Bokeh Thursday: T is For Tarweed Blossom

2 more pictures in notes above! :D

Here is a Tarweed flower uncurling in the morning light. You can see why the opening bud in the previous photo looked like spaghetti, but now the petals look like curled fingers! Crazy cool!

By the way, this flower is called "tarweed" because it's completely COVERED with sticky droplets of stinky resin which looks and behaves a lot like tar when livestock walk around in fields full of these flowers. Their lower legs and belly will become nearly black with this stuff and it's extremely hard to remove! On top of that, it STINKS to high heaven! Some species of tarweed smell like lemons, but this kind smells like rotten citrus...EWWWWW!!! :D

By the way, if you'd like to see the pictures I took last year of tarweed species, here's a link!
Janet's Tarweed Images

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sasithorn_s

Great clarity and sharp,colorful details on this superb flower macro. Janet!

11 years ago.

Stan Askew ^club

another beauty !!!

11 years ago.

Don Sutherland ^club

Outstanding photo.

11 years ago.

Jim Boynton

I love the centre of the flower and you nailed the description with 'curled fingers'...dead on.

11 years ago.

Andrew Trundlewagon ^club

Very nice, I love the detail in the centre and the tiny droplets around the edge and the curl on the petals as if they were ready to spring into action. V. cool.

11 years ago.