Busy Bee on Wildflowers
by Barbara Zahno
Title
Busy Bee on Wildflowers
Artist
Barbara Zahno
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Available On Canvas Or Prints And Gift Cards
Description
Early signs of spring and busy times for bees.
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Scientific Name: Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima
Synonym: Cassia leptocarpa var. glaberrima
Common Names: Woolly Senna, Slim-pod Senna
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Shrub, Subshrub, Herb/Forb
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert (upper elevation), Upland, Riparian. This showy wildflower typically grows in sandy desert washes and along roadsides in the uplands.
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering Season: Summer, Fall (early). It blooms after the summer monsoon rains have begun.
Height: 3 to 6 feet (91 cm to 1.8 m) tall or more
Description: The flowers have 5 oval petals and 2 enlarged, curved, lower stamens. The 2 lowest petals are cupped. The flowers attract ants and are followed by 6 to 10 inch (15 to 25 cm) long, slender, arching bean pods. The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound with an even number of green, lanceolate leaflets. The plants are hairless or mostly hairless in this variety.
Ideal for greeting cards, totes, throw pillows, shower curtains, phone cases, and any great wall decor.
Featured in these FAA Groups:
* Beauty of Arizona
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March 14th, 2015
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Comments (5)
Barbara Zahno
Thank you so much, Vickie, for your nice comment and the promotion. I will have to check myself for the exact name - it is right in front of my house. :-) ...to follow!
Lucinda Walter
Congratulations! Your beautiful work is featured in the FAA group "Beauty of Arizona" l/f
Vickie Emms
Such a pretty flower. I am somewhat of a wildflower expert but I don't know this one :-) Congratulations on your promotion in Floral Throw Pillows Yellow Colored Flower Discussion Thread - Pinned to Pinterest
Barbara Zahno replied:
Hello Vickie - I found what we were both looking for: Scientific Name: Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima Synonym: Cassia leptocarpa var. glaberrima Common Names: Woolly Senna, Slim-pod Senna Plant Characteristics Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Shrub, Subshrub, Herb/Forb Arizona Native Status: Native Habitat: Desert (upper elevation), Upland, Riparian. This showy wildflower typically grows in sandy desert washes and along roadsides in the uplands. Flower Color: Yellow Flowering Season: Summer, Fall (early). It blooms after the summer monsoon rains have begun. Height: 3 to 6 feet (91 cm to 1.8 m) tall or more Description: The flowers have 5 oval petals and 2 enlarged, curved, lower stamens. The 2 lowest petals are cupped. The flowers attract ants and are followed by 6 to 10 inch (15 to 25 cm) long, slender, arching bean pods. The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound with an even number of green, lanceolate leaflets. The plants are hairless or mostly hairless in this variety. THE WOOLLY SENNA !
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