Slink-pod or adder’s-tongue (Scoliopus bigelovii), a long-lived perennial herb, is a memorable plant for woodlands, moist slopes, and shady rock gardens along the coast. Visible just three or four months of the year, it is grown more for its showy foliage than for its flowers, and it is an excellent plant for the winter garden.

Scoliopus bigelovii is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California. This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora. [Wikipedia] Range, Habitat: It is native to California, where it is known from the Santa Cruz Mountains, parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and North Coast Ranges.

2019年2月1日 · They are one of the fringe geophytes with underground stems with numerous fleshy storage roots. They are known by common names of slink pod because of the long seed pod that "slinks" and buries the seed in the ground and fetid adders-tongue because they have a fetid scent although it is not very strong and you have to get very close to smell it.

Scoliopus bigelovii is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by several common names, including California fetid adderstongue, Bigelow's adderstongue, slinkpod, and brownies. It is native to California, where it is known from the Santa Cruz Mountains, parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and North Coast Ranges.

2021年2月5日 · Craig Tooley wove together three photos of one just about to bloom, a close-up of the exquisite bloom, and the continuing bloom. Slink Pods have multiple blooms, but each one doesn't last very long. The flower quickly forms a pod, which falls onto the ground, hence its common name Slink Pod.

Scoliopus bigelovii is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by several common names, including California fetid adderstongue, Bigelow's adderstongue, slinkpod, and brownies. It is native to California, where it is known from San Luis Obispo County, parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and North Coast Ranges.

Scoliopus bigelovii has two strange common names - Fetid Adder's Tongue and Slink Pod. They are our earliest blooming wildflowers and they are found on the forest floor. The tiny, exquisite blooms come up first, with the stem barely cupped by the emerging leaves.

2014年3月15日 · The weight of the growing pod causes the slender stalk to bend over and touch the ground, thus the common name “slink pod”. Notice that the distance between plants is about the length of the pedicels. This is no coincidence.

2021年2月9日 · Fetid Adder’s Tongue or Slinkpod Scoliopus Biglovii is my favorite early season wildflower. Yesterday I went out to look for it in Redwood Forests in Marin and once again enjoyed photographing it.

notes slink pod; CalAcademy slide # T 56799; photo category: Plant - annual/perennial: MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT; common names California Fetid Adderstongue, Slink-pod (CF, ITIS ) Slink Pod (photographer) Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria) View Calflora record for Scoliopus bigelovii