Close-up of Brazilian kapok tree thorns.
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In the foreground, glossy green foliage in shadow and bright red snapdragon-like flower of Island Snapdragon, Gambelia speciosa. The flower is a little over-exposed to light, but bright red and tubular, with lips shaped remarkably like their family sisters, the true snapdragons. The leaves are small, oval, with smooth perimeters and a glossy green texture.

Here's a surprise. A little over a week ago, I cleared out some spent wildflowers and discovered a plant growing happily between a shrub and my neighbor's fence, where I couldn't see it. Island Snapdragon I planted years back but hidden.

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