Purple Archives • Alexander S. Kunz Photography

Scutellaria tuberosa

Common name: Danny's Skullcap

2022/05/212022/05/21

Scutellaria tuberosa (Danny's Skullcap, Lamiaceae family), San Diego, California; March 2022.

Photographic plant portrait for Scuttelaria tuberosa, a small herb in the mint family known by the common name Danny’s Skullcap.

Common name: Purple Chinese Houses

2022/04/202022/04/19

Macro photo of two Collinsia heterophylla flowers (Purple Chinese Houses), Rancho Bernardo, April 2021.

Photographic plant portrait for Collinsia heterophylla (Purple Chinese Houses). Too many photos, but this annual herb is just too pretty!

Common name: Western Blue-Eyed Grass, California Blue-Eyed Grass

2022/04/05

Sisyrinchium bellum (Blue-eyed Grass), San Diego, California; April 2022.

Photographic plant portrait for Sisyrinchium bellum, the Western or California Blue-eyed Grass.

Common name: Thick-Leaf or Felt-Leaf Yerba Santa

2022/02/022021/05/16

Eriodictyon crassifolium (Thick-leaf or Felt-leaf Yerba Santa), Daley Ranch, Escondido, California. April 2018.

Photographic plant portrait for Eriodictyon crassifolium aka Thick-Leaf or Felt-Leaf Yerba Santa, a tall shrub in the chaparral and sage scrub plant communities.

Common name: Munz's Sage, San Miguel Mountain Sage, San Diego Sage

2021/05/202021/05/12

Twig of Munz's or San Diego Sage (Salvia munzii), Rancho Bernardo, April 2021.

Photographic plant portrait for Salvia munzii, commonly known as San Diego or Munz’s Sage.

Common name: Blue Fiestaflower

2021/05/162021/04/11

Small group of Pholistoma auritum (Blue fiesta flower), Escondido, April 2018.

Here in inland north county of San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), I find Pholistoma auritum var. auritum blooming most reliably in somewhat shaded areas that are not getting too much direct sun exposure.