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These are the individual seeds in a Goatsbeard seedhead, photographed along the Humber River in Toronto, Ontario.
Yellow Goatsbeard (Tragopogon dubius), a member of the Sunflower family, is an early morning wildflower. The yellow flowers open in morning, but usually close by noon or on a cloudy day. The flower head follows the Sun. When the seeds have formed, the floral head becomes a large "blowball", formed of silky "sails" that carry the seeds away. Some people think the seeds resemble goat's beard; hence, the name Goatsbeard.
This wildflower is also known as Go-to-bed-at-noon, Joseph's flower, Noonflower, Noontide, Western Salsify and Yellow Salsify and was introduced from Europe. |
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Nice one, never shot a dandylion like flower quite this close up, nice n dramy ,aube even a bit softer?
- Art_R
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(2530) - [2009-08-19 16:24]
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Hi Nancy , welcome to treknature , an interesting macro you have here , and an interesting note too , I have never noticed that goatsbeard closed up in the afternoon :-/
I hope you enjoy the site :-)
regards
Art
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- Adanac
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(17609) - [2009-08-20 7:58]
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Hello Nancy,
First welcome to TrekNature, if your first posts are any indication you have a great deal to offer this great site. This is a great artist macro showing natures close up beauty. Great job, hope to see much more. Rick
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Amazing capture, Nancy.. This shot of yours has a dream-like feeling in it. Very nice...