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Fabaceae - Australia
False Sarsaparilla, Purple Coral Pea, Happy Wanderer, Waraburra
Shown: Inflorescence displaying late winter flower buds and flowers
"Hardenbergia is a small genus of leguminous vines from Australia. The genus was named in honour of Franziska Countess von Hardenberg, by English botanist George Bentham, in 1837.
"Hardenbergia violacea is a species of Australian flowering plant, known by the common names False Sarsaparilla, Purple Coral Pea, Happy Wanderer and Waraburra (which comes from the Kattang language).[1]. It often grows as a climbing vine, but also as a subshrub.
"It has typical pea family flowers which are usually violet but can be white, pink or other colours.[3]. The leaves are dark green, "hard" and leathery, with prominent venation.
"H. violacea is a widespread species found in many habitats. It is also widely grown as a hardy garden plant, with many cultivars now available." (Wikipedia)
Photographed in my garden in San Francisco, California
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Boraginaceae - Endemic to Madeira Island
Syn. Echium fastuosum
Pride of Madeira
Shown: Detail of inflorescence; idividual flowers to 12-13 mm wide
"Echium candicans (syn. Echium fastuosum J.Jacq.[1]), commonly known as Pride of Madeira, is a large biennial or more commonly perennial members of the Echium genus. It is endemic to the island of Madeira but is widely distributed throughout the world as an ornamental and garden plant. In New Zealand it is a common garden escape onto road-side verges and shingle banks in northern South Island (and probably elsewhere).
"In the first year after germination the plant produces a broad rosette of leaves. In the second and subsequent years more or less woody flowering stalks are produced clothed in rough leaves. The flower head is large and covered with blue flowers having red stamens..." (Wikipedia)
Echium candicans has locally naturalized at many points along the immediate coast of California; its flower color is highly variable, running the gamut from pale, watery blue through clear medium blue to intense sapphire; the prominent red stamens lend a purplish cast to the inflorescence in full bloom
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Photographed in Billy Goat Hill Park - San Francisco, California
Macro Course. Flowers.
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I brought this back because I miss spring and needed some reminders that it is coming soon!! Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!!
I rather like the direction of these Sweetpea flowers before they open up and the two toned purple vein pattern.
a.k.a. Swedish ivy. A mint family houseplant, not grown for the flowers. The lip of each flower is about .6cm across.
Nikon D200 TC-200 Teleconverter + AF Nikkor 35-70 1;3.3-4.5 @ 35mm + Nikon Series E 50mm 1:1.8 (reversed)
1/60 sec - f/16 - ISO 100. SB-600 Speedlight off-camera directly above subject.
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Themidaceae (formerly Liliaceae) - northern California and southern Oregon
Firecracker Flower
Shown: Clustered flower buds and fully opened flowers
"Dichelostemma ida-maia is a species of flowering plant known as firecracker flower. It is native to northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in mountain forests, woodlands, and coastal meadows. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental plant for its showy crimson and cream flowers. This is a perennial which erects a tall, naked stem topped with an umbel of six to 20 flowers. Each flower is a cylindrical red tube two to three centimeters long. The tip of each flower lobe curls back to reveal a shiny white underside. The curls rim the mouth of the tubular flower in a corona, surrounding the small anthers and a stalked ovary. The flower hangs when it is in anthesis and holds itself erect as the fruit develops. One umbel may have some hanging flowers and some erect fruiting flowers at the same time." (Wikipedia)
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Photographed in U.C. Botanical Garden at Berkeley - Berkeley, California
Common Milkweed [Asclepias syriaca]
Photographed October 16, 2014 at Grass Lake Preserve, located in Snail Lake Regional Park, Shoreview, Minnesota U.S.A.
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony Alpha SLT-A58 and Sony SAL 75-300mm lens, with 20mm extension tube and focus rail mounted on Focal tripod.
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