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Posted: 02 Mar 2014

Taken: 02 Sep 2013

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1/500 • f/4.0 • 108.0 mm • ISO 100 •

Panasonic DMC-FZ200

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macro •
Boat Launch area •
Common Burdock •
burrs •
Fish Creek Park •
Arctium minus •
beauty in nature •
Calgary •
Burdock •
Alberta •
Canada •
invasive •
prickly •
weed •
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the inspiration for Velcro •

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The inspiration for Velcro

The inspiration for Velcro
Common Burdock (Arctium minus) is an invasive weed, but I always find the prickly burs attractive. This macro shot was taken on 2 September 2013, in the Boat Launch area in Fish Creek Park.

"The prickly heads of these plants (burrs) are noted for easily catching on to fur and clothing (being the inspiration for Velcro), thus providing an excellent mechanism for seed dispersal." From Wikipedia.
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