Black-Eyed Susan Up Close #1
by Bruce Bley
Title
Black-Eyed Susan Up Close #1
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This photograph of a rudebeckia blossom was taken from my flower bed.
Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed Susan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Eastern and Central United States. It is one of a number of plants with the common name black-eyed Susan. Other common names for this plant include: brown-eyed Susan, brown Betty, gloriosa daisy, golden Jerusalem, Poorland daisy, yellow daisy, and yellow ox-eye daisy.
The plant also is a traditional Native American medicinal herb in several tribal nations; believed in those cultures to be a remedy, among other things, for colds, flu, infection, swelling and for snake bite (although not all parts of the plant are edible).
It is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial) growing (12-39 in) tall by (12-18 in) wide. It has alternate, mostly basal leaves , covered by coarse hair, with stout branching stems and daisy-like, composite flowers appearing in late summer and early autumn. In the species, the flowers are up to (4 in) in diameter, with yellow ray-florets circling conspicuous brown or black, dome-shaped disc-florets. However, extensive breeding has produced a range of sizes and colors, including oranges, reds and browns.
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Comments (18)
Hanne Lore Koehler
Spectacular capture of this gorgeous black-eyed Susan, Bruce! Congratulations on your Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery BEST OF THE BEST feature! L/F
Donna Kennedy
Beautiful color, light and clarity Bruce! Congratulations on your Best of the Best Homepage Feature in WFS!!...L/T
Randy Rosenberger
Dear Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group Member, You are to be congratulated on your achievement of getting your beautiful piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our “Best of the Best” section of our homepage. This is truly an honor to be selected for this special feature. If your works are featured, it is always an honor, but this honor is above and beyond what one sees most of the time. It is excellently done and presented and deserves a special place on our homepage. Happy sales to you till we meet again.
Bruce Bley replied:
Randy, I am so grateful for the honor. I truly appreciate it and am very glad I am a member of your group/. Thank you again for the honor.
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
Wow what a spectacular and gorgeous macro capture of this glorious flower Bruce!! the finest of the details took my breath away. the colours and light are simply sensational. totally Sharing!! L/F/FB
Bruce Bley
Julie, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Your Story of Art". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Frank, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "ILLINOIS ART PHOTOGRAPHY". I truly appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Janet. Thank you so much for the feature in the group "For the Love of Flowers". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Rahdne, Thank you for the feature in the group 'Orange Euphoria". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Judy, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "USA PHOTOGRAPHERS ONLY". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
David, Thank you for the feature in the group "GENTLEMEN CLUB ART". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
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