Plant close-ups

In this gallery I show my close up photos of plants as well as part of plants, blossoms, leaves, fruits... These photos have been taken during my travels to different places in the world. So they include plants native to Europe as well as plants native to the U.S.A. or New Zealand.

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Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus

Pentax K-3 • ¹⁄₆₀ sec • ƒ / 6,3 • 150 mm • 100 • smc PENTAX-D FA 100mm F2.8 MACRO Bindslev, North Denmark Region, Denmark Erect, branched annual to 90cm. Stems Slender, grooved, branching. Leaves Lower leaves stalked, pinnately branched; upper leaves linear, simple, sessile; all leaves greyish, pubescent. Flowering Heads 1.5-3 cm across, solitary, partially radiate; involucral bracts with decurrent apical portion, teeth of upper bracts silvery; outer florets bright blue. Habitat Rubbish tips, waste places, roadsides. Distribution Archaeophyte. Formerly common arable weed, now casual garden escape. Throughout British Islands, but rare in Scotland, Ireland. (South-East Europe). Flowering June-August Source: Collins Flower Guide, David Streeter, HarperCollins Publishers, London 2009 pg 482 (picture pg 483) uuid="B8835FF5-050F-4B90-9E8E-95452EB3F4DB" id="Denmark lilleulven.com 20150915_142539_DK_North_Denmark_Region_Bindslev__www.LilleUlven.com.dng Plant Macro Lilleulven.com"

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