The Sierra primrose (Primula suffrutescens) blooms May through July. These plants were photographed while hiking the Round Top Lake trail on Carson Pass, in the Sierra Nevada. Photo: Total-Plant
Total-Plant, a native plant online photo library, is a treasure trove of botanical information. The site is a passion project created by Tim Lukaszewski, a retired physician, and Paul Preston, a retired nonprofit director, who have been hiking, botanizing, and photographing native plants for years. Although they are neither career botanists nor professional photographers, both men are crazy about plants.
Primula suffrutescens, whole plant. Photo: Total-Plant
In the course of photographing and keying out plants in the field, Tim and Paul would often try to confirm plant identification by looking at photos in books or online. Finding their resources were typically limited to flower images meant often they were left wondering. Having identified this information gap their solution was to compile a photo set for individual native plants showing ...
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