Sun Petals

by Paul Rebmann

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Sun Petals

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Paul Rebmann

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Photograph - Photograph

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A close up of the back of a Leavenworth's Tickseed flower (Coreopsis leavenworthii) with the morning sun shining through the petals. Coreopsis is the Florida state wildflower.

This image has been featured in the following groups:
The 200 Club - photos with over 200 views up to 500
& Wild Flowers

A common wildflower of wet flatwoods, ditches and disturbed sites throughout nearly all of Florida. Also occurs in two south Alabama counties.
A perennial growing up to 1.5m (5ft.) tall with slender glabrous stems that branch in the upper part of the plant. The flowers are terminal on the branches and have yellow ray florets and dark disks. Flowers can appear throughout the year. Leaves are opposite, narrow and may be lobed or unlobed. Fruit is an achene with conspicuous awns.
This species is named for Melines Conkling Leavenworth (1796-1862) an army surgeon stationed at Fort King near Tampa during the Second Seminole Indian War. He was also a botanist who collected in the southeastern United States.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)

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March 18th, 2014

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