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Thursday, June 27, 2013
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I mentioned last week that I was having trouble identifying one of the two kinds of pink flowers I saw while out at Esquimalt Lagoon last week. Here is the mystery pink flower. Although I think I have identified it, I could well be mistaken since there are hundreds of species of Allium and the flower pictured above appears to be a little out of its normal geographic location (eastern Washington and Oregon). I believe this is is Allium douglasii, or Douglas' Wild Onion. If not, it must be a close relative - you can check the photos HERE and HERE of virtually identical flowers identified as Douglas' Onion or Douglas Wild Onion.
All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities.
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4 comments:
It's a very pretty flower. I brought a sequoia with me from California that was in a pot and planted it at my house in WA and it took off like crazy. So some species can still thrive outside their normal zones.
Wow, funny you should be posting this today. Just yesterday for the first time ever, I saw nearly the same thing in the park in James Bay (Menzies & Michigan streets).
They really caught my eye because each large flower was on the end of a single large stem of three to four feet high.
Lovely flower shot!
It is lovely!
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