close up image of Ranunculus abortivus SMALL-FLOWERED BUTTERCUP at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing several blooms, flower buds, and seed pods
Seeds of Berberis nevinii. Seeds measure 3.5 to 4 mm. Collected 2014 at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA
Huehue or Queen coralbeadOther Hawaiian names: Hue, Hueie, InaluaMenispermaceae (Moonseed family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Kahoolawe). Also, the temperate and tropical regions of Himalayas, China, Japan, and the PhilippinesKalaeloa, OahuFlowerswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/21635745788/in/photostream/Leaveswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/21635569860/in/photostream/This vine was used by early Hawaiians as cordage to bind parts of grass houses.EtymologyThe generic name Cocculus is from the Greek kokkos, berry, inreference to the fruit.The specific epithet orbiculatus, disk-shaped or rounded in reference to the rounded leaves.