Beacon

by Connie Handscomb

Canvas Print

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Weekender Tote Bag

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Title

Beacon

Artist

Connie Handscomb

Medium

Photograph - Photography - Fine Art

Description

So extraordinary is Nature with her choicest treasures, spending plant beauty as she spends sunshine, pouring it forth into land and sea, garden and desert.
~ John Muir
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Gaillardia (blanket flower; Indian blanket; firewheel)
Gaillardia aristata Pursh n; Gaillardia pulchella

Family : Asteraceae ; Compositaeae (Sunflower)

A French botanist, Gaillard de Marentonneau, provided this wildflower with its name, and the word Aristata means bearded, which refers to the several bristles on this plant (more noticeable when its seeds fall).

You can see this wildflower on open hillsides and drier areas throughout the summer and autumn throughout North America.

Source:
Wildflowers Across The Prairies [Vance; Jowsey; MacLean]
Wild Flowers of British Columbia [Lewis J. Clark]
North American Wildflowers: National Audobon Society Field Guide [Spellenberg]

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While the angle of this particular image does not show it, the colourful centre acts as a beacon to the bees that love to visit this bloom, and it has become a popular flower to plant in the garden.

Taken in natural light ; Undedited; Uncropped, : Nature in all its natural splendour.

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♥ Heartfelt Gratitude to FAA groups for featuring this image :

Wild Flowers
Flower Mania