Tag: california native plant

Chocolate lilies at the Santa Rosa Plateau EcologicalReserve. Chocolate lilies are also known as the Cleopatra of the Fritillaries because of their dark beauty. […]

deborah small / March 5, 2009

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Gathering sycamore bark

When the day cools off, I walk over to the intermittent creek near my house to gather some bark to make Pauline Murillo’s sycamore […]

deborah small / July 25, 2008

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Gathering Chia Seeds

Monica Madrigal gathering seeds of thistle chia on the Cahuilla Reservation. She is using a seedbeater made from Rhus trilobata and Juncus textilis. Thistle […]

deborah small / July 23, 2008

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datura wrightii gardens

Walked with Barbara this morning. Noticed the profusion of weeds in the avocado groves that have been stumped now that people can’t afford the […]

deborah small / July 18, 2008

california native plants datura photography

sacred datura

Toloache. Náatumush. Datura wrightii. Angel’s trumpet. Devil’s weed. Names in Nahuatl, Luiseño, Latin, and English, respectively, for the sacred datura plant. I’m working on […]

deborah small / July 11, 2008