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Awkward Botany
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Listening to pop punk. Looking at plants.
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fruits of creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)
green, angular, cylindrical fruits with pointed tips arranged upright above clover-like foliage
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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the fruit of chocolate vine (Akebia quinata)
faint purple, oblong fruit split open lengthwise at a seam; textured, gray-colored center within a white pith
October 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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the flowers of watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
a cluster of small, white flowers surrounded by deep green foliage; flowers have four petals in the shape of a cross, and small cylindrical seed pods are forming below the flowers
September 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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stems, flowers, and fruits of rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea)
#weedsofboise
wiry, green stems criss-crossing with a small, yellow flower and a tuft of wind-dispersed seeds in the center
September 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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not sure if we'll get any sweet potatoes, but we do have flowers
pink-white trumpet-shaped flower with a purple center
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Weeds of Boise: a tiny buffalo bur in a friend's yard (Solanum rostratum)
small yellow flower with 5 yellow petals fused together; three small lobed leaves
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Weeds of Moscow Idaho: hairy cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata)
two yellow composite flowers and one flower bud on very slender stems raised up above a rosette of lance-shaped leaves with toothed margins
August 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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awkward horticulture
small parking lot tree with unconventional stake tied directly to the trunk in a less than functional way
August 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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smooth oxeye a.k.a. false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
yellow-orange composite flowers, one centered and one in the upper right corner, on a smooth stem with deep green leaves
August 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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slender buckwheat (Eriogonum microtheca)
Close up of inflorescence made up of tiny, white flowers in a loose arrangement
July 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I got to take a peek into the greenhouses at Native Roots in Twin Falls, Idaho
Several rows of nursery pots branded with Native Roots logo, each one planted with Geum triflorum
July 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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flower head of sunflower as it begins to bloom
July 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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another one of my favorite weeds-themed books
Cover of the book Cheatgrass: Fire and Forage on the Range by James Young and Charlie Clements
June 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Finally turned in the manuscript for my first book. It's about weeds of course. I have many inspirations when it comes to weeds, but here is one of my favorite books.
the front cover of the book Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly by John Cardina
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'
five-petaled purple flower with faint nectar guides and prominent carpel; green foliage in the background
May 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta syn. Potentilla arguta)
five white petals with yellow center and green sepals peeking from behind the petals; fuzzy flowering stems and flower buds
May 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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And now I want all the amsonias. This one is Amsonia tabernaemontana or eastern bluestar.
tight cluster of star-shaped flowers at the terminal end of a stem with lanceolate leaves
May 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The simple beauty of sidebells penstemon (Penstemon secundiflorus)
four light purple, tubular flowers flared open at the end to reveal prominent staminodes with golden-yellow tufts of hair
May 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Weeds of Boise: bur chervil (Anthriscus caucalis)
small fern-like leaves and even smaller clusters of very tiny flowers with white petals
May 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Popping up as a "weed" in the home greenhouse is what appears to be Wilcox's penstemon (Penstemon wilcoxii)
small cluster of light, purple tubular flowers with two lobes at the top and three lobes at the bottom and a white throat with light purple guidelines
April 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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tiny, wild buckwheat: thymeleaf buckwheat (Eriogonum thymoides)
Several rounded clusters of tiny, cream yellow flowers on short, bare stems arising from a cushion of tiny, simple, linear leaves
April 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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wild strawberry
Fragaria vesca, if I've ID'd it correctly
five-petaled flower with toothed, compound leaves in the background; petals are white and stamens are yellow
April 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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crevice weeds
a cluster of small weeds growing in the crack of a rock
April 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Teens in Trouble, Treefort 2025 #boise #neurolux
Pop punk band with four members performing on stage with a colorful light show
March 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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M's win season opener, and a pasque flower looking like an Easter egg
hairy stems and leaves and hairy purple petals; petals are closed and flower is egg-shaped
March 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM