A spring patch of miner’s lettuce, its round perfoliate leaves forming a dense groundcover. Photo: Curtis Clark / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5) Claytonia perfoliata,
Elegant clarkia blooming in chaparral, Panoche Valley, San Benito County, California. Photo: Eric in SF / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Clarkia unguiculata, commonly called
Chaparral clematis in full spring bloom, Mitchell Canyon, Mt. Diablo State Park, California. Photo: Eric in SF / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Clematis lasiantha,
Port Orford cedar foliage and seed cones photographed in Six Rivers National Forest, Del Norte County, California, within the tree’s native range. Photo: jonleebotany, via
A cocoplum shrub showing its characteristic glossy, nearly round leaves, photographed at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, within the species’ native South Florida range.
Spurred butterfly pea twining through coastal scrub at Big Talbot Island State Park, Florida. Photo: Smokemob, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Centrosema virginianum, commonly called
A dense mat of mountain misery carpeting the forest floor near Badger Pass, Yosemite National Park. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A densely branched littleleaf mountain mahogany at Devils Garden, Arches National Park, Utah. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Cercocarpus intricatus, known
A young Southern Catalpa showing its characteristic broad, rounded crown and dangling seed pods. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Catalpa bignonioides, commonly called Southern
Pinemat spreads into dense, ground-hugging mats on open, rocky ground in dry conifer forest. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Ceanothus prostratus, commonly known as
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