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Find many if these along the shoreline in the
This young one is molting its feathers into the mature colors of an adult. It ...
may be flushed with purple. The central ...
This adult was out foraging on the floating vegetation
Purple starthistle is native to the ...
White-tanish flowers with tall stems. Found in the entrance of my school
cylindrical to globular spike 5 – 15 cm long with
cylindrical to globular spike 5 – 15 cm long with
unspotted.
It is similar in appearance to the
The myrtle periwinkle is a trailing, viny subshrub. It grows from the
Rich mauve-purple flowers, can be pale ...
cylindrical to globular spike 5 – 15 cm long with
reaches on average 10–15 centimetres and bloom from mid-April to
a hairy petiole 1–2 cm long. The flowers are hermaphrodite, axillary and ...
development, and pupate in silken tubes at the base of the plants. Flight: One ...
Size total length 46-55mm Identification Males: lavender-blue thorax and ...
summer. The fruit is an oval drupe, 10 mm long, ripening
plant growing to 60 cm tall, producing upright usually unbranched stems and ...
a bright blue abdomen, but in the early ...
hairy petiole 1-2 cm long. The flowers are hermaphrodite, axillary and ...
hairy petiole 1-2 cm long. The flowers are hermaphrodite, axillary and ...
a hairy petiole 1–2 cm long. The flowers are hermaphrodite, axillary and ...
, arranged spirally on the stems. The flowers are produced in
western China. The thick 4' tall fleshy petiole (stalk) emerges in
The plumage is shiny black, glossed purple ...
early summer, are most commonly different ...
monocotyledonous, herbaceous perennial, it is native to eastern North America, ...
blue to brown or charcoal in coloring, but there are also varieties of
naturally in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia and
with a metallic blue/green/purple sheen, ...
While not as slender as a typical heron, the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron’s ...
