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Adult tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor, Hirundinidae) on display in the marsh.
The weathered wood with a rusty bolt is an old sign post.
The tinge of reddish-pink in the background bokeh derives from the presence of red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea, Cornaceae) with their leafless crimson stems.
Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area
Leopold Wetland Management District
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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If you've given foraging Bees a closer look you'll have seen them carrying pollens of various colors. Mostly if you're new at this they'll be yellow or white or greenish. Here's one who's gathering Red Stuff from the flowers of Redstem Filaree. Now, if you were to open a beehive to examine the storage cells for pollen, you'd notice that the various colors are stored separately. Scientists don't know yet why this is so and to what different (?) uses those various colors are put.
In the chilly wind and under a very bleak sun a carpet of small wildflowers decorate Our Lawn. Here are: Lawn Daisy, Bellis perennis; Early Forget-me-not, Myosotis ramosissima; Erodium circutarium, Redstem Filaree.
A query: I didn't know that Lawn Daisy also goes by the name 'Bairnwort'. It's obvious, of course, what that word means. But I couldn't find an etymology in the online OED. Can anyone 'Out There' enlighten me? E.g.: when it was first used. Thanks.
A couple of years ago we decided to give up on one of those ever so green, grassy lawns. The weeding was just too much and the watering and all the other upkeep had me daunted. So it was decided to just let it 'go-to-seed'. Obviously it's mowed and obnoxious plants are removed but for the rest it's entirely 'natural'. I'm constantly delighted by the manifold wildflowers...
Here's pretty Redstem Filaree joined by a just peeping, tiny Early Forget-me-not.
On my way to the Zwart Water I biked through the Krosselt, which apparently takes its name from a dialect form of Gooseberry (in Dutch: 'kruisbes' and in the local language 'kroesel' whence Krosselt). The sunny morning brought out great swathes of lilac-purple Redstem Filaree, Erodium cicutarium, in the open spaces of the natural reserve. I'd expected lots of insects but the last decades has seen terribly diminishing populations. Among the few six-legged denizens of this area I did see a pretty Small Copper... Soon it deserted its floral perch and rested on sandy ground (see inset).
It's just the time for them, for Green Shieldbugs. Here's a Nymph or Instar, that is to say in human terms a 'baby' nourishing on a flower of Redstone Filaree. This has got to be one of the brightest greens in the garden on a gloomy day...
Aechmea blanchetiana bromeliad and green textured skin of a green Cuban Anole. I love the bright reds and yellows and bulges of the eye!
Biscayne Park FL
Common stork's bills or redstem stork's bills, Erodium cicutarium, are flowering now on the plains and foothills around Boulder. They are tiny and they appear as singletons and small clusters, but nevertheless they catch the eye.
This is not a native species, but a wildly successful introduced species.
I enjoy these little flowers that cover the fields this time of year. Locally they are called pinweed but their other name is Redstem Stork’s-Bill. They are a type of geranium from the Mediterranean that has become an invasive species in western USA.
Chambers Bay, University Place, Washington State, USA
The other day I remarked that Blood Bees 'cuckoo' other Bees' nests and thus don't themselves use pollen. One of the Bees used to their advantage is this Lasioglossum sp., a tiny black Sweat Bee. They're quite small - as you can see comparing this one to the little Filaree flower. I watched for awhile and then rather suddenly Lasio stopped in its tracks. Heart attack? goodness knows. I waited, then touched and it fell to the ground. Dead. At least, the day had been nicely sunny; and Olymp had already taken a photo.
Beautiful little creature with all those marking hair bands. In 1833, John Curtis (1791-1862) devised the name 'Lasioglossum' (hairy-tongued). In a revision of the name, Ronald J. McGinley in his wonderful work of 1986 writes that 'hairy-tongued' can't be a good description because this Sweat Bee has a tongue not hairier than others. But the name - once given - has held. And there we are. ... with a dead Bee on the ground ready for Ants and other undertakers.
Redstem Storks Bill. Erodium cicutarium. Wildflower. In the geranium family. My back porch. Dedicated macro lens. No crop.
A passeggio nei campi attorno alla mia abitazione.
Becco di gru comune - semi (Erodium cicutarium)
Conosciuto in Sardegna come: Erba de puntzas
Walking in the fields around my home.
Redstem stork's bill - seeds (Erodium cicutarium)
Know in Sardinia as: Erba de puntzas
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The seeds of Redstem filaree are shaped like tiny awls. Changing degrees of moisture cause them to generate a kind of drilling movement by which they 'bury' themselves in the soil. Once germinated they bring forth plants with these pretty pink flowers.
Red Osier Dogwood branches are loaded with white berries found alongside the Domtar Overlook section of the Bridge to Bridge Trail in Mountjoy in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada.
Red stemmed Thalia -Thalia geniculata
This is one of my favorite spots at CBG. I always find something interesting.
A passeggio nei campi attorno alla mia abitazione.
Becco di gru comune (Erodium cicutarium)
Conosciuto in Sardegna come: Erba de puntzas
Walking in the fields around my home.
Redstem stork's bill (Erodium cicutarium)
Know in Sardinia as: Erba de puntzas
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Clematis vitalba, is a wild flower that grows in hedgerows in the UK, the pretty, fluffy seed heads give it it’s other name, Old Man’s Beard.
A small flower from a plant growing curbside in Tucson, Arizona. The growth form was prostrate (similar to goathead); I think it might be redstem filaree Erodium cicutarium or something similar. Macro.
Of course, it's a difficult choice to make at Zandvoort aan Zee: walk on the beach or on the sea-facing path through the dunes. This morning I chose the latter. Most enjoyable on this first really pleasant Spring day. Lots of green-gray vegetation lit up here and there by pretty purple, white and yellow wild violets; lots of Redstem Filarees, too. Here and there a Butterfly. But Olymp's sharp eye caugt a bit of movement on a tiny Filaree flower. Looking more closely the insect was motionlessly preying. It's a kind of Katydid, I think; probably of the Tettigoniidae sort. Does anyone 'out there' know? Thanks...
Red Osier Dogwood white berries photographed at the Domtar Overlook section of the Bridge to Bridge Trail located in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
Look at all those pollen grains everywhere on our Bluebottle Fly! They'll be transported probably to another flower, preferably, of course, of Redstem Filaree, because that's where they can inseminate. This Red-eye Bluebottle is clearly seeking the Sweet Stuff, nectar; you will see its proboscis extending itself to the nectar glands at the bottom of Flower's pistil. It doesn't usually eat pollen.
The Flowers of Erodium are adichogamous; that is to say that stamens (pollen) and pistils mature at the same time. That way there may be self-fertilisation. So those pollen grains you see on the pistil can well be from the same flower and they may thus also help produce seed.
more like 1 of a million. My backyard is teaming with these. Wildflowers or Weeds, what is your vote? Blossom is about the size of a pencil eraser.
Redstem Stork's Bill
(erodium cicutarium)
Canon 5Dsr
1971 Canon FD 55mm chrome nose @ f/1.2
12mm extension tube
Try to get closer
There's some moss down on the ground
More winter color
Note: There were lots of little reddish sticks on the ground, but the moss also appears to have red stems itself.
For my video; youtu.be/pP0WeiQRHxE?si=UcoqZOBJBQCzIL7S,
Maplewood Flats Conservation Area,
District of North Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
Hand held.
Cornus sericea, the red osier or red-osier dogwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to much of North America. It has sometimes been considered a synonym of the Asian species Cornus alba. Other names include red brush, red willow, redstem dogwood, redtwig dogwood, red-rood, American dogwood, creek dogwood, and western dogwood.
The cardinals like these berries when ripe, but this bird is more interested in the bugs hiding under the leaves. These little hunters are a blast to watch. Have a great weekend!
Hellebore Winter Rose; this plant in my garden hasn't flowered for a few years, so a thorough clean up around it taking out the over powering plants near it, and here it is, you will notice it's already got it's greenfly present! Now where are the blue tits to come and eat these.
Anemone Blanda. A delicate purple anemone blanda flower with intricate petals and a cluster of yellow stamens at its centre stands out against a pale blue background. It has a slender reddish brown stem that curves gracefully supporting the bloom.
Medinilla is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to tropical regions of the Old World from Africa (two species) east through Madagascar (about 70 species) and southern Asia to the western Pacific Ocean islands. The genus was named after J. de Medinilla, governor of the Mariana Islands in 1820.
They are evergreen shrubs or lianas. The leaves are opposite or whorled, or alternate in some species. The flowers are white or pink, produced in large panicles. This species is forgiving and relatively tolerant of alkaline soil, chilly nights and bright sunlight. Easy to grow as distinguished from Medinillia magnifica which has showy pink bracts. Highly recommended.
Rose Grape Medinilla, Medinilla myriantha Melastoma
Windows to the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, Miami, FL
For D. Cristian Mag. You asked for it. :-)
I haven't found the 5th instar nymph and the adult, yet, but I will keep looking.
50/1.8 + 31mm + 21mm extension tubes.
A passeggio nei campi attorno alla mia abitazione.
Becco di gru comune (Erodium cicutarium)
Conosciuto in Sardegna come: Erba de puntzas
Walking in the fields around my home.
Redstem stork's bill (Erodium cicutarium)
Know in Sardinia as: Erba de puntzas
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In yesterday's posting I talked a bit about that Real Purple Poison, Aconite. Perhaps that's why my attention during a pleasant, sunny walk on this Autumn morning was drawn to pretty little Redstem Filaree (actually the same patch that I've revisted over the years: www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/12726249034/in/photoli...).
In Latin our plant goes by the name Erodium cicutarium. The 'Erodium' goes back on the Greek for Heron - with reference to Herons' or Storks' bills which the long, pointed seeds resemble. 'Cicutarium' declares the foliage to look like that of Cicuta, Water Hemlock. A poison potion from that deadly plant was used to execute Socrates. The story's told in Plato's Phaedo, a moving - for some perhaps a bit 'purple' - biographical read for a Sunday whatever you might think about the arguments for the Soul's Immortality.
This is the stage right after the larval stage, but as it is, the larva is considered the 1st instar. This little fellow was quite busy, turning from one direction into another. :-)
Nymphe im 2. Stadium auf einem samenden Reiherschnabel
Dies ist das Stadium gleich nach dem Larvenstadium, doch wird die Larve schon als 1. Stadium bezeichnet. Das Kleine war ganz schön aktiv und drehte sich ständig von einer Richtung in die andere.
50/1.8 + 31mm + 21mm extension tubes.