2010.04.25 Austria, Lower Austria, district Lilienfeld, dryer patches of basically wet limestone cliff (near Fensterbach in Halbachtal 580 m AMSL).Flowering from april till june.Rare.German name: Wimper-Aurikel, PetergstammID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd); the authors mention that a re-organisation of the taxonomy of this species group has been tried recently but that it lacks systematically, thus they prefer to stick to the traditional (even though not perfect either) distinction of 2 sub-species, ssp. auricula and ssp. balbisii; this plant here definitely belongs to the latter
Another tropical blueberry, Cavendishia grandifolia. The big star-shaped car on the top of the fruit notes where the calyx and corolla was attached, so this is an epigynous plants - the ovary is inferior.
View On Black Arctostaphylos columbiana . Another signature shrub for Vancouver Island. The shrubs on Babbington are usually the first to open out in bloom every spring. This year they are late -- probably due to the cold and snow we have had.