Yellow Rudbeckia Coneflower
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Yellow Rudbeckia Coneflower
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Rudbeckia is a plant genus in the sunflower family.The species are commonly called coneflowers and black-eyed-susans; all are native to North America and many species are cultivated in gardens for their showy yellow or gold flower heads.
The species are herbaceous, mostly perennial plants (some annual or biennial) growing to 0.5–3.0 m tall, with simple or branched stems. The leaves are spirally arranged, entire to deeply lobed, and 5–25 cm long. The flowers are produced in daisy-like inflorescences, with yellow or orange florets arranged in a prominent, cone-shaped head; "cone-shaped" because the ray florets tend to point out and down (are decumbent) as the flower head opens.
A large number of species have been proposed within Rudbeckia, but most are now regarded as synonyms of the limited list given below.
Several currently accepted species have several accepted varieties. Some of them (for example the black-eyed susan, R. hirta), are popular garden flowers distinguished for their long flowering times. Many cultivars of these species are known.
Rudbeckia species are eaten by the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera species including cabbage moths and dot moths.
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Comments (15)
Shari Stamford Krause
Love how you captured the perception of some of the petals fluttering! l/f
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you Very much Shari - I think they were fluttering - fast shutter speed! :)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's themed week N IS FOR NEW WORK!! You are invited to add this to the features archive discussion and in another discussion in ABC Group!
Kelley Freel-Ebner
Congratulations! Your extraordinary work has been Featured in the Fine Art America group “The Earth Is Art”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page in: “2018 Member's Extraordinary Features Images Archive 2.0!” theme. Simply copy your image’s Embed URL on your image’s profile page, and paste it into the Discussion Topic site: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/the-earth-is-art-.html?showmessage=true&messageid=4095414
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Bruce Bley
Beautiful macro capture of the Rudbeckia blossom, Venetia. F/L/T/FB/G+/P
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
WOW Bruce - thank you so much for all the posts to the media sites and for your lovely comment. Enjoying your images on Facebook!
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