Smooth Douglasia (Douglasia laevigata)
Lecale Peninsula
Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
Strangford Lough
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Dragonfly Lunch
Venus' Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula)
Venus' Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula)
Venus' Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula)
Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) with Flowe…
Fishermen Working their Nets Near Carrick-a-rede
Blacktail Fawn
Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) and Sedges
Christieara Ruth Murai 'Michael'
Along the Lake Ann Trail
Lake Ann Trail
Late Summer in the North Cascades
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Sophrocattleya Dream Catcher
Autumn in the North Cascades
Heading South for the Winter
Greyabbey
White Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia leucophylla)
Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava)
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Scrabo Tower and Strangford Lough from Castle Espi…
Scrabo Tower
Summer Lake, Washington
Partridgefoot (Luetkea pectinata)
Brassavola digbyana
Downpatrick Governor's House
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St. Patrick's Grave, Downpatrick Cathedral
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Slemish
"She could very well pass for forty-three in the d…
Downpatrick Cathedral
Dendrobium kingianum
"Faith is like a lily lifted high and white"
"Life is half spent before we know what it is." G…
Carrick-a-rede
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White Gas Plant (Dictamnus alba 'Albiflorus')


This plant is called the Gas Plant, Dittany or Burning Bush, and has some of these names because the plant emits flammable vapor in hot weather. On a still day a match held next to the flowers will sometimes produce a burst of flame. This picture shows the stamens and flowers covered with its sticky seeds and was taken at the Devonian Botanic Gardens.
This is also a good example of scientific names gone wrong. The usual form of the plant has pinkish red flowers, but its species name is "alba" or "white." So, Dictamnus alba or the white Dictamnus is actually red, but there is a white cultivar which is given the epithet "albiflorus," and is therefore the white-flowered white Dittany.
This is also a good example of scientific names gone wrong. The usual form of the plant has pinkish red flowers, but its species name is "alba" or "white." So, Dictamnus alba or the white Dictamnus is actually red, but there is a white cultivar which is given the epithet "albiflorus," and is therefore the white-flowered white Dittany.
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