Interesting.
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Near the end of Monday's wildflower hike, I just happened to notice
> something unusual nestled between two large rocks. If not for the sharp
> contrast between the two rocks and the plant I might not have noticed it:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32642603173/in/
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>
> Looking closer, I realised that this was something entirely new, and
> I carefully took a couple of closeups, this being the better of the two:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32642603793/in/
> dateposted-public/
>
> I knew for certain that it was a euphorbia, closely related to Desert
> Poinsettia, which is a small annual plant that can be found at lower
> altitudes, usually in fairly large communities of an acre or more. This
> was entirely different, and I later found that this is Mexican Poinsettia
> (aka Beetle Spurge, Euphorbia eriantha).
>
> Chris
>
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