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This Yellow Prickly Poppy (aka Mexican Poppy) has leaves and stems that resemble those of thistles. They are very showy with six bright yellow petals and many stamens. One in the picture has attracted a little visitor.
These non-native wildflowers of Florida were seen at Celery Fields, near Sarasota, Florida.
for a happy Blue Monday!
Flat sea holly / Flachblatt-Mannstreu (Eryngium planum)
with some guests in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
One or two Black Swallowtails have been in my yard each day for a few weeks This one remained perched atop the dry flower head of a Beebalm in my native species garden.
this litle snail is exploring the Echinacea in the garden 😃
🐌No snails were harmed in the making of this pic 🐌👍
Have a peaceful Sunday everybody😃☀️
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro @4.5
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With a tiny flower emerging just right of centre.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
Do you know these half-dried meadows with golden shimmer at sunset? It was near the river in the village of my mom in Bulgaria.
Every year I bike over to the Arizona Cactus garden on the Stanford University campus to see the explosion of blossoms in late April and early May.
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
~ Voltaire
HFF!
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SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7 (almost all shots with this lens taken with aperture at 2.0)
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Even cactus bears flowers.
It won't prick you unless you touch it.🌵
So does life is!
Don't poke it to poke you back.
-Window Panes
Thanks for your visit and taking the time to comment so I can visit your photos, too... very much appreciated! Have a great day!
jus tt for fun is hosting Kreative People Treat This Challenge Number 248. I have taken inspiration from the source image shown in the first comment box below.
Entered in the TMI May Challenge, “Farm Animals”
For 'Smile on Saturday', theme: branches and twigs.
these are the prickly branches of the Pachypodium lamerei
Madagascar palm
MM Yellow
52 in 2020 #46 Yellow
Happy Monday
The name "prickly moses" is said to be a corruption of "prickly mimosa"The flower heads are bright yellow and spherical, with a diameter of up to 1 cm.
HBM !... and a good start to the new week for you !
Globe thistle / Ruthenische Kugeldistel (Echinops ritro)
Botanical Garden, Frankfurt
Looking close... on Friday!
Bees.
Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. O. ficus-indica is the most widespread and most commercially important cactus.
Prickly pear is a general term used to describe the Opuntia species, members of the Cactaceae family. Native to the Americas, prickly pear is a spiny, drought-resistant succulent that rapidly invades pastures and natural areas and overwhelms other vegetation.
You must manage the impacts of Opuntia species on your land.
You must not give away, sell or release Opuntia species into the environment. Penalties may apply.