Wednesday, 22 February 2012

FFF14 - IN HONOUR OF HIS TEACHER

Rudbeckia is a plant genus of 23 species in the family Asteraceae. The name of this genus was given by Carolus Linnaeus in honor of his teacher at Uppsala University, Professor Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660-1740), and his father, Professor Olof Rudbeck the Elder (1630-1702), both of whom were botanists.

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 m tall, with simple or branched stems. The leaves are spirally arranged, entire to deeply lobed, 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 as the flower head opens.

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17 comments:

  1. Unknown22 February 2012 at 14:08

    We call it the Norwegian(solhatt),,sun,, flower hat, and it is a flower I'm very fond of
    I use a translator so there will be some nice words he he ...

    Marit, Norway

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  2. Giga22 February 2012 at 16:13

    Mam te śliczne kwiatki w ogródku i bardzo je lubię :-). Zaraz sobie skopiuję obrazek i link i pewni niedługo pobawię się u Ciebie. Pozdrawiam. *** I have these beautiful flowers in the garden, and like them very much :-). Just copy the image and a link and sure soon pobawię at you. Yours.

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  3. beagleAnnie22 February 2012 at 16:34

    This flower's yellow color is bright enough to make me happy, Nick.

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  4. Juliana22 February 2012 at 16:50

    Nice shot!
    Feel free to join me in my PJ' Happies if you like my pics too :)
    xoxo, Juliana

    http://pjhappies.blogspot.com/

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  5. BernieH23 February 2012 at 00:36

    I tried growing these last year, but something nibbled them down to stalks. Thinking of trying them again, but with protection this time. Great photo.

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  6. hannah23 February 2012 at 03:02

    It's me - again for fff - :-)
    I was very impressed with your phonetic description of last weeks flower.
    Not often I see that these days. And certainly a help with anemones.

    What are you going to do when fuchsias come up :-)
    Dr. Fuchs might be looking in.

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  7. NatureFootstep23 February 2012 at 03:18

    rubeckia is a very decorative flower. Noting beats it´s color. :)

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  8. Sylvia K23 February 2012 at 20:43

    Thank you, Nick, for letting me know about this! I won't be able to join in and post until later -- hopefully, later this weekend! I do look forward to joining in!

    Sylvia

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  9. Ebie23 February 2012 at 21:23

    The color is as bright as the sun!

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  10. Carole M.24 February 2012 at 00:16

    loving the rudbekia. I've seen it called black-eyed-susan before but that is a totally differing plant name for us (thunbergia), a small simple petalled orange flower with chocolate/black centre, growing as a vine. Your rudbekia though is fabulous!

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  11. Jenny24 February 2012 at 04:34

    Beautiful flowers!!

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  12. Anonymous24 February 2012 at 06:36

    I grow Rudbeckia (black eyed susan)in our garden.
    Loved by butterflies and many bees, bumblebees and other insects.
    Love to use the flowers in my flowers arrangements.
    Great pictures!!

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  13. Modern Mom24 February 2012 at 09:02

    Gorgeous!

    Red Sponges

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  14. Sara Chapman24 February 2012 at 21:07

    And birds like their seedheads very much, too!

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  15. CameraCruise25 February 2012 at 02:41

    Beautiful!
    I won't be able to join in this week, I'll try next week.
    Have a great weekend.
    Mette

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  16. Unknown26 February 2012 at 08:28

    Great contrasts, beautiful shot!

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  17. Tatjana Parkacheva28 February 2012 at 12:10

    Beautiful photo.

    Regards and best wishes

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