Kinnickkinnick, a low growing ground cover, has small tough blue-green leaves growing on orange stems. It is covered in pink urn shaped flowers, typical of the heather (Ericaceae) family.
The chartreuse and golden yellow flowers of the Mediterranean spurge are interesting . They grow in a clump at the end of a stem full of strappy blue green leaves. This close up is of a flower clump in a rocky garden full of raindrops. Each blossom looks like a wide-mouthed funnel, harboring two smaller funnels at the end of tiny stems. The first funnel has a golden yellow star shaped pistil. The other funnels are male and have a little anther structure that looks a bit like a fountain spray. Weird flowers.
Our native kinnickkinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) makes a pretty groundcover. And I really don't like the Mediterranean spurge that is so popular here, but it has interesting flowers.
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