Pickerelweed II
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Pickerelweed II
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A raceme of pickerelweed flowers framed by one of the plant's leaves with another leaf in the foreground and a soft brown background. Photographed in the Lake Monroe Conservation Area.
This image has been featured in the following groups:
Floral Photography and Art (7/19/21)
Pickerelweed is a common plant of marshes, streams, ponds, ditches and the shallows around lakes throughout nearly all of Florida. The range includes the entire eastern United States, west into Texas to Minnesota, north into Ontario and Quebec, plus Oregon.
The usually purple-blue flowers are in a dense spike. Each stalk-less flower is two-lipped with the three lobes of the upper lip fused and the three lobes of the lower lip separate. The upper center lobe has a greenish-yellow spot. The six stamens are arranged in two ranks, with the three upper stamens shorter than the three lower stamens. The long-stalked leaves are mostly basal, with only one on the stem. The blades can be up to 25cm (10 in.) long and 15cm (6 in.) wide and vary from a broad heart-shape to a narrower lance shape.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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July 16th, 2021
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