Spines, Prickles, Thorns, Stingers, Etc.

Fierce predator
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Herons are the big danger here.  
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The roof beams look a bit threatenig
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Lizzie must take care.
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A cross between a chrysanthemum and and old man:
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Don't fall in there.
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The spines look like zip ties with those horizontal grooves.
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Fierce but Fuzzy
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Just fuzzy.
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This plant could not decide whether to be normal or cristate, so it did both.
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Aeonium nobile was only flowery
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If it's weird, its a Euphorbia
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If it's not--then it's not.  
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The Desert Garden, Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
        
       

Comments

  1. Love the dragonfly shot! The lizard one is fun too!

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  2. Cool shots! That dragonfly is stunning. The plant world has produced some wonders, huh?

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  3. Gorgeous shots! Thank you for the concise lesson in botany: "If it's weird it's a euphorbia, if it's not, it's not." Nothing starts the day quite so well as a good laugh at a plant joke!

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