H20120223-3986--Scoliopus bigelovii--RPBG-1 (12024389703)

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Summary[edit] Description: Scoliopus bigelovii—fetid adderstongue. "A neat woodland lily with two, broad, purple-mottled basal leaves and one to four leafless flowering stems. Both the leaves and flowering stems are 4-8 in. long. Each flowering stem bears a single, small, greenish flower with mottled and veined outer sepals and inner, wiry petals. The flowers have a carrion-like odor. After flowering, the erect stems begins to bend to the ground. By maturity, the capsule is laying on the ground and simply decays, releasing its seed. A peculiar little plant with 3-12 leafless, 3-sided stalks, each topped by 1 dull reddish-brown and green flower, growing between 2 basal leaves mottled with maroon patches."—Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network. Also shown is Oxalis oregana—redwood sorrel. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.. Date: 23 February 2012, 12:26. Source: H20120223-3986--Scoliopus bigelovii--RPBG-1. Author: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America. Camera location37° 53′ 40.28″ N, 122° 14′ 38.25″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.894522; -122.243959.