'Characters and traits'

I went for a hike at Don Edwards Wild Life Refuge and got 3 animal and 7 plant observations. One of the most interesting observations was the purple/bluish flowering plant. This plant had one stem with almost one hundred separate small flowers in all directions. The flowers each had 5 petals and 6 white stamens. Likely, this flowering plant is a goldmine for bees and other insects.
Another interesting flowering plant I observed was the purple one with a single step and vertical symmetry. This plant had a pyramid like structure. The bottom level was the largest with 6 flowers, middle with 4 flowers, and the top levels had no flowers. Additionally, the flowers were situated on a weird pointy structures that I could not identify. Lastly, the flowers each had two stamen with yellow tips and a elongated pistil. This was also the flower on which I observed a bumblebee right before a giant black bee chased me away.

Posted on March 19, 2014 06:59 AM by jaish24