Clayton Dewey
@clayton@social.coop  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

My favorite flower spotted today is Liatris punctata also known as the Dotted Gayfeather.

What a fantastic name for this showy, sun loving beauty.

It's used in prairie restoration, including post-fire recovery and land healing from mining, because of its draught tolerance and sun soaking ways.

Elk, deer and pronghorn think it's tasty and lepidopteran lap up its nectar, including the rare Pawnee montane skipper.

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Mastodon鈥RT 馃帹 Curator
@Curator@mastodon.art  路  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Let's have a little collaborative artistic fun :)

Go and find the nearest (real) flower to you, even if that means going for a little walk, and take a photo of it. Post it here in the replies.

Others: look through the replies, find a flower you like, and draw/paint/sketch/etc. it.

Here's one from me to kick it off - this is a love-in-the-mist flower from the wild flower patch in our garden meowybara

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A white flower against a green leafy background. The flower has loads of delicate white pointed petals arranged around a central column of green stamen, some pointing straight upwards, some bending outwards. The white petals turn purple right at the very middle of the flower. The flower's leaves are long, thin, spindly things that extend from beneath the flower forming a kind of snowflake shape beneath it.
A white flower against a green leafy background. The flower has loads of delicate white pointed petals arranged around a central column of green stamen, some pointing straight upwards, some bending outwards. The white petals turn purple right at the very middle of the flower. The flower's leaves are long, thin, spindly things that extend from beneath the flower forming a kind of snowflake shape beneath it.
A white flower against a green leafy background. The flower has loads of delicate white pointed petals arranged around a central column of green stamen, some pointing straight upwards, some bending outwards. The white petals turn purple right at the very middle of the flower. The flower's leaves are long, thin, spindly things that extend from beneath the flower forming a kind of snowflake shape beneath it.
planina
@planina@mastodon.art (and 3 others) recently replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@Curator A little late to the party but here鈥檚 my small contribution. I do not know what they are, but they鈥檙e pretty!

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