Blackeyed Susan in Sepia 2
by Bruce Bley
Title
Blackeyed Susan in Sepia 2
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This photograph of a rudebeckia blossom was taken while visiting a greenhouse in Seattle Washington.
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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September 20th, 2017
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Bruce Bley
Martin, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Flower Mania". I appreciate the honor.
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Frank J Casella
CONGRATULATIONS!! Your beautiful artwork has been Featured by the - ILLINOIS ART PHOTOGRAPHY - group on Fine Art America / PIXELS! Thank you for sharing it !! http://tinyurl.com/IllinoisArtPhoto
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you so much for the feature in the group "ILLINOIS ART PHOTOGRAPHY", John. I truly appreciate the honor.
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Romuald, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Arts Fantastic World". I truly appreciate it.
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Kim, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Floral Photography and Art". Thank you for the honor.