Western pasque flower
by Lena Photo Art
Title
Western pasque flower
Artist
Lena Photo Art
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Description
Western pasque flower (Anemone occidentalis) found on the alpine meadows of Manning Provincial Park, BC, Canada
Anemone occidentalis (Western pasqueflower) is a herbaceous plant species in the genus Anemone and family Ranunculaceae. Other authorities place it in the genus Pulsatilla. Individuals are 10 to 60 cm tall, from caudices, with 3 to 6 leaves at the base of the plant that are 3-foliolate, each leaflet pinnatifid to dissected in shape. Leaf petioles are 6-10 cm long. Leaves have villous hairs and their margins are pinnatifid or dissected. Plants flower briefly mid-spring to mid-summer, usually soon after the ground is exposed by melting snow. The flowers are composed of 5 to 7 sepals (sometimes called tepals), normally white or soft purple, also mixed white and blueish purple, one flower per stem.The fruit occurs in heads rounded to subcylindric in shape, with pedicels 15 to 20 cm long. The achenes are ellipsoid in shape, not winged, covered with villous hairs, with beaks curved that reflex as they age and 20-40 mm long, feather-like. Generally, the fruit persists into fall.
Native to far western North America including British Columbia to California and Montana, it is found growing in gravelly soils on slopes and in moist meadows.
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January 17th, 2014
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Comments (41)
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations. Your fabulous flowers are featured on the home page of the high activity group, The 200 Club.
Lena Photo Art replied:
Barbie, thank you so much for your continued support and for all the work you do to bring this highly successful group to the top!
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
We welcome this beauty to The 200 Club, a "rising star" group in which only a select few are featured. It is my pleasure to feature desirable art work like this. Congratulations on your well-deserved feature in our high activity group and elsewhere and on your hundreds of views.
Penny Meyers
So lovely, Lena... I love the focus on the beautiful flowers and the scenic background!
Mary Myers
Just look at all the detail that you captured though one little lens--a million hairs and each individual, leaves are soft and yet still crisp and distinct, beautiful soft background that pushes your blooms to the persons eye. You got down on your knees, close and personal to capture a very nice shot. Thanks for sharing.
Lena Photo Art replied:
Mary, thank you for your nice comments! I am pleased that you like this photo almost as much as I do. This little beauty was one of the few flowers up there on the alpine meadows. It was so little, could have been missed easily. But I did and I am very glad that the photo turned out nice.
Denise Clark
I like this Lena..in particular how you have managed to show nice detail while still putting the flowers in their environmental context. l/f
Jordan Blackstone
Lena, this is stunning!! Love the simple beauty you've captured! Congratulations on your special feature in Visions of Spring!
Lena Photo Art replied:
Jordan, thank you very much for your kind words! Your flower collection is really nice!
Donna Kennedy
Lena, Congratulations on being chosen as a Special Featured Artist of the Week in the group Visions of Spring!...L
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