I'm an amateur naturalist living in the San Francisco Bay Area, where we're fortunate to have temperate weather, great natural landscapes and fantastic biodiversity. Most of what I post here are smartphone pics of stuff that interested me on a local hike. Sadly, the photo quality tends to vary from poor to acceptable.

For some reason, I also developed an interest in helping other iNat users identify monocot plants. If you saw a "cluster lily" in the subfamily Brodiaeoideae (formerly Themidaceae), feel free to tag me to help with an ID. I also have built up just enough knowledge to be dangerous in identifying other plants in Asparagales, including the Iris family tribes Tigridieae and Sisyrinchieae. I can also help with some genera in Agavoideae, such as Echeandia and Polianthes.

I'm a member of the California Native Plant Society, who kindly asked me to present a webinar on how to ID Brodiaeoideae that some may find useful.

Like every identifier on iNat I make mistakes, so please do feel free to ask me why I chose a particular ID!

My IDs made for others:(https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?ident_user_id=rupertclayton&not_user_id=rupertclayton&place_id=any&verifiable=any&view=species)

My ID heat map: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/map?ident_user_id=rupertclayton#2/0/0