Florida Alicia
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Florida Alicia
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A view of the rear of a Florida Alicia flower with raindrops on the petal photographed in the Big Scrub of Ocala National Forest.
This image has been featured in the following groups:
Flower Mania
& Wild Flowers
Chapmannia floridana is a frequent plant of the sandhills, scrub and pine flatwoods only in the Florida peninsula, making it a Florida endemic species.
The mustard-colored, pea-shaped flowers are terminal on long stalks and typically close by noon. The stem, to 1 meter tall, is sticky pubescent. The leaves are alternate and pinnate, with 3 to 7 small leaflets.
This member of the pea family is the only species of this genus. The genus is named to honor Dr. Alvan Wentworth Chapman, author of Flora of the Southern United States. Chapman was a medical doctor who moved from Massachusetts to the Florida panhandle in 1835.
(Species description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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August 22nd, 2015
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