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Introduced warm-season perennial, hairless to hairy herb. Stems are prostrate and less than 15 cm long. Leaves are opposite, ovate, 0.7-2.5 cm long and 0.2-0.5 cm wide. Flowerheads are heads of a few to many, small (2-4 mm long), white flowers, with 4 petals and 4-5 sepals. Leaf-like bracts surrounding the flowerheads are nearly hairless on the upper surface. Flowering is from late winter to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed of disturbed places, such as river flats, stockyards and roadsides. It is only abundant in hard conditions (sandy soils with low water holding capacity) where there is low ground cover or where there has been disturbance from ploughing or flooding. An indicator of disturbance and poor ground cover. Of little importance to livestock grazing, as it usually occurs in low abundance, is very low growing and produces little bulk. Control is rarely required, as abundance is suppressed with healthy vigorous pastures. Herbicides are registered for its control.
Lhasa Tibet
The Barkhor Plaza & Jokhang Temple
The Pilgrims walk clockwise around the Johkang temple. The pilgrimage circuit around sacred site is called Kora. Tibetans perform Kora while spinning prayer wheels, chanting mantra, counting prayer beads and prostrating.
Lhasa Tibet
The Barkhor Plaza & Jokhang Temple
The Pilgrims walk clockwise around the Johkang temple. The pilgrimage circuit around sacred site is called Kora. Tibetans perform Kora while spinning prayer wheels, chanting mantra, counting prayer beads and prostrating.
This annual bunchgrass lies mostly prostrate on the sandy and gravelly shores of the Jefferson River in this area. The short cylindrical spikes are much like those of Timothy except for being much shorter (mostly abrout 2-3 cm long) and borne at the ends of prostrate to ascending stems. The combination of this spicate inflorescence, annual rosette growth form, and a hairy ligule is very distinctive.
Burners prostrate before the massive blaze as the man burns on Saturday night. TIFFANY BROWN / LAS VEGAS SUN
The Tibetan kowtow is a ritual in Tibetan Buddhism. Palms put together, Tibetans prostrate themselves on the ground, with the head, arms, and knees down on the ground, and move forward slowly, following every step with a kowtow
My blog about Tibet
Tibet - Day 1 ( Bayi – Rulang – Bomi)
Tibet - Day 2 (bomi-midui Gracier – Ranwu)
Tibet - Day 3 (Ranwu – Bomi – Rulang – Bayi)
Tibet - Day 4 ( Bayi – Basomtso – Lhasa)
Tibet - Day 7 (Lhasa – Gyantse – Shigatse)
Introduced, cool-season, annual, prostrate legume; may grow to 50 cm tall under good conditions. Leaves have 3 oval to heart-shaped leaflets; each hairless, 10-20 mm long and with serrations towards the tip. The stalk of central leaflet is longer than the lateral ones. Flowerheads consist of 1-3 yellow pea-like flowers in the leaf axils. Burrs are coiled and have hooked spines (rarely spineless). Flowers in late winter and spring. A native of the Mediterranean, it is occasional on floodplains and in disturbed areas (e.g. roadsides) on the coast where the soils are heavier and slightly acid to alkaline. Rarely abundant on the coast, but a valuable legume in inland low to medium rainfall areas. It is palatable and nutritious, and can provide some useful autumn-spring feed after adequate cool season rain. If consumed in excessive quantities it can cause bloat and photosensitisation.
Four men lie prostrate in preparation for their ordination at St. Michael's Cathedral by Cardinal Thomas Collins.`
vTrichocereus thelegonus (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose
Sin.: Cereus thelegonus F.A.C. Weber, Echinopsis thelegona (F.A.C. Weber) Friedrich & G.D. Rowley Ref.: Kiesling, 1978. Status: Endémica.
Elevación: 500-1000 m.
Prov.: JU, SA, TU.
Ejemplar examinado: Kiesling 1113 (SI).
- Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la Argentina. Cactaceae. Kiesling, R. -
Echinopsis thelegona (F. A. C. Weber) H. Friedrich & G. D. Rowley 1974
Cereus thelegonus F. A. C. Weber 1898, Trichocereus thelegonus (F. A. C. Weber) Britton & Rose 1920
Plants shrubby with few branches, prostrate to creeping along the ground with slightly raised or ascending stem tips. Stems cylindrical, dark green, to 2 m (6.6 ft) long, 7-8 cm (2.8-3.1 in) in diameter. Ribs about 13, low, forming prominent hexagonal tubercles. Areoles borne at tubercle tips, round. Spines pale yellow, becoming gray with age, often with dark tips. Central spine one, protruding, 2—4 cm (0.81.6 in) long. Radial spines 6-7, needle-like, spreading, 1-2 cm (0.4-0.8 in) long, lowest longest. Flowers funnelform, white, to 20 cm (7.9 in) long and 15 cm (5.9 in) in diameter; floral tubes with reddish bristles and hairs. Fruits globose to ovoid, yellowish to red, dehiscent, tuberculate, to 5 cm (2 in) in diameter. Distribution: Tucuman, Argentina.
- The Cactus Family. Anderson, E. 2001. -
00602 Echinopsis thelegona (KSch) FrdH+Rowl 1974/IOSB 3(3): 98. B: 043 19 Cereus thelegonus KSch 1897/GK 78.
T: AR, Tucuman, nd.
[1] Bo simple or sparsely branched; br procumbent or decum-bent, elongate, <2 m x 7-8 cm; ri c.13, low, divided into subhexago-nal tubercles; ar at apices of tubercles, 8-10 mm apart, 4-8 mm diameter; sp pale honey-yellow at first, tipped brown; esp 1, 2-4 cm, protrud-ing; rsp 6-7, lowest longest, <12 mm; fl funnelform, c.20 x 15 cm; flar with dull red bristles and hairs; fr globose to ovoid, 5 cm diameter, tuberculate, yellowish to red, splitting laterally ............................. ph 238.4
- The New Cactus Lexicon. Hunt, D. 2006. -
51. Trichocereus thelegonus (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose, The Cactaceae 2: 130, ill. 1920.
Cereus thelegonus F.A.C. Weber, en K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 78, ill. 1897. Echinopsis thelegona (F.A.C. Weber) H. Friedrich & G.D. Rowley, I.O.S. Bull. 3(3): 98. 1974. Soehrensia thelegona (F.A.C. Weber) Schlumpb., Cactaceae Syst. Init.: 28: 31. 2012. TIPO: Argentina, Tucumán, ―Vipos, [Dr. Jan] Authicus 6-VII-1892‖. (Lectotipo, P, aquí designado).
Descripción ampliada: Plantas decumbentes, que en algunas localidades cubren literalmente el suelo. Tallos rastreros, únicamente el ápice levantado o ascendentes al crecer en lugares húmedos y sombríos, 2 m de largo, cilíndricos, 6-8 cm de diámetro, verde-claro (cuando jóvenes) a oscuro (cuando adultos), raíces caulinares que nacen de las areolas en contacto con el suelo. Costillas 10-13, anchas, bajas, obtusas, formadas por mamelones subhexagonales, 6 mm de alto, 8 mm de ancho, 12 mm de largo, alineados longitudinalmente, separados por un surco transversal y siendo quebrada la línea que separa las costillas. Areolas en el ápice de los mamelones, distantes 1-2 cm, circulares, 4-8 mm de diámetro, con pilosidad blancuzca, gris y caduca. Una espina central, 2-4 cm de longitud, flexible, radiales rígidas, raro uncinadas, aciculares, 1 mm de diámetro, amarillas a negras, 1-2 cm de largo. Flores de 20 cm de largo, 15 cm de diámetro (cuando abiertas), escamas del ovario y tubo linear-triangulares, imbricadas, de cuyas axilas emergen cerdas rojizas y lanosidad ondulada; tépalos exteriores linear-lanceolados, retrorsos, ligeramente carnosos, mucronados, verdes, 2,5 cm de largo y 6 mm de ancho; los internos blancos, mucronados, 8 cm de longitud, 1,5 cm de ancho; estambres de la serie superior con filamentos de 4 cm de largo y 1 mm de diámetro, blancuzcos, filamentos de la serie inferior de 9,5 cm de largo y 1 mm de diámetro, con base verdosa y ápice crema, anteras amarillas, 2,5 mm de longitud y 1 mm de diámetro; estilo de 13 cm de largo y 4 mm de ancho, base verde y ápice blancuzco; estigma con 12 lóbulos, subteretes, 1,5 cm de largo y 2 mm de diámetro, amarillos. Pseudobayas globosas o subglobosas, parte externa verde, 5 cm de largo, mamelonados, con abundante pilosidad marrón a rojiza. Semillas de 1,5 mm de diámetro, redondeadas o a veces angulosas, negras, brillantes, papilas finas alrededor del hilo, y el resto con diminutas perforaciones (Fig. 52).
Distribución y hábitat: Especie endémica del oeste argentino, distribuyéndose en las provincias de Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán y noroeste de Catamarca (Fig. 73), entre 500-1000 m de altitud, en laderas rocosas desnudas o bajo árboles en lugares planos, en el bosque espinoso y seco de la provincia fitogeográfica del Chaco Serrano o en el bosque de transición entre esta provincia y las Yungas, donde se presenta más erecta (Kiesling 1978).
Comentarios morfológicos y sus consecuencias en la taxonomía y nomenclatura: Es la única especie del género Trichocereus que se caracteriza por ser rastrera, con costillas formadas por mamelones y con surcos intercostales en zig-zag.
Especie descrita originalmente en el género Cereus (Weber 1897), posteriormente transferida a Trichocereus (Britton & Rose 1920), Echinopsis (Friedrich & Rowley 1974) y recientemente a Soehrensia (Schlumpberger 2012). Se considera que debe corresponder al género Trichocereus por presentar las siguientes sinapomorfías: crecimiento basítono con ramas postradas, escamas imbricadas a lo largo del tubo floral y frutos subglobosos.
- Taxonomía y filogenia de Trichocereus (Berg.) Riccob. (Trichocereeae-Cactaceae). Albesiano, S. 2015. -
... "In addition, we have
registered low flower production and pollinator limitations.
Therefore, self-incompatibility, low flower production, low
local abundance of pollinators and clonality in combination
could account for the low fruit production observed in the
populations of E. thelegona. This finding suggests that
populations of this cactus species persist mainly by clonality
and that they are tending to the loss of sexuality
(Honnay and Bossuyt 2005). Future studies should evaluate
the last hypothesis along the geographical distribution of
this species, and the generality of the ideas presented here
should be tested in other clonal cactus species that are
distributed in Argentina."...
- Extremely reduced sexual reproduction in the clonal cactus
Echinopsis thelegona. Ortega-Baes, P. & Gorostiague, P. 2013 -
Trichocereus thelegonus (F.A.C. Weber ex K. Schum.) Britton & Rose is a synonym* of Echinopsis thelegona (Web.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-5107122
IUCN not evaluate
'ohai.
Beautiful federally-listed endangered endemic Hawaiian species. This is the prostrate form from Ka'ena, O'ahu.
The bishops-elect lay prostrate while others kneel during the Litany of the Saints, praying for the intercession of the saints on their behalf.
Cardinal Seán O'Malley was to ordain Bishop Arthur L. Kennedy, Ph.D., and Bishop Peter J. Uglietto, S.T.D., as Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Boston on Tuesday, September 14, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. The ordination was to be followed by a reception at St. John Seminary for the two new bishops.
(Photo credit: George Martell/The Pilot Media Group) May not be reproduced without permission. All rights reserved.
Introduced, warm-season, annual, erect or prostrate, tufted grass to 1 m tall. Leaves are flat, hairless (except for a few scattered hairs near the base) and usually have a pale midrib. There is no ligule. Flowerheads are an erect primary axis of racemes (to 22 cm long) with relatively short branches; with conspicuous hairs in the axils and along the racemes. Spikelets are 2.5-4 mm long and 2 flowered (fertile lemma smooth and shiny), with the apices ending abruptly in a short point or having an awn to 5 cm long. Flowers during the warmer months. Possibly a native of Asia, it is a common weed of disturbed areas, especially where there is excess moisture (e.g. wasteland, agricultural land, riverbanks, drains, shallow/drying swamps). An indicator of disturbed moist areas. A weed of summer crops. Produces palatable and good quality feed when grazed during early growth stages, but becomes harsh and unpalatable when mature. Toxic levels of nitrate can accumulate in the plant; this is especially dangerous when the plant is wilted and more attractive to stock. Rarely managed individually in pastures due to its low abundance in coastal pastures. Will decrease where dense ground cover is maintained over summer.
Felted Anthotroche
Erect or sprawling to prostrate shrub, 0.1-2.5 m high. with green-yellow-purple/black or violet flowers in Aug to Dec or Jan to Feb.
It is such an striking plant with its felted leaves and flowers.
Tidal pool prostrate speedwell ground cover. These blue flowers are smaller than your little fingernail.
Introduced, warm-season, ephemeral or perennial, prostrate herb. Stems are softly hairy, to 60 cm long and root at the nodes. Leaves are opposite, obovate to circular, 0.5–5 cm long, hairless except for scattered hairs on lower midrib and base of lamina, mucronate and petiolate. Flowerheads are ellipsoid, to 15 mm long and 10 mm wide. Bracts are yellowish, lanceolate and pungent. Flowering from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is widespread in wasteland, caravan parks, orchards and recreation areas. Spines are a problem with dogs and stock but are particularly troublesome to humans and readily penetrate skin.
Examining prostrate forms of Leptospermum rupestre (mountain teatree) near the shores of Lake Augusta.
The RTBG Seedbank has been in the field on the Central Plateau hosting members of the British-Irish Botanical Expedition to Tasmania 2018. Members of the team include staff from National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, National Botanic Garden Wales and two National Trust gardens - Nymans & Mount Stewart). The group are following in the footsteps of Harold Comber who collected Tasmanian flora for introduction into European horticulture in the 1930s.
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate to more or less erect, more or less hairy herbaceous legume. Leaves are 3-foliolate and hairless on the upper surface, with terminal leaflets 10–25 mm long and 10–32 mm wide; leaflets are marked by an upper central blotch or a very wide shield occupying the basal two-thirds of the leaflet. Stipules are strongly toothed and hairy on the lower surface. Flowerheads are 2–5-flowered; the peduncle is shorter than subtending petiole. Calyx teeth are equal in length to the calyx tube and the corolla is yellow.
Introduced, warm-season, ephemeral or perennial, prostrate herb. Stems are softly hairy, to 60 cm long and root at the nodes. Leaves are opposite, obovate to circular, 0.5–5 cm long, hairless except for scattered hairs on lower midrib and base of lamina, mucronate and petiolate. Flowerheads are ellipsoid, to 15 mm long and 10 mm wide. Bracts are yellowish, lanceolate and pungent. Flowering from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is widespread in wasteland, caravan parks, orchards and recreation areas. Spines are a problem with dogs and stock but are particularly troublesome to humans and readily penetrate skin.
"Semi-prostrate or erect, lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Jun to Sep. Mainly on lateritic gravelly soils, occasionally granitic soils."
I admired this flowering plant growing in the very exposed and harsh conditions on Lembert Dome. Tuolumne Meadows. It appears to be rooted in a small crack in the granite. I perused The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada and think it is "Prostrate or Lobb's Buckwheat" (eriogonum lobbii)
Online I found a USDA reference where the picture shows a much paler flower, however it appears to agree with the identification: plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERLO2
www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=2... mentions that in the Sierra Nevadas it is usually found in "granitic" soil - this certainly qualifies as granitic!
Native cool-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate or weakly erect stems which root at the nodes and are sparsely covered in long white hairs. Leaves are 1-2 times divided, 1-4 cm long and sparsely hairy to nearly hairless. Flowerheads consist of solitary heads held above the leaves on slender stalks. Heads are hemispherical, 4-5 mm wide and usually creamy to yellow-green. Fruit are 1–1.5 mm long and flattened, with narrow thickened wings or wingless. Flowers in winter and spring. Found in moist, often disturbed, areas of lawns, grasslands, woodlands and grassy forests. Native biodiversity. An indicator of bare ground and reduced competition. A minor species of pastures, being most common in short, moist areas. Of little importance to stock, as it produces little bulk, is not readily eaten and is rarely abundant.
She was lurking in the cascading stems of prostrate rosemary. What else would she be named? At night she'd retreat into the safety of its labyrinth and as the sun warmed its blossoms and brought in moths, flies, wasps, european and blue banded bees she'd emerge and hunt as the ultimate ambush predator. There was something you couldn't miss about Rosemary: she was gravid! As much as I didn't want her to eat one of our precious bees there was still that thought of her babies and the next mantid generation to come.
Native, warm-season, annual or short-lived perennial, prostrate to erect, aromatic herb covered with glandular and other hairs. Leaves are elliptic to ovate, lamina to 30 mm long, sinuate to entire; petioles are usually shorter than the blades. Flowerheads consist of few- to many-flowered axillary clusters. Flowers are bisexual or female and about 1 mm across; perianth segments 5, free to base, keeled or inflated upwards, hairy towards apex, often spathulate; stamen 1 or 0. Flowering is in summer. Grows in woodlands and open areas in eucalypt forest and rainforests. Becomes a weed of cultivation. Suspected of poisoning stock.
The Tibetan kowtow is a ritual in Tibetan Buddhism. Palms put together, Tibetans prostrate themselves on the ground, with the head, arms, and knees down on the ground, and move forward slowly, following every step with a kowtow
My blog about Tibet
Tibet - Day 1 ( Bayi – Rulang – Bomi)
Tibet - Day 2 (bomi-midui Gracier – Ranwu)
Tibet - Day 3 (Ranwu – Bomi – Rulang – Bayi)
Tibet - Day 4 ( Bayi – Basomtso – Lhasa)
Tibet - Day 7 (Lhasa – Gyantse – Shigatse)
Dorycnium pentaphyllum ssp. germanicum (Gremli) Gams, syn.: Dorycnium germanicum (Gremli) Rikli, Dorycnium sericeum(Neilr.) Borbàs, Lotus dorycnium L.
Family: Fabaceae
EN: Prostrate Canary Clover, DE: Seiden-Backenklee, Deutscher Backenklee
Slo.: malocvetna španska detelja
Dat.: June 17. 2008
Lat.: 45.81838 Long.: 13.60392
Code: Bot_0273/2008_DSC9717
Habitat: stony grassland partly overgrown with bushes and scattered trees; moderately steep mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous ground; warm, dry, sunny, open place elevation 130 m (430 feet); average precipitations 1.500-1.600 mm/year, average temperature 12-13 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region.
Substratum: skeletal soil.
Place: Next to the trail from village Sela na Krasu to border crossing Klariči between Slovenia and Italy; west of village Brestovica pri Komnu, Brestoviški dol, Primorska, Slovenia EC.
Comment: The clover Dorycnium pentaphyllum ssp. germanicum is mainly distributed around Mediterranean Sea, mostly in the European southeast part of the region. The plant is often treated on species level (Ref.:3 ) as Dorycnium germanicum. Flora Europaea, Euro+Med Plantbase and IUCN use the proposed name (subspecies level), local floras mostly use the name Dorycnium germanicum.
In Slovenia only two species of genus Dorycnium are known, the alternative taxon being Dorycnium herbaceum Will., which is distinctively taller and different from Dorycnium pentaphyllum ssp. germanicum (Ref.:3). So, the determination of these pictures seems quite reliable but the naming remains an open question.
Ref.:
(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 571.
(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 308.
(3) K. Janša, Revision of the genus Dorycnium in Slovenia (in Slovenian), Graduation thesis at the University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Biology dep. (2008).
Digitaria ischaemum 7/2021 Smooth Crabgrass- (Weed) Smooth Crabgrass, Mature size: 1-3in., prostrate, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed W1 for 0 DAYS (Native). Planted in 2021.
Summer annual weed grass, having a prostrate or ascending growth habit, with leaves and sheaths that do not have hairs and stems that do not root at the nodes. Found throughout the United States.
Very aggressive weed in my SE Michigan garden. Also in the lawn.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2021:
The bishops-elect lay prostrate while others kneel during the Litany of the Saints, praying for the intercession of the saints on their behalf.
Cardinal Seán O'Malley was to ordain Bishop Arthur L. Kennedy, Ph.D., and Bishop Peter J. Uglietto, S.T.D., as Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Boston on Tuesday, September 14, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. The ordination was to be followed by a reception at St. John Seminary for the two new bishops.
(Photo credit: George Martell/The Pilot Media Group) May not be reproduced without permission. All rights reserved.
Prostrate pigweed (Amaranthus albus), Amaranth family (Amaranthaceae).
Natural open space near Bywater Park, Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
"Erect or prostrate shrub, 0.15-0.4 m high. Fl. red-purple, Sep to Oct. Sand, rocky granitic soils."
florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5431
Photo: Fred
Introduced, warm-season, annual, prostrate to ascending herb with several stems to 30 cm long, often forming dense mats. Leaves are oblong, elliptic or obovate-oblong, mostly 3–8 mm long and usually 1–4 mm wide; margins are finely toothed to nearly entire; lamina often with a reddish brown spot in the middle. Flowerheads consist of cyathia with narrow white to pink, lobed appendages to 0.5 mm wide. Capsules are 1.3 mm long, with appressed hairs scattered over the 3 faces. Flowering is in summer. A native of NorthAmerica, It is a garden weed; often grows in cracks and paths.
Buckthorn forms atypical, prostrate bushes on the limestone pavement.
Poll Salach,
The Burren,
County Clare,
Ireland
Native, warm season, perennial, dioecious herb; branches are prostrate or ascending, hairless and often zigzagging. Leaves are often distichous, oblong-oblanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 10–30 mm long and 3–15 mm wide; margins are ± toothed. Flowers are unisexual; peduncles 3–13 mm long, recurved in fruit. Corollas are 6–9 mm long, white or pink, tinged purple; lobes spreading to recurved and hairy inside. Male flowers have blue-black anthers. Female flowers have pale sterile anthers. Flowering is mainly from January to April. Usually grows on heavy soils in moist depressions; widespread.
'ohai.
Beautiful federally-listed endangered Hawaiian species. This is the prostrate form from Ka Lae, Hawai'i Island.
This particular form of this variable species is my most favourite because of the subtle uniqueness of its leaf shape and the lovely yellow flowers which are normally red/orange.
Introduced, cool season, annual, hairy, prostrate to ascending legume with branches to 90 cm long. Leaves are trifoliolate; leaflets obovate to obcordate, toothed towards the apex, densely hairy when young and sometimes with darker flecks. Flowerheads are 1- or 2-flowered. Flowers are yellow. Pods are coiled burrs. A native of Europe and western Asia, it occurs in pastures, disturbed ground, road edges, along water courses and on flats around swamps and lakes.
Day 2 in Lhasa featured a tour of the Jokhang with views out over Barkhor Square and pilgrims on the kora, some free time to explore the Barkhor for ourselves, then after another typical Tibetan lunch at the aptly named "Jokhang Temple Square Tibetan Style Restaurant", it was off to Canggu Nunnery before rendezvousing with our minibus and driving to spend an hour or so exploring Sera Monastery and watching the monks debate - I could easily have spent longer there.
Deposited back at the Kyichu Hotel we had a couple of hours free time, which I spent blending two of the Lonely Planet's walking tours to capture some more highlights: back to the Barkhor and the muslim quarter, hot footing it along Jiangsu Donglu to get back to the park opposite the Potala, and climbing to the white chorten to the south west of the palace, for more marvellous views of the Potala and the chorten that now acts as a traffic island on Beijing Donglu... Then back to the hotel for dinner, then packing/preparing for the start of our jeep expedition - destination, all points West!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jokhang_Temple
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Like all dayflowers, Kanpet is a prostrate herb, 20-30 cm high, occasionally found in the grasslands. Long slender stems are branched and rooted at nodes, which make the plant prostrate. Narrowly oblong leaves are 3-5 cm in length, and have a wavy margin. Tiny butterfly like blue flowers are 1 cm across, and occur in cymes of 1-3 at the end of branches. Flowers are enclosed in ovate, hairy, hooded spathes 1-1.5 cm long. The flowers have 3 petals - the larger two are like butterfly wings.