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Native, warm season, perennial herb with prostrate or twining branches. Has an unpleasant odour like fish-based plant fertiliser when crushed. Leaves are alternate, stalked, broad-triangular, hastate and to 5 cm long. Flowerheads are or reduced to axillary clusters. Flowers are small and bisexual, with 5 perianth segments and 1 or 2 stamens. Fruit are dry at maturity. Flowering is in summer and autumn. Grows in grassy woodlands and sclerophyll forests. A very fast coloniser of bare or disturbed sites following summer rainfall. Useful as a stabiliser of bare soils.
A sugarbag bee (Tetragonula carbonaria) gathers pollen from our Prostrate Myrtle Wattle (Acacia myrtifolia). I love this plant and so do the bees! I enjoyed watching them on the flowers so much I have planted another. I just cannot get enough of native plants, ha ha! (we have 200+!) [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
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.
Native, cool-season to yearlong green, perennial, erect or prostrate, hairy herb to 60 cm tall; more or less woody at the base. Basal leaves are petiolate, soon withering; cauline leaves are wedge-shaped to spathulate, 8–40 mm long, sparsely hairy and sessile; margins toothed towards apex. Heads 6–20 mm diam., solitary or in loose leafy cymes of 2 or 3; involucral bracts scabrous-hairy and with scattered glandular hairs; receptacle conical, without scales. Disc florets are tubular and yellow; ray florets are white, blue or purple and 3–9 mm long. Achenes have a pappus of 2–4 rigid barbed awns, with 2–4 basal scales. Widespread on a wide variety of soil types and situations.
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.
[syn. Scaevola sericea]
Naupaka kahakai or Beach naupaka
Goodeniaceae (Goodenia family)
Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands
Oʻahu (Cultivated); a prostrate form.
The pithy fruits were eaten as refreshment on journeys or more or less in times of famine. Mixed with salt, the fruit or root bark of naupaka kahakai was used for cuts, skin diseases and wounds.
One older source (Charles Gaudichaud,1819) states that Hawaiians "used all fragrant plants, all flowers and even colored fruits" for lei making. The red or yellow were indicative of divine and chiefly rank; the purple flowers and fruit, or with fragrance, were associated with divinity. Because of their long-standing place in oral tradition, the flowers of naupaka kahakai were likely used for lei making by early Hawaiians, even though there are no written sources.
The Legend:
In ancient times, one version goes, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her.
“I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui,” replied the princess. “But Kaui is not of noble birth—he is a commoner.” According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks.
Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). Alas, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. “There is nothing I can do,” he told them, “but you should pray. Pray at this heiau.”
So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. “The gods won’t allow us to be together,” she said. “You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains.”
As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.
There are different versions of the naupaka legend, but all carry the same unhappy theme: lovers that are separated forever, one banished to the mountains, the other to the beach. www.aloha-hawaii.com
View Naupaka kuahiwi or Mountain naupaka www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5188529688/
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Same place, small prostrate herb in leeward 2000' pasture, again no flowers. Less hairy stem that isn't red, longer pointed leaves.
Tibetan pilgrims worship in front of the Jokhang by prostrating themselves repeatedly.
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Common Heliotrope - Heliotropium europaeum.
Low prostrate plant and white flowers.
Bank of the Werribee River.
Exford.
Victoria.
Thamnolia subuliformis 'Whiteworm Lichen' is a prostrate, white fruticose with hollow stalks lichen growing on soil. It has no soredia, isidia or fruiting bodies and reproduces solely by fragmentation. This species and T. vermicularis are identical and can be distinguished by chemical means and geography. T. vermicularis is mainly found in the coastal mountains and T. subuliformis in the Rocky Mountains. This is a very common species at the Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, 6747July 07, 2011
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.
Buddha being prostrated by a buddhist on the upper section and well-wishers in the middle section. 开化寺大雄宝殿宋代壁画的线条多为：“兰叶描”，笔法功底深厚，线条遒劲圆润，运笔流畅自如。其画面上的景物大小不等，形象准确，透视合度。 各种人物大者1米，小者10 余厘米，多数则为30-40厘米，皆能通过不同的动作和姿态， 表达出各自不同的内心世界和思想感情。这些人物形象或端庄，或清逸，或喜悦，或虔诚。眼神的勾画，传神达意；须髯毛发，根根见肉；服饰衣褶，精炼流畅。在画面设色上，开化寺大雄宝殿东壁和西壁以铅粉和石绿为主，兼用朱砂和赭石，画面色调偏冷。西壁以石青，石绿，朱砂，赭石，铅粉为主，兼用地黄，气韵和谐，暖色微重。殿内壁画上后妃，菩萨的花冠，飘带以及宫殿脊兽等精致部分，皆沥粉贴金，从而增强了画面瑰丽的效果。
Introduced warm-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate to ascending stems which are hairless to densely hairy and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are oppositely arranged, oblong to spoon-shaped and 2–5 cm long; the upper surface is hairless to sparsely hairy and the lower surface is densely hairy. Flowerheads are terminal spikes 1–4 cm long, rounded at first then becoming cylindrical. Flowers are white, shining and papery. Stigmas are 2-branched. Flowers from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed of lawns, parks, roadsides, overgrazed pastures and disturbed areas. An indicator of poor ground cover or overgrazed pastures. Toxic to mammals and can cause staggers in horses if eaten over an extended period. Managing for dense competitive pastures is an effective control. Easily hand-pulled or chipped out and registered herbicides are available for control.
Introduced warm-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate to ascending stems which are hairless to densely hairy and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are oppositely arranged, oblong to spoon-shaped and 2–5 cm long; the upper surface is hairless to sparsely hairy and the lower surface is densely hairy. Flowerheads are terminal spikes 1–4 cm long, rounded at first then becoming cylindrical. Flowers are white, shining and papery. Stigmas are 2-branched. Flowers from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed of lawns, parks, roadsides, overgrazed pastures and disturbed areas. An indicator of poor ground cover or overgrazed pastures. Toxic to mammals and can cause staggers in horses if eaten over an extended period. Managing for dense competitive pastures is an effective control. Easily hand-pulled or chipped out and registered herbicides are available for control.
Introduced warm-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate to ascending stems which are hairless to densely hairy and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are oppositely arranged, oblong to spoon-shaped and 2–5 cm long; the upper surface is hairless to sparsely hairy and the lower surface is densely hairy. Flowerheads are terminal spikes 1–4 cm long, rounded at first then becoming cylindrical. Flowers are white, shining and papery. Stigmas are 2-branched. Flowers from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed of lawns, parks, roadsides, overgrazed pastures and disturbed areas. An indicator of poor ground cover or overgrazed pastures. Toxic to mammals and can cause staggers in horses if eaten over an extended period. Managing for dense competitive pastures is an effective control. Easily hand-pulled or chipped out and registered herbicides are available for 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.
Prostrate shrub, 0.02-0.05 m high, to 0.15 m wide. Fl. cream-white, Jun or Nov. Gravelly clay loam. Lateritic ridges.
Introduced warm-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate to ascending stems which are hairless to densely hairy and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are oppositely arranged, oblong to spoon-shaped and 2–5 cm long; the upper surface is hairless to sparsely hairy and the lower surface is densely hairy. Flowerheads are terminal spikes 1–4 cm long, rounded at first then becoming cylindrical. Flowers are white, shining and papery. Stigmas are 2-branched. Flowers from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed of lawns, parks, roadsides, overgrazed pastures and disturbed areas. An indicator of poor ground cover or overgrazed pastures. Toxic to mammals and can cause staggers in horses if eaten over an extended period. Managing for dense competitive pastures is an effective control. Easily hand-pulled or chipped out and registered herbicides are available for control.
These mostly have prostrate stems so their crowns never rise far above the forest floor. Growing at the edge of the escarpment on the southern border of the National Park, overlooking the Tweed Valley in New South Wales.
Lhasa Tibet
The Barkhor Plaza & Jokhang Temple
The Pilgrims prostrating in front of the temple.
Legs are tied with rope.
Prostrate thyself before the mighty madame ginkgo.
This tree is simply beyond parallel. Ginkgo has its own taxonomic division, class, order, family, and genus in which there is one species, Ginkgo biloba. It seems to have fruits but they aren't quite fruits. It once grew all over the northern hemisphere, now it is known in the wild in a couple places in China, in groves possibly tended by monks for a millennium. Unlike "traditional" humans, it is the male that is beautiful and demure. The female is beautiful and will punish you a crushing bounty of fruits, little yellow fleshy seeds the size and color of apricots but taste and smell of rotten peach. Mmm. Beloved nourishment in China.
I could go on and on about this tree. Basically every feature is unique.
Native, warm-season, perennial prostrate to twining herb. Stems are relatively weak and may be herbaceous or woody (more so at the base). Leaves are usually less than 20mm long, with at least some narrow-sagittate, sagittate or hastate. Flowerheads rarely have sterile spine-like branches Flowers are small, green and 5 lobed. Fruit are subglobose, succulent and orange to red. Flowering can be year-round, but is mostly in summer and autumn. Found in woodlands and forests, mostly at the base of shrubs and trees.
Native, yearlong green, perennial, prostrate to decumbent, pleasantly aromatic (Geranium-like odour), moderately to densely hairy herb. Leaves are decussate and have 15–25 mm long petioles; lamina are depressed to very broadly ovate, 35–40 mm long and 45–50 mm wide; margins are bicrenate with 7–10 rounded teeth. Flowerheads are compact cymose clusters. Calyces have a maroon outer surface or are partly green. Corollas are tubular, 2-lobed and 6 mm long; the tube is white and lobes bright blue with a purple tinge; upper lobes ± erect; lower lobes extended forward. Stamens have a purple tinge. Flowering is throughout year. A rare ROTAP species, which grows in shallow sandy soils of rocky coastal headlands on the North Coast of NSW.
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.
'ohai.
Beautiful federally-listed endangered endemic Hawaiian species. Ecotype from Molokini Island, off the coast of Maui.
This pious pilgrim/devotee is prostrating in front of The Jokhang.
Those wooden blocks in his hands are for protection against abrasion when he prostrates.
Intense, awe-inspiring devotion to his religion, I must say.
The Jokhang, Lhasa, Tibet
Mahonia repens commonly known as creeping mahonia, creeping Oregon grape, creeping barberry, or prostrate barberry, is a species of Mahonia native to the Rocky Mountains and westward areas of North America.
Mahonia repens is a typical mahonia with conspicuous matte blue berries. It grows as a subshrub. The yellow flowers appear in the middle of spring, and the blue berries in early summer. Although it is evergreen, in fall the leaves turn bronze. The plant is found at elevations from 300 metres (980 ft) to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft).
It is native to Northern America, and found in US states of Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah.
The berries are edible but are considered bitter, and used to make jellies.
Creeping mahonia is cultivated as an ornamental plant for use in natural landscaping, and in water conserving, drought tolerant, traditional residential, native plant habitat, and wildlife gardens. It is a low water-needing ground cover for shade and brighter habitats, and in gardens under oaks to reduce or eliminate irrigation that can threaten mature Quercus trees. Berries and foliage are resistant to browsing by deer.
It is a year-round attractive, hardy plant, tolerant of drought, frost, and heat, so it is popular with landscape designers and gardeners.
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. Flowers in spring.
Introduced, warm-season, annual or perennial, prostrate to ascending herb. Stems are pubescent to woolly or hairless and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are opposite, oblong to more or less spathulate and 2–5 cm long; upper surface is sparsely hairy to hairless, lower surface is pubescent to woolly. Flowerheads are 1–4 cm long, 1–1.2 cm wide. Perianth segments are white, shining and papery. A native of America, it is a widespread weed.