#there used to be a subspecies of p. sonorensis (ssp. extincta) in LA that was completely destroyed in the 1960s for a failed water project.
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Dudleya sp. and Philotes sonorensis
#scientific illustration#digital art#artists on tumblr#procreate#california native plants#painting#illustration#succulents#insects#butterfly#image described#alt text#human folly blue#there used to be a subspecies of p. sonorensis (ssp. extincta) in LA that was completely destroyed in the 1960s for a failed water project.#pretend this is her. that we never dug out the earth for a chlorinated runoff basin. she's still there#next to her canyon liveforever plant. maybe the one she hatched from a season eariler.#resting on her dry arroyo bed. in her sunny valley.#laying eggs for larva to hibernate beneath dry leaves during the mild winters.#pretend she's still there#for a moment.
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