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Lotus pinnatus adopted as floral emblem

on 10 Jun 2010

In February I blogged about a Lotus pinnatus, a rare flower that grows on Gabriola and in the Nanaimo area. Nanaimo was thinking about adopting that flower as its official emblem; now they’ve done it. From the Nanaimo News Bulletin: Nanaimo names Lotus pinnatus as official floral emblem. At the height of its annual, short-lived [...]

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Rare flower grows on Gabriola

on 03 Feb 2010

The Nanaimo Daily News mentions mentions a rare flower that grows on Gabriola: The bog birds-foot trefoil grows in just three locations on Vancouver Island with the largest number found on the Harewood plains. The plant is an endangered species in Canada and is red-listed in British Columbia, though it grows plentifully in areas like [...]

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