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Golden Marguerite


Golden Marguerite
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Copyright: Georgia Panakia (g_panakia) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 15 W: 0 N: 32] (199)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-03-02
Categories: Flowers
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/320 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-13 2:07
Viewed: 468
Points: 4
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Anthemis tinctoria, or Golden Marguerite and Yellow Chamomile, is a species in the genus Anthemis of the Sunflower family (Asteraceae).

This popular flower has several common names : Golden Marguerite, Marguerite Daisy, Dyer's Chamomile, Ox-eye Chamomile, Boston Daisies, Paris Daisies.

It is a short-lived biennial, occurring in the Mediterranean and western Asia. It has aromatic, bright green, feathery foliage. The serrate leaves are bi-pinnatifid (= finely divided) and downy beneath. It grows to a height of 60 cm.

It has yellow daisy-like terminal flowers on long thin angular stems, blooming in profusion during the summer.

It has no culinary or commercial uses and only limited medicinal uses. However, it produces excellent yellow, buff and golden-orange dyes, used in the past for fabrics.

Anthemis tinctoria is grown in gardens for its bright attractive flowers and fine lacy foliage; there is a white flowering form also but the most commonly grown form is the seed raised cultivar 'Kelwayi' which has 5 cm wide, yellow flowers on 65 cm plants. The asexually propagated cultivar 'E.C. Buxton' is a hybrid between this species and another Anthemis species.


References: Wikipedia

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1161 W: 32 N: 1196] (3668)
  • [2009-03-13 12:09]

Yasu Georgia,
Beautiful close up.Well seen,framed and composed.Colors,POV and details are also wonderful.Have a nice weekend too!
Thanks for posting.

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