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When this wildflower goes to seed it resembles a monstrous version of the all too common dandelion. Hard to resist a bit of macro work. As with all shots full view gives the best fine detail.
Lots of ways to shoot the seed head including a side shot when backlit, but for this shot I decided that looking down on the top was most interesting.
Working with the Yellow Goat's Beard or Salsify for my Weed Collection and this popped up - I was satisfied.
For Sliders Sunday. HSS
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189. Thursday 1st December 2011
Yay it's December! Only 2 1/2 months to go...
Today was fabulous. I think possibly one of the best days I've had with Princess. Laura and I went on a tour to the Haleakala crater in Maui, preceded by a visit to a goat farm, seeing baby goats and sampling goat's cheese, then to a winery where we did wine tasting and I discovered that, actually, there is some wine that I can drink and not feel the immediate need to throw up. Then we went to a lavender farm on the slopes of a mountain, with gorgeous veiws over the whole island, and Maui's two bays. We did a treasure hunt and won lavender shortbread cookies, and had lunch in a gazebo. And then we went to the Haleakala National Park and the Haleakala crater, 10.000 feet above sea level. Technically, it is not a crater, it's an erosion valley, it is huge! It is large enough to hold the entire island of Manhattan; 7.5 miles long, 2.5 miles wide and 3000 feet deep.
It was a totally amazing day, rounded off with chocolate ice cream on deck watching the sun set as the ship left Lahaina.
Tragopogon dubius (western salsify, western goat's-beard, wild oysterplant, yellow salsify, yellow goat's beard, goat's beard, goatsbeard, common salsify, salsify) is a species of Salsify native to southern and central Europe and western Asia and found as far north and west as northern France. Although it has been reported from Kashmir and India, recent evidence suggests that specimens from these areas may be a different species. Western Salsify has been introduced into North America where it has become widespread, being reported from all the continental United States except for a few in the far south-east, and all provinces of Canada except Newfoundland and the northern territories.
From Wikipedia
Goat's sculpture in the Chinese Garden in Frankfurt. It is bronze, but in the sun it shines almost like gold.
Goat’s foot vine.
Salt lover.
Purple beauty on the ramparts.
St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA.
30 June 2021.
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▶ “Ipomoea pes-caprae — also known as railroad vine, beach morning glory, bayhops, or goat’s foot— is a fast-growing, evergreen, perennial commonly found on beach dunes. Flowers are large, funnel-shaped, and purple to purplish-pink in color. Its large nectaries and showy flowers attract bees, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, wasps, and ants. Leaves are succulent and rounded, with a notched tip resembling a cloven hoof, hence its species name, pes caprae, which means 'goat’s foot' in Latin. As with other morning glory species, railroad vine flowers open in the morning and last only one day: however, the plant is a prolific bloomer."
— Florida Wildflower Foundation.
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People who have walked the 'Goat Track' in Te Mata Park may recognise this location.
See more here: www.josbuurmans.nz/hawkes-bay-photos/te-mata-peak
Tragopogon dubius aka Goat's Beard . A smooth stem bearing grass-like leaves and 1 yellow flower opening in morning and usually closing by noon. The basal leaves of this originally European plant can be eaten raw in salads or as cooked greens. it used to grow in the meadow at my grandma's place.
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The Astilbe are in full bloom in a wide range of colors. Time to enjoy them before the heat waves and smoke.
Astilbe Close-up
False Goat's Beard 3903
Tragopogon sinuatus, also known as Purple Salsify or Purple Goat's Beard, is widespread Mediterraenan flower common in the Cretan lowlands. It flowers from February to April. The flowers are followed by a huge ball of seed heads.
I've learned a lot about cactus and succulents in just three weeks, but there's just too much to learn AND remember. I can't even pronounce Erythrostemon gilliesii, a flower that I've been looking for for the past 10 days. That said, sometimes there's a simpler way, i.e., google "large yellow flower with foot long red stamen." Bingo.
Finding it so easily is probably because it's such a distinctive flower, especially for a succulent. Without the vignette, this was so busy and with foot long stamen going in all directions, I had to highlight the red and yellow.
Erythrostemon gilliesii is a shrub in the legume family. It is commonly known as bird of paradise, but it is not related to the bird of paradise genus Strelitzia. Way to screw it up guys. Another bird of paradise that isn't.
This plant is "naturalized" in Texas and is now (75 years later) common in the rest of the southwestern United States up through to norther California, where it is known as bird of paradise bush, desert bird of paradise, yellow bird of paradise, and barba de chivo. So, Barba de Chivo it is! This translates to Goat's Beard. The problem is that several flowers that I have posted and at least two more that I will are Goatsbeard also known as Salsify.* (See below)
You may not remember the name, but you can't forget this flower. Stamens a foot long! If that doesn't attract nearsighted bees, nothing will.
A mountain goat admires the view near Logan Pass in Glacier National Park. Unfortunately, the only view I got to admire was the goat's patoot. He just wouldn't turn around.
Glacier National Park, Montana
Native American Indians and early settlers made a tea from the roots to treat intestinal parasites. Cherokee women washed their hair in it, believing the toughness of the roots would transfer to their hair and prevent it from falling out. Several tribes used the root, which contains rotenone, to stun fish. The plant was fed to goats by early settlers in an effort to increase milk production.
JR Freight announced that starting on March 15, 2025, EF64 operations on JR Central's Chuo Line tank and intermodal trains will cease and be switched over to modern EH200 electrics. That leaves the Okayama area, and maybe a few in Tokyo for special moves, as the last holdouts for these 1960's era boxcabs.
Here about 2.5 weeks before the timetable revision, a pair of EF64's lead train 8084 out of the siding at Nojiri Station bound for Nagoya. Looming in the distance are the snowcapped peaks of the Kiso Mountains in the Southern Japanese Alps.
May these GOATs rest in pieces,
JR Chuo West Main Line
JRF EF64-1037 (Train 8084)
Okuwa, Nagano Pref., Japan
Friday Flora
Ipomoea pes-caprae, also known as bayhops, bay-hops, beach morning glory or goat's foot, is a common pantropical creeping vine belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. It grows on the upper parts of beaches and endures salted air.