Backlit Pasque Flowers
by Donna Kennedy
Title
Backlit Pasque Flowers
Artist
Donna Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy..
Photographed in Reno, Nevada
The Pasque flower, also known as the May Day flower (Pulsatilla) is the state flower of South Dakota. The Pasque flower grows wild throughout the state of South Dakota. The Pasque flower is a solitary bell-shaped flower, lavender colored, and plumed seed heads, belonging to the buttercup family. Pasque flower is found distributed from the northwestern U.S. to northern Alaska. The Pasque flower is called by many names like: Prairie smoke, Goslinweed and Prairie crocus. The pasque plant bears a hairy peduncle above the whorled leaves with a single large flower at its apex. This peduncle continues to elongated after the flower sheds its petals. Each flower is approximately 3 inches in open condition, consisting of 5-8 petal-like sepals, an elongated cluster of white to purple styles, and a ring of numerous yellow stamens. The petal color ranges from dark lavender to almost white. There are no petals. The sepals of pasque flower are pale purple to deep purple. The blooming period of pasque flower is during early to mid-spring and lasts for 2 weeks. The pasque flowers are short-lived and after shedding their sepals, the styles of the flowers become plumose and elongated.
The Pasque flower is useful in treating eye diseases like cataracts.
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June 3rd, 2019
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Comments (42)
Lesley Evered
A lovely spring image....voted for in the contest PURPLE SIGNS OF SPRING in the group A Fascinating Purple - Nature Only
Asbed Iskedjian
Fine POV, and because of the beautiful light & shadow with the subjects great atmosphere effect Donna. Likes + Favorites.