Prairie Coneflower

Posted by Earnest (Oklahoma, United States) on 29 February 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

Almost makes you wonder why it bothers with petals at all...

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Comments (6)

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

It almost looks like that's the way pine cones grow. ;-) It must be covered with many seeds and then they are released in the wind.

29 Feb 2008 2:41pm

@Steven: Believe it or not, it would seem to be simple to get these in a photo but I had an unbelievably difficult time getting the focus nearly right.