Sunday, June 08, 2008

Bulbous Buttercup

This "weed", Bulbous Buttercup, has been appearing in my yard for years and I pull it up and it comes back and we have played this little game for a long time. Today I noticed that the topside of the petals had a metallic sheen! Yes, shining yellow petals to attract something wonderful. After about 40 minutes of searching I finally found the name on a great site enature, with a field guide for identification of all things wild.

Bulbous Buttercup

Bulbous Buttercup

Bulbous Buttercup
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11 comments:

  1. Tara's Art Camp10:39 AM

    only you can make a weed look so beautiful!

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  2. Anonymous2:58 PM

    Ooooh...love that third intricate shot, Kim! What kind of camera do you use?
    Brenda

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  3. Kim Carney3:20 PM

    Thank you guys! Hey Brenda, I have a SLR canon rebel, and just recently was given a macro lens for it! I can change out the lens .... I bought it years ago, but I know the price has gone down considerable on them

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  4. Anonymous5:34 PM

    Kim, did you not grow up with buttercups? We used to put them under each others' chins, and if they reflected yellow (which they always did), it meant that *that* person liked butter!

    Your photos are wonderful; they brought back some lovely childhood memories ...

    Maggy

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  5. Beverly5:59 PM

    thank you for the web site on wild plants. I bought a house with wild flowers everywhere and I do not know what to keep and what to pull.

    I killed with R*undup and now 4 years later these beautiful flowers popping up...:)

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  6. Kim Carney7:43 PM

    hey Maggy! yes I did! And we put them under our chins. ;)

    I also have evening primroses which are really weeds in Texas ;)

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  7. Kim Carney7:45 PM

    oh, Beverly, I really liked that website and was excited to find it myself. These are everywhere in my own grass ... maybe I will keep them after all.

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  8. waltraut2:21 AM

    I love it how you see the beauty in "humble" buttercups. The fotos are beautiful and it is terrific how you captured that sheen.
    I love your blog a lot and visit regularly

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  9. kelly barton art + design5:55 AM

    love buttercups!

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  10. Anonymous11:20 AM

    Kim,

    I have yet another really cool set of pictures, this time with hair: http://omgowned.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/hairstyles-that-my-mom-wont-approve/

    Enjoy!

    Abby A

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  11. Beertje Zonn12:20 PM

    What a beautiful photos.
    The flower name in Holland is boterbloem.
    Kind regards,

    Soonnja & Beertje Zonn
    from the Netherlands

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