Piggy-Back Plant
Taken at Strathclyde Park  on 15th May 2020 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Piggy-Back Plant
Taken at Dalzell Estate on 9th May 2024 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode.
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Taken at Baron's Haugh on 12th May 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 105 mm macro lens.
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Piggy - Back Plant.
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AKA:
Tolmiea menziesii.
Saxifragales.
Saxifragaceae.
Perennial.
Youth on age, thousand mothers
and pick-a-back-plant.
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Requires moisture and does not tolerate much sun or dryness.
Under 30cms.
Named after the Scottish-Canadian botanist William Fraser Tolmie, while the species name refers to Archibald Menzies, the Scottish naturalist for the Vancouver Expedition (1791–1795).