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AKA Goat's Eyes
Is it just me, or can you see a goat/ram's face in this?
I've decided that this shot qualifies as part of the Black and White Unite series as it is 1 image duplicated and flipped to make the final image...I saw the goat/ram's face looking at the single image and knew I just had to do it ;-)
A weed by any other name is still a weed. I wanted to show the before and after of this huge weed...the seed ball is about the size of a large grapefruit, the flower, the size of a daisy.
CATALÀ
Tragopogon pratensis, conegut també com a barba de cabra o salsifí de prat, és una espècie de planta asteràcia. És biennal i herbàcia. Es troba als Països Catalans. Té una roseta basal amb les fulles allargades, del seu centre apareix una tija floral que arriba a fer 1 metre. La corol·la és ligulada, de color groc viu, només s'obre unes poques hores al matí i es tanca la resta del dia. Com altres espècies del gènere Tragopogon, rep el nom comú de barba de cabra perquè de la corol·la tancada s'escapen els filaments blanquinosos o bruns del papus plomós dels fruits que són similars a les pilositats de la barbeta del boc. Les arrels i brots tendres són comestibles. És planta nativa de l'Europa mediterrània; s'estén fins a Europa septentrional, el Caucas i Pakistan. Ha estat introduïda a Amèrica i Nova Zelanda.
ENGLISH
Tragopogon pratensis (common names Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, meadow salsify, showy goat's-beard or meadow goat's-beard) is a biennial plant in the family Asteraceae, distributed across Europe and North America, commonly growing in fields (hence its name) and on roadsides. It is found in North America from southern Ontario to Massachusetts; most of England; on the eastern and southern edges of Scotland; and central Ireland but not the coastal edges.
It flowers between June and October and its flowers have a diameter of 3–5 cm. The root and buds are edible, and it has a milky latex. It grows 30 to 100 cm tall.
It differs from viper's-grass (Scorzonera humilis) in that Viper's-grass has short, pale green bracts, whereas in Goat's-beard they are long and pointed.
The lower leaves are 10 to 30 cm long, lanceolate, keeled lengthwise, grey-green, pointed, hairless, with a white midrib. The upper leaves are shorter and more erect. It is the only United Kingdom dandelion type flower with grass like leaves.
The flower heads are 5 cm wide. They only open in the morning sunshine, hence the name 'Jack go to bed at noon'.
The achenes are rough, long beaked pappus radiating outwards interwoven like a spider's web of fine white side hairs (referred to as a “Blowball"). Young shoots and roots of meadow salsify can be used in diabetic salads. In Armenia, rural kids make bubble gum from the juice of meadow salsify. For this purpose, when milky juice is released from the torn stems it is collected on the walls of a glass and dried.
A photo of the seeds of the Goats' Beard, similar to Dandelion.
Taken with a canon 180mm macro pointing upwards towards the sky.
Taurotragus is a genus of large antelopes of the African savanna, commonly known as elands. It contains two species: the common eland T. oryx and the giant eland T. derbianus.
Taurotragus /təˈrɒtrəɡəs/ is a genus of large African antelopes, placed under the subfamily Bovinae and family Bovidae. The genus authority is the German zoologist Johann Andreas Wagner, who first mentioned it in the journal Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen in 1855. The name is composed of two Greek words: ταῦρος (taûros), meaning a "bull" or "bullock", and τράγος (trágos), meaning a "male goat"—in reference to the tuft of hair that grows in the eland's ear which resembles a goat's beard.
Interesting grassland plant, the flower is closed tight by midday, hence the rather quaint common name of "Jack-Go-To-Bed-At-Noon"
I made a nice discovery in my mother-in-law's bride's feathers (Aruncus dioicus), also known as goat's beard.
This beautiful Tortricid micro-moth is known as Celypha siderana and its larvae has Spiraeeae as their host plants (of which Aruncus belong to).
Initially they where kind of skitterish, but eventually I found one or two who didn't immediately take off at the mere sight of my camera.
Part 1 is taken at 3:1 magnification, so it is much closer: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51281296703/
Three CDs: Album; Rarities & Outtakes; ‘73 live show in Brussels; plus a blu-ray with remixes and three videos. 100+-page book, too.
I know it's a weed but I could not resist taking a photo of it. They have quite an attractive flower.
Dow Crag falls precipitously from it's summit into Goat's Water. The path from the tarn to Goat's Hause and on to Coniston Old Man out of picture right is clearly seen. Swirl How is seen in the distance with the round dome of Brim Fell behind the tarn.
I've just returned from a trip to Tasmania, and one of my goals was to photograph the Aurora Australis. I only had 2 clear nights out of 20, but on one of these I was able to capture not just an aurora, but also the beautiful blue bioluminescent glow of the dinoflagellate (plankton) Noctiluca scintillans in the breaking waves! Taken from Goat's Bluff overlooking Betsey Island south of Hobart.
One of my favourite 'weeds'...Tragopogon pratensis. It's larger than a dandelion seedhead and, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA, it is also known by the excellent name of 'Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon' !!
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This miniature goat is very adaptable to different climates. They are very social and their friendly nature makes them popular pets. Pygmy goat's are excellent climbers.
Informatiom Sourced from Longleat's Guide Book
We were sitting on the wooden seat, when the keeper called the pgymy goat's from the field, they all come jumping with excitment up on the wooden seats. it was amazing. Some also jumped down to the ground to do some friendly head-butting. A few Mums were there with their children and they loved the goats.
Oxalis pes-caprae (Bermuda buttercup, African wood-sorrel, Bermuda sorrel, buttercup oxalis, Cape sorrel, English weed, goat's-foot, sourgrass, soursob and soursop; is a species of tristylous flowering plant in the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae. Indigenous to South Africa, Oxalis pes-caprae, the 'Bermuda buttercup', is an invasive species and noxious weed in many other parts of the world, including the United States (particularly coastal California), Europe, Israel and Australia. The plant has a reputation for being very difficult to eliminate once it has spread over an area of land. The weed propagates largely through its underground bulbs and this is one reason why it is so difficult to eradicate, as pulling up the stems leaves the bulbs behind. The Oxalis pes-caprae flower is actinomorphic, with a calyx composed of five free or slightly fused sepals, a sympetalous corolla composed of five fused petals, an apoandrous androecium composed of ten free stamens in two ranks, and a compound pistil. 3395
2021 Dyxum Day Prime Challenge day 189 with Carl Zeiss Sonnar 1.8/135 ZA on SEL1.4TC and dumb adapter at f/2.5
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View through my Hunslet loco Elidir on Llanberis Lake Railway tourist line.On a beautiful June day in 2015.
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