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Flower Prof
@flowerprof.bsky.social
Botany professor at a community college in Southern California. On iNaturalist as flower_prof. Also interested in birds, fungi, wildlife, ecology, evolution, nature, the environment, agroecology, food, playing ukulele... and crochet amigurumi.
I love mariposa lilies!
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 6/6/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
June 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yerba mansa at Doheny State Beach #californianativeplants #FlowerReport
May 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Backyard garden blooms for 4/29/25. #CaliforniaNativePlants #NativePlants
April 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
2/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/13/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
April 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/13/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
April 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Probably not... There is a common weedy Oxalis that isn't native with tiny flowers. Here's another photo of me holding a bloom of the native one.
April 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Carefully avoided an adorable baby rattlesnake on the trail at the Santa Rosa Plateau today.
#iNaturalist #herps
April 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
6/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/12/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
5/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/12/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
April 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
4/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/12/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
April 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
3/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/12/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
April 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
2/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/12/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
April 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/12/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
April 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Color variation in the blooms of wishbone bush in Harford Springs on 3/30/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 31, 2025 at 4:33 AM
4/ Harford Springs bloom report for 3/30/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 31, 2025 at 4:19 AM
3/ Harford Springs bloom report for 3/30/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
2/ Harford Springs bloom report for 3/30/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
1/ Harford Springs bloom report for 3/30/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
Typical flowering patterns are extremely late due to the lack of rain in November, December, and January.
March 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The recovery of chaparral in the years after a wild always amazes me. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
2/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 3/29/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 3/29/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Another beautiful day at the Santa Rosa Plateau! #CaliforniaNativePlants #California #Landscapes
March 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM