Goldfields, Carrizo Plain

Goldfields, Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

Description	Goldfields (Lasthenia species). At Carrizo Plain National Monument — located in eastern San Luis Obispo County, central California. One of the most abundant ground-covering flowering plants in normal to wet years in the Carrizo Plain. Subtle sweet scent, especially on warm days. They flower until early May in most years 카리조 대평원의 노란 라세니아
Date	30 March 2003
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Author	Antandrus
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Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

Description	Flowery Hills The east side of the Carrizo plain, in the Temblor Range, about 50 miles due west of Bakersfield, California. Photo taken by Barbara Mathews on May 14, 2005
Date	May 14, 2005
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Author	subsider34
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Red Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)

Red Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)

Description	Red Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)
Date	13 December 2004
Source	—, ed., "Our State Flowers: The Floral Emblems Chosen by the Commonwealths", The National Geographic Magazine, XXXI (June 1917), p. 507.
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Peach Blossom

Peach Blossom

Description	Peach Blossom (Amygdalus persica L.)
Date	13 December 2004
Source	—, ed., "Our State Flowers: The Floral Emblems Chosen by the Commonwealths", The National Geographic Magazine, XXXI (June 1917), p. 507.
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Immortal Peaches (仙桃)

Immortal Peaches (仙桃)

Alternative Names (異名):
蟠桃, 天桃, 仙桃, Immortal Peaches

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Immortal Peaches a major item featured within the famous Chinese novel Journey to the West. The first time in which these immortal peaches were seen had been within heaven when Sun Wukong had been stationed as the Protector of the Peaches. As the “Protector of the Peaches, Wukong quickly realized the legendary effects of the immortal peaches if they were to be consumed – over 1,000 years of life after the consumption of a single peach – and acted quickly as to consume one. However, Wukong ended up running into many fragments of trouble such as a certain queen that was planning on holding a peach banquet for many members of Heaven. Wukong manages to make himself very small and hide within a sacred peach. Later on within the series, Wukong would have another chance to eat an immortal fruit – in which would be his second time. A certain 1,000 foot tall tree was stationed behind a Taoist monastery run by a Taoist Master and his disciples – in which the master had been gone. After this point within the novel, these Immortal peaches would never be seen again.

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Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal_Peaches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mythology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese_mythology

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Chinese history stubs | Journey to the West | Chinese mythology

Fatsia japonica

Fatsia japonica

Fatsia japonica (Fatsi or Japanese Aralia; syn. Aralia japonica Thunb., A. sieboldii Hort. ex K.Koch) is a species of Fatsia, native to southern Japan.

It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3-6 m tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems. The leaves are spirally-arranged, large, 20-50 cm in width and on a petiole up to 50 cm long, leathery, palmately lobed, with 7-9 broad lobes, divided to half or two-thirds of the way to the base of the leaf; the lobes are edged with coarse, blunt teeth. The flowers are small, white, borne in dense terminal compound umbels in late autumn or early winter, followed by small black fruit.

The name "Fatsi" is an approximation of the old Japanese word for 'eight' (hachi in modern Japanese), referring to the eight lobes. The name "Japanese Aralia" is due to the genus formerly being classified within a broader interpretation of the related genus Aralia in the past.

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Chinese Pink

Chinese Pink

Scientific Name: Dianthus chinensis L.
Synonym:
Family: Caryophyllaceae