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Welcome to the Sierra Nevada Wildflower web site!
We provide a place to share our interest in the beauty and diversity of wildflowers found in these lovely mountains. As a secondary objective, we will be able to share our love of photography as it applies to capturing the images of the many wildflowers of our region. We invite you to join us by sharing your images and posting your comments about the information on this site. Warning! We are not experts, but hobbyists, and are learning as we go, so your comments and corrections are important to us. We hope this site becomes a resource for you, and although it is not yet a field manual, perhaps some day...
Flower of the Hour
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This is a shrub that typically grows 3 to 10 feet tall and is one of the earliest bloomers of the Spring. It has white flowers with 5 petals and many protruding white stamens each with a yellow tip. The flowers grow in rounded clusters on the last 3 to 6 inches of each branch. Leaves are oval and finely toothed, giving the plant its name, emarginata. The leaves fold down the center like a canoe. Typically this is found along roadsides or on dry hillsides. The autumn fruits are bitter red berries.
| Common Name: |
Bitter Cherry |
| Scientific Name: | Prunus emarginata |
| Family: | Rose |
| Color: | White |
| Author: | Columbine Kid |
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