Soaking in the Sun
by Don Schwartz
Title
Soaking in the Sun
Artist
Don Schwartz
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
A sunflower soaks in the sun in an Oregon field at sunrise.
From Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia:
The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a large annual forb of the genus Helianthus grown as a crop for its edible oil and seeds. This sunflower species is also used as wild bird food, as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), in some industrial applications, and as an ornamental in domestic gardens. The plant was first domesticated in the Americas. Wild H. annuus is a widely branched annual plant with many flower heads. The domestic sunflower, however, often possesses only a single large inflorescence (flower head) atop an unbranched stem.
The binomial name Helianthus annuus is derived from the Greek Helios 'sun' and anthos 'flower', while the epithet annuus means 'annual' in Latin.
Sunflower seeds were brought to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century, where, along with sunflower oil, they became a widespread cooking ingredient.
Photo taken with permission from www.westuniongardens.com
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September 8th, 2022
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Comments (2)
Kay Brewer
Congratulations on your beautiful art receiving a Special Feature in the Visions Of Spring - Glances Of Summer group! l/f
Dora Sofia Caputo
Congratulations, Don! Happy to tell you that your stunning close up of a beautiful Sunflower has been selected as a Special Feature of the Week and is being featured on the Homepage of the Visions of Spring - Glances of Summer Group. Thank you for being part of this group and for sharing your fabulous artwork with us.F.
Don Schwartz replied:
Thank you so much for including this image on the Visions of Spring homepage. It is a great honor to have my work chosen. Thanks so much for your time curating the group.
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