From the Clamshell Truck Trail, inside the Monrovia Hillside Wilderness Preserve (HWP); the beautiful blossoms of the Chaparral Virgins Bower (Clematis lasianta).
The tri-compound leaf of this plant is sometimes mistaken for Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum).
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The feathery seed heads of the Virgin Bower.
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