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Posted: 20 Dec 2019

Taken: 29 May 2019

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1/3200 • f/10.0 • 300.0 mm • ISO 1000 •

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flower •
yellow goatsbeard •
yellow salsify •
clear lake •
salsify •
tragopogon •
pratensis •
wildflower •
washington •
jack go to bed at noon •

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Jack-go-to-Bed-at-Noon

Jack-go-to-Bed-at-Noon
This is Yellow Salsify, or Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, so named because the flowers close at midday. It is common plant in our area but is a European import.

Gabriella Siglinde, , * ઇઉ *, Ulrich John and 7 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Annemarie
Annemarie club
What a name:D
4 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Great close–up ! What a funny nickname !
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 Leon_Vienna
Leon_Vienna club
In Europe, when people still mowed their meadows with scythes, Jack gave the signal to stop mowing. When his flowers go to sleep, the sun stands too high and the grass becomes too dry to be mowed anymore. Mowing was stopped until the next dawn, when the grass became wet again by nightly dew.
In German it is called Bocksbart -> Goatsbeard, which describes the state of the closed flower just before it opens again as ... well, no idea how you call it, that round fluffy collection of parachuted seeds, you easily can blow away ...

A beautiful portait of this nice flower.
4 years ago.
 RHH
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That is very interesting and the name Gostsbeard is used here, too.
4 years ago.
 Gabriella Siglinde
Gabriella Siglinde club
Un nome davvero divertente per questo fiore così magistralmente ripreso!
4 years ago.

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