Felicia Aethiopica
by Eva Lechner
Title
Felicia Aethiopica
Artist
Eva Lechner
Medium
Photograph - Photograph/macro Photography
Description
Felicia aethiopica is a low shrublet of up to about 50 cm (1 2⁄3 ft) high that is assigned to the daisy family. It has rigid, leathery, inverted egg-shaped leaves, with only the lowest pair set oppositely. It has flower heads with an involucre of about 8 mm (1⁄3 in) in diameter with bracts that each contain three resin ducts, and have one whorl of twelve to fourteen ray florets with about 11 mm long and 1½ mm wide blue straps surrounding many yellow disc florets. The plant is called wild aster or dwarf Felicia in English, and wilde-aster or bloublombossie in Afrikaans. Flowering occurs year round. Wild aster can be found in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.
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February 26th, 2020
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Larry Kniskern 18 Days Ago
Congratulations, Eva – your stunning scene has been selected as an Honorable Mention from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Blue and Purple Wildflowers photo contest 2024! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Eva – your stunning scene has been selected as an Honorable Mention from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Blue and Purple Flowers photo contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognitions thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Chrisann Ellis
Eva, Congratulations!! Your work has been featured on the Home Page of Weekly Fun for All Mediums!!