The Herbarium

mypubliclands: Already this spring season, BLM-Arizona public...

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:51:56 -0400

Already this spring season, BLM-Arizona public lands are in bloom. This stunning close-up of a Claret cup cactus flower was snapped in the Gila Mountains - managed by the Safford Field Office - by BLM public affairs specialist Diane Drobka.

See these flowers and so much more at the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area: http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/ncarea/gbox.html

Photo

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:26:01 -0400

heartbloodspirit: Gustave Doré | Le Mont Cervin (1878)

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:34:33 -0400

heartbloodspirit:

Gustave Doré | Le Mont Cervin (1878)

frolicingintheforest: This coloration is something I’ve never...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:08:56 -0400

frolicingintheforest:

This coloration is something I’ve never saw before! The white moss seems to be just as healthy as the green. It’s definitely not dead! I’m not sure what causes this coloring, but I want to find out!

fiore-rosso: marco parenti.

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:43:22 -0400

fiore-rosso:

marco parenti.

paperimages: Lee MacLeod

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:17:16 -0400

paperimages:

Lee MacLeod

alice44: 2013-04-02 on Flickr.

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:51:46 -0400

alice44:

2013-04-02 on Flickr.

artgalleryofontario: Black Spruce and PoplarCarmichael...

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:25:47 -0400

artgalleryofontario:

Black Spruce and Poplar
Carmichael Franklin, Canadian, 1890 - 1945
Oil on plywood panel
Overall: 30 x 40.5 cm
Frame: 43.1 x 54 cm
Image: 27.9 x 38.9 cm
Gift from the J.S. McLean Collection, by Canada Packers Inc., 1990
© 2013 Estate of Franklin Carmichael

Bluebells at Hillditch Coppice on Flickr.

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:58:39 -0400

Bluebells at Hillditch Coppice on Flickr.

brilliantbotany: Dandelions are in full swing where I live....

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:46:52 -0400

brilliantbotany:

Dandelions are in full swing where I live. They are in the Asteraceae family, which is one of the largest plant families known, alongside the orchid family. Dandelions spread with their wind-carried seeds, and the yellow flowers close at night. They are all in the Taraxacum genus, and the weeds found globally are T. officinale and T. erythospermum. [x]

mondonoir: William E. Dassonville, Eucalyptus Trees and San...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:34:53 -0400

mondonoir:

William E. Dassonville, Eucalyptus Trees and San Francisco Skyline, 1920s

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Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:52 -0400

antelucanhourglass: vladimir bichler

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:43:09 -0400

antelucanhourglass:

vladimir bichler

robot-heart: Pine Lake (by Callocephalon Photography)

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:17:31 -0400

robot-heart:

Pine Lake (by Callocephalon Photography)

inspirationowls: m.c. escher

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:51:56 -0400

inspirationowls:

m.c. escher

stickytraps: Drosera filiformisA beautiful thread-leaf sundew...

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:25:59 -0400

stickytraps:

Drosera filiformis
A beautiful thread-leaf sundew which dies down to a resting bud (hibernaculum) during winter. Like D. binata, you can propagate easily by floating 2 inch sections of leaf on distilled water.

source - cc image: Flickr - dogtooth77’s photostream

huntingtonlibrary: On the one hand “When They Were Wild:...

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:02 -0400

huntingtonlibrary:

On the one hand “When They Were Wild: Recapturing California’s Wildflower Heritage,” is an exhibition about the native flowers of California. It draws on botanical illustrations from three collections — those of The Huntington, the Theodore Payne Foundation, and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden — to “trace the journey of California’s plants from the flower fields to home gardens,” and everything about its content and design points, most pointedly, to the physical matter of flowers.

But on the other hand, is it really possible to juxtapose “Wild” and “California” in an exhibition title, or trace a journey from wildness to cultivation, without summoning the mythical “Wild West” frontier between savagery and civilization? Or bumping into the still-popular fiction that California was once a bountiful but unworked wilderness inhabited by “lazy savages”?

A really fantastic piece from KCET Artbound’s Janet Owen Driggs on “When They Were Wild,” on view through July 8 in the Boone Gallery.

iamjapanese: Lyman Byxbe（American, 1886-1980） Bear Lake ...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:34:30 -0400

iamjapanese:

Lyman Byxbe（American, 1886-1980）

Bear Lake 1937

Aquatint

stilllifequickheart: Balazs Wanyi Four Plums and Five...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:08:58 -0400

stilllifequickheart:

Balazs Wanyi

Four Plums and Five Gooseberries

2013

stilllifequickheart: Unknown (Spanish) Still Life with...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:43:12 -0400

stilllifequickheart:

Unknown (Spanish)

Still Life with Vegetables, detail

19th century