Black and White Wildflower
by Darren Fisher
Title
Black and White Wildflower
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A stunning Anemone in bloom along a river bank here in Virginia. These are absolutely gorgeous flowers and the black and white really brings out the detail of the bloom. The plants start blooming soon after the foliage emerges from the ground. The compound leaves are palmate or ternate (divided into three lobes)[1]:106 and the flowers are solitary, produced on short stems, held above the foliage. They grow from underground root-like stems called rhizomes and the foliage dies back down by mid summer (summer dormant). The rhizomes spread just below the soil surface, forming long spreading clumps that grow quickly, contributing to its rapid spread in woodland conditions, where they often carpet large areas.
The flower is 2 centimetres (0.8 in) diameter, with six or seven (and on rare occasions eight to ten) tepals (petal-like segments) with many stamens. In the wild the flowers are usually white but may be pinkish, lilac or blue, and often have a darker tint on the backs of the tepals. The flowers are pollinated by insects, especially hoverflies. The seeds are achenes.
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July 17th, 2017
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