#elata

[name-of-the-day]

Elata

[modaonlinemagazalari]

https://www.modaonlinemagazalari.com/moda-markas/elata/

Elata

[fatchance]

Soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) at San Pedro House.

[kaitoukye]

Toichi is like a father to me

(guilty of crime and should be in prison)

[kiichilog]

シロテンマ 白天麻　ラン科　オニノヤガラ属

Gastrodia elata var. pallens Kitag. 絶滅危惧1A類

日光植物園で珍しい花に会えた。葉緑素を持たず光合成を行わない、ナラタケ属の菌に寄生して栄養を得るランの仲間。光合成をしないので葉がない。日本固有種だが、かなりの絶滅危惧種である。

[faguscarolinensis]

Rehmannia elata / Chinese Foxglove at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[thebashfulbotanist]

This plant might not look like much, but it’s a sensitive species in Washington State! This is Actaea elata, tall bugbane, a toxic species in the Ranunculaceae family. It’s not very showy, and it doesn’t have any ethnobotanical uses, but it’s very important to pollinators, especially syrphid flies (hover flies in the family Syrphidae, the ones that mimic bees and wasps). Because it’s rhizomatous, you’ll often find a big cluster of these instead of seeing just one. It grows near the much more common Actaea rubra, red baneberry, and it can be a little hard to distinguish the two species if they’re not flowering or in fruit (as you can see, A. elata has hard follicles rather than the red or white berries that A. rubra produces). 

I found this group of Actaea elata plants growing very close to a clearcut. Logging is one of the biggest threats this species faces - it can’t survive clearcutting and subsequent replacement of the forest with Douglas fir monoculture. This is significant forest management consideration in Washington State - we don’t want this species to become endangered like it is in British Columbia! 

[transgenderwaterrat]

Had to draw this little friend after seeing @quinnamon's community post for Unrigged (& Glamrock Dusky using the Vtuber model in some of their highlights videos. Don't think they have a tumblr though)!

[mikan-manderin]

What kind of flowers can we find on Mandeia?

oh, all kinds! i dont know their actual names but theres so many, espesically in the summer! not including orange blossoms ofc bc they arent native

heres some of my faves:

violet starburst:

stage leaper:

wing flower:

and my absolute favourite native flower, the white cup star:

[wildlifeday]

Peristeria elata - CITES Appendix I.

The Peristeria elata is one of the 1,099 CITES Appendix I-listed animals and plants. Over 40,900 species are protected by CITES against overexploitation through international trade and are listed in the CITES three Appendices according to how threatened they are in international trade. CITES Appendix I (one) includes species that are the most endangered among all CITES-listed species and have the highest protection under CITES. For these species, international trade is only permitted when the purpose is not commercial, for instance for scientific research.

[funghimagazine]

Morchelle, Prugnoli e ora anche i primi Porcini – Aggiornamento funghi 11-04-2024

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Morchelle, Prugnoli e ora anche i primi Porcini Aggiornamento funghi 11-04-2024 – Prima parte Che primavera strana questa del 2024. Prima un mare di pioggia, che non ci attendevano, con un’altrettanto inattesa montagna di neve sulle Alpi, poi il caldo anomalo, con temperature fino a 28/30°C anche al Nord e, dopo una importante sciroccata calda che ci ha coperti…

[thelostcanyon]

Soaptree Yuccas (Yucca elata) north of Mescal, Cochise County, Arizona.

[noosphe-re]

Carex elata Root system drawing Wurzelatlas (Lore Kutschera, Erwin Lichtenegger)

[kaitoukye]

I'm so happy I got to use the 'Kuroba Toichi Lives But At What Cost' tag again.

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Identifying species can be an extremely difficult job for biologists-- especially when the animal in question has too few distinguishing features, or too many. Perhaps no species demonstrates this better than Littorina saxatilis, aka the rough periwinkle snail. Due to the extreme variations in shell shape, size, and color, this species has been misidentified by taxonomists 112 times! Even today, scientists are still in dispute over whether genetically distinct populations should be considered separate species.

(Image: Six rough periwinkle snails (Littorina saxatilis) by Sue Scott)

Want to request some art or uncharismatic facts? Just send me proof of donation of any amount to any of the fundraisers on this list, or a Palestinian organization of your choice!

Bonus: check out the list of L. saxatilis' former names below the cut!

Litorina groenlandica Menke, 1830

Litorina incarnata Philippi, 1846

Litorina marmorata L. Pfeiffer, 1839

Litorina sulcata Menke, 1830

Littorina castanea Deshayes in Deshayes & Milne Edwards, 1843

Littorina danieli Locard, 1886

Littorina groenlandica (Menke, 1830)

Littorina neglecta Bean, 1844

Littorina nervillei Dautzenberg, 1893

Littorina nervillei var. major Pallary in Seurat, 1924

Littorina nigrolineata Gray, 1839

Littorina palliata var. turritella Schlesch, 1916

Littorina rudis (Maton, 1797) (synonym)

Littorina rudis f. elatior Middendorff, 1849

Littorina rudis var. albida Dautzenberg, 1887

Littorina rudis var. alticola Dacie, 1917

Littorina rudis var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1887

Littorina rudis var. brevis Dautzenberg, 1887

Littorina rudis var. conoidea Schlesch, 1916

Littorina rudis var. fasciata Dautzenberg, 1887

Littorina rudis var. finmarchia Herzenstein, 1885

Littorina rudis var. globosa Jeffreys, 1865

Littorina rudis var. globosa Martel, 1901

Littorina rudis var. laevis Jeffreys, 1865

Littorina rudis var. major Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina rudis var. rubescens Monterosato, 1878

Littorina rudis var. scotia S.M. Smith, 1979

Littorina rudis var. similis Jeffreys, 1865

Littorina rudis var. sulcata Martel, 1901

Littorina rudis var. tenebrosapallida L.E. Adams, 1896

Littorina rudis var. tessellata Dautzenberg, 1893

Littorina saxatile La Roque, 1953

Littorina saxatile saxatile La Roque, 1953

Littorina saxatilis Johnston, 1842

Littorina saxatilis f. abbreviata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis f. conoidea Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis f. elongata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis f. minor Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis groenlandica (Menke, 1830)

Littorina saxatilis groenlandica var. sculpta Schlesch, 1931

Littorina saxatilis jugosa Montagu, 1803

Littorina saxatilis jugosa var. bynei Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis jugosa var. tenuis James, 1968

Littorina saxatilis nigrolineata Gray, 1839

Littorina saxatilis rudis (Maton, 1797)

Littorina saxatilis rudis var. rudissimoides James, 1968

Littorina saxatilis scotia Graham, 1988

Littorina saxatilis tenebrosa (Montagu, 1803)

Littorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. biinterrupta Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1963

Littorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. bizonaria James, 1963

Littorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. elata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis tenebrosa var. maculata Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1963

Littorina saxatilis var. clarilineata Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971

Littorina saxatilis var. flammulata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis var. fulva Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis var. fusca Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis var. gascae Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971

Littorina saxatilis var. groenlandica (Menke, 1830)

Littorina saxatilis var. hieroglyphica Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961

Littorina saxatilis var. interrupta Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961

Littorina saxatilis var. lagunae Barnes, 1993

Littorina saxatilis var. lineata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis var. lugubris Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis var. nigra Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971

Littorina saxatilis var. nojensis Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1964

Littorina saxatilis var. rubra Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971

Littorina saxatilis var. rubrolineata Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Delmas, 1967

Littorina saxatilis var. salvati Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Delmas, 1967

Littorina saxatilis var. sanguinea Coen, 1933

Littorina saxatilis var. sellensis Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1964

Littorina saxatilis var. tractibus Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961

Littorina saxatilis var. trifasciata Dautzenberg & P. Fisher, 1912

Littorina saxatilis zonata Daniel, 1883

Littorina saxoides Nardo, 1847

Littorina simplex Reeve, 1857

Littorina tenebrosa (Montagu, 1803)

Littorina tenebrosa f. elatior Middendorff, 1849

Littorina tenebrosa var. costulata Middendorff, 1849

Littorina tenebrosa var. densecostulata Middendorff, 1849

Littorina tenebrosa var. grisolacteus Middendorff, 1849

Littorina tenebrosa var. intermedia Forbes & Hanley, 1850

Littorina tenebrosa var. rubidus Middendorff, 1849

Littorina tenebrosa var. tessellatus Middendorff, 1849

Littorina tenebrosa var. zonatus Middendorff, 1849

Littorina zonaria Bean, 1844

Nerita rustica Nardo, 1847

Turbo obligatus Say, 1822

Turbo rudis Maton, 1797

Turbo rudissimus Johnston, 1842

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Monday 24 June 2024

The upright perennial Rehmannia elata (Chinese foxglove) needs a sheltered, sunny location. A young plant will need some support till it has grown into a clump with a number of flowering spikes. If the plant is in danger of being in damp or waterlogged conditions over winter it can be containerised when dormant in the autumn and kept overwintered in a glasshouse to avoid any risk of root rot. 

Jill Raggett