Tuesday, August 25, 2009

ABC Wednesday ~ F

F is for Flower.
The latin name for this flower is Fragaria Virginiana Duchesne.
The common name is Wild Strawberry which blooms around here in early June.



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17 comments:

Sylvia K said...

Lovely flowers, beautiful shots and perfect for the F day!

Have a great week!

Sylvia

photowannabe said...

Great shots of the wild strawberry. I would love to see them in real life.

Sistertex said...

Very nice shot....the rocks under the flower set things off further.

Beverley Baird said...

We had the same idea! I love flowers - I love the delicacy of your photo!

Janie said...

Beautiful photo with the dew on the plant. Great F!

Carol said...

What a pretty delicate flower with dew drops glistening...nice choice for today...

Leslie: said...

What a lovely shot! :D

Roger Owen Green said...

fine floral foto

Tumblewords: said...

Wild strawberries! I used to pick enough for a small shortcake when I was a child but hadn't seen any for years until this spring when I found two tiny little red berries. I'd forgotten how sweet they were - nothing like the domestic. It was pleasure! Fantastic photo.

Dimple said...

Beautiful shot! Macros take more than I can usually manage, somehow. I think I will blame the camera!

Hildred said...

Lovely foto, and the wild strawberries are so fresh and sweet.

Strawberry Jam Anne said...

Pretty flower, wonderful shot - love the water droplets.

kamz said...

That is a lovely white blossom! does it give out a fragrant smell too?

jay said...

I thought that looked like a wild strawberry! I used to pick and eat them along the old disused railway track when I was a child.

They have such an exquisite flavour, compared to domestic strawberries.

EcoRover said...

Fabulous fine fragrant fragile five-petalled strawberry flower.

RE: your question on elk & caribou/reindeer relatedness: both are ungulates, with caribou representing an ancient line of deer adapted for long distance running. Cf. Geist (1998) "Deer of the World."

littleorangeguy said...

Does it get fruit? If so, do you suppose we ever ate it?

gone to the dogs said...

They have a very tiny berry which you can eat. Its very sweet. But they are so tiny that it would be hard to imagine husking them to preserve or use in baking. I've seen my brother's Lab, Jesse, munch on them. They are very plentiful and fragrant.