portola hills #orange county #california #photo #digital #original photographers

[anthologiemystika]

Sonoran Desert Plants & Their Magic

Creosote Bush

Larrea tridentata

A.k.a Stinkweed, Chaparral, and Hediondilla

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Creosote is a prominent plant in the southwestern portion of North America, it's range includes the Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahuan deserts.

Correspondences

• Element: Water

• Powers: Permanence, longevity, healthy isolation (living alone with a purpose i.e introspection or healing), developing a "tough skin", overcoming challenges, logic, reasoning, order

Mesquite Tree

Prosopis velutina

A.k.a Velvet Mesquite

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Velvet Mesquite is found naturally, and plays an important ecological role, in the Sonoran Desert. They grow 20-50 feet in height, or more in well watered areas, less in dry grasslands. The roots far extend the height of the tree, as such Velvet Mesquite can access water sources that are deeper than most plants can reach.

Correspondences

Planet: Saturn

Element: Water, Earth

Powers: Healing, protection, cleansing, purification

Chuparosa

Justica californica

A.k.a Hummingbird Bush

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Chuparosa is a flowering bush native to the deserts of Southern California, Arizona, and Northern Mexico. Chuparosa and Chiporosa are both colloquial Spanish terms for "hummingbird". For a short while this shrub produces succulent leaves, it then loses those leaves and grows plentiful tubular flowers. These flowers are generally shades of bright red, but can also be found in shades of yellow. Hummingbirds frequent this low bush to feed on the sweet nectar hidden in the flowers.

Correspondences

Planet: Venus

Powers: Beauty, self-esteem, romance, sexual energy, love, new beginnings, positivity

Brittle Bush

Encelia farinosa

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Brittle bush is a rather common little shrub found in Northern Mexico, Arizona, Southern California, Nevada, and Utah. It's name comes from the brittleness of the stems. A Spanish name for this plant is "incienso" because the dried sap was burned by the early Spanish missions in the New World as incense.

Correspondences

Planetary: Sun

Element: Earth

Powers: Healing, cleansing, luck, empathy, friendship, protection, banishing sickness

Desert Lavender

Hyptis emoryi

A.k.a Bee Sage or Bushmints

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Desert Lavender is found in Arizona, Nevada, California, and Northwestern Mexico. It is a medium to tall perennial shrub that is favored by honeybees in early spring. The violet-blue flowers are profuse along the main stem and side branches.

Native American tribes like the Akimel O'Odham saw this plant as a "pure and holy plant that cleanses all evils away from one's spirit". It's traditional Native American uses include smudge wands that were burned to cleanse the body of diseases and stop heavy menstruation and internal bleeding.

Correspondences

Element: Earth

Animal: Honeybees

Powers: Spirits, purity, banishing, warding, psychic energy & ability, cleansing, protection

Ephedra

Ephedra fasciculata

A.k.a Mormon Tea or Arizona Ephedra

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This plant is found mainly in the Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran deserts. It thrives in creosote bush scrub. Historically it has been used as an alternative to coffee.

Correspondences

Element: Air

Planet: Earth

Powers: Protection, healing, positive energy, cleansing, friendship, happiness, purity, alertness & focus

Yellow Bells

Tecoma stans

A.k.a Yellow Trumpetbush

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Yellow Bells is an attractive ornamental vine native to the Americas, and is the official flower of the United States Virgin Islands. It is hardy in nature and can be grown nearly anywhere, becoming an invasive species in some areas. It's large yellow flowers attract many creatures such as hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies.

Correspondences

Element: Earth

Powers: Resilience, dominance, strength, healing, cleansing, banishment, cursing, retaliation

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#KitchPosting #ReginaSolem #Sonoran Desert #Magic #desert witch #desert magic #some is UPG some is traditional information #herbalism #plant magic #UPG #i hope my sources worked...