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White Silene from Manisha
Manisha found these teeny white campions on a cold late summer morning in Tiny Town, Colorado, which is at about 8500 ft in altitude. These flowers are originally a native of Europe. It can be an invasive weed, depending on where it is found.
White campion or silene latifolia has male and female plants. The picture featured above is a female plant with female flowers.
White campion contains saponins which are toxic but since they are poorly absorbed by our body, they don't cause much harm. When the root is simmered in hot water, it can be used as a soap substitute for washing clothes.
The plant grows up to 3ft in height and the flowers are between 1/2 inch to 1 inch in diameter. It flowers between June and September.
The plant to the left in the picture below is a male plant with flowers.
Wisteria from Shilpa:
Wisteria is a climbing vine with purple-blue flowers that hangs down like a bunch of grapes. It flowers in the beginning of spring. This plant is not very popular as it is invasive and suffocates other native plants, which in turn affects wildlife who depend on these native plants for food.
Shilpa found these flowers at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
Wiegla from Jugalbandi
Wood Sorrel and Woody Nightshade from Mamatha:
Common Wood Sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) is a plant from the Oxalis family. It flowers for a few months in spring, with small white flowers with pink streaks. The leaflets are made up by three heart-shaped leaves, folded through the middle. It is sometimes referred to as a shamrock (due to its three-leaf clover-like motif) and given as as gift on St. Patrick's Day. Mamatha clicked this picture at Smoky's.
(source: http://www.wikipedia.org)
Woody Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) is a member of the Nightshade family (Solanaceae) - the family that supplies us with vegetables like potato, tomato, green and red peppers, eggplant. The leaves are always arranged to face the light and the flower clusters invariably face a different direction from the leaves. The plant bears tiny egg-shaped green fruits that finally mature into shiny red berries.
Mamatha found this flower along a trail by the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh.
(source: http://ww.the-tree.org.uk/EnchantedForest/WoodlandFlowers/woodynightshade.htm)
Wishbone from Sree
A common annual that loves shade along with hot and humid weather. It resembles an open snap dragon. Purple, rose, light blue and white and most common colors.
Scientific Name:Torenia fournieri
Wildrose from Mythreyee
Each year, in the early part of June, these small white wild roses begin to bloom, bringing a contrast to the green background. These roses are a climbing variety, and they utilize other trees and shrubs for their support. A few of these roses are in single bushes, but most are seen cascading down from the branches of other vegetation.
These are wild growing, massively fragrant multifloras that bloom buckets of five petaled white flowers in late spring and early summer.
Waterlily from Priya
Water Lily also known as Nymphaea belongs to a family that has around 50 species. Some of these are day blooming one's and some are night bloomers. Colors include white, pink, purple and blue. There is often a confusion between Water Lily and Lotus - the former belongs to the Nymphaea family, while the latter belongs to the Nelumbo family. The name Nelumbo is from Sinhala.
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2 comments:
The W parade is awesome. Each one has got a different flower. I mean, there is no repeat. Keep up the good work everybody.
I am sad we are almost at the end of the A to Z roundups :-(
Mythreyee - Nice to see you back from your break.
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