Super Mario Mushroom Flower

I mean, COME ON. This can't just be my inner nintendo nerd's imagination.

Last week I was hiking around Rodeo Cove in Marin with some friends, and spotted the most incredible flower growing on the cliffside. 

Remind you of anything?

For a moment I felt like I had discovered the place where the magical mushrooms from the super mario universe were grown. The resemblance is uncanny! And I am a nerd for noticing it.

When I got home I did some research, and it turns out this is known as eriogonum latifolium, or seaside buckwheat. I couldn't find any other photos with this dramatic coloring, however, so it seems this was a rare sighting! 

The more you know :)

Holly-vision

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