Between dead grass

in #photography9 years ago (edited)

This is a tormentil (Potentilla erecta), from the rose family. The flowers are only 1cm (0.4") across, but Very Yellow.

The plant likes a bit of acidity, so it feels right at home in the higher parts of the peat bog where I took this photo.


Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/160s

It has some interesting medicinal uses, mainly against pain and inflammations, and a red dye can be produced from its root.

More importantly, it is the key ingredient of an herbal liqueur produced in Bavaria, called Blutwurz, after the plant 8-).

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I have some very similar one in my photo collection ( yellow flowers on a died grass:))

Beautiful little flowers, nicely captured.

beautiful flower picture :)

Thank you.

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