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Arthur's Pass, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Arthur's Pass, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Pentland Hills, Victoria, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Pentland Hills, Victoria, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The edible fruit of the native cherry tree, Exocarpos cupressiformis
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Pentland Hills, Victoria, Australia
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Pentland Hills, Victoria, Australia
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Top Camp, Queensland, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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California, United States
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Left: Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); native to the Indian subcontinent. IUCN: VulerableRight: Iliahi (Santalum freycnetianum); endemic to Oahu (Hawaii, USA). While not rare, it is certainly not as common as it once was before the mass logging for the fragrant heartwood. See "The Sandalwood Trade Story"
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Santalum_freycinetianumThe two red-flowering species found on the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. A third species is the green-flowering iliahialoe (Santalum ellipticum); endemic and found on several of the Hawaiian Islands.For more information on iliahi and iliahialoe see
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
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Indian sandalwoodSantalaceae (Sandalwood family)IUCN: VulnerableNative to the semi-arid areas of the Indian subcontinent. Naturalized in the Diamond Head area of Oahu, Hawaii, USA.For centuries this sandalwood has been harvested extensively for the fragrant heartwood and medicinal purposes.Fruits
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187913677/in/photolist-...EtymologyThe generic name Santalum is derived from santalon, the Greek name for sandalwood.The specific epithet album is Latin for white, referring to the white heartwood.
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close up image of Comandra umbellata FALSE TOADFLAX at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a lone specimen stem just breaking ground in the early spring
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field image of Comandra umbellata FALSE TOADFLAX at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - scattered specimens at first bloom
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field image of Comandra umbellata FALSE TOADFLAX at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - scattered specimens at first bloom
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image of Comandra umbellata FALSE TOADFLAX at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a specimen after first flower head has begun to bloom
