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[Close-up of unidentified leaves, buds, and fruit, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico]

Description: Close-up photograph of the fruits, flower buds, and leaves of an unidentified plant growing in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The plant's more developed fruits are red, and green undeveloped fruits appear on the same branch below. Yellow-white buds are featured on the bottom right.
Date: 1969-06-20~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Sonchus platylepis growing on rocky cliff]

Description: Habit photograph of common sow thistle, scientific name Sonchus platylepis, growing on the side of a rocky cliff. The plant is pictured in the foreground, and its flowers are yellow and its leaves serrated. Behind the plant to the right, there is a noticeable absence of light.
Date: May 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Limonium spectabile from Jardín Botánico Canario, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of Limonium spectabile from Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Canary Islands. The plant grows among rocks and grasses in a clump with basal rosette of leaves with tints of red at the tips. Leaves are lanceolate with texture. Numerous small papery purple flowers are densley packed at the top of leafless stems.
Date: May 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Prenanthes pendula from Arguineguin, Canary Islands #2]

Description: Photograph of Prenanthes pendula growing in rocky crevices in Arguineguin, Canary Islands. These juvenile examples show two visible slender, unbranched stalks, reddish-green in color. The leaves alternate along the stem and are more dense at the base. They are dull-green colored with lobed margins. Small yellow flowers are at the top of the stem on the right.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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