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Black Swallowtail butterfly on "Horrible Thislte (that really is the name!)", Shark Valley, The Everglades National Park, Florida March 2013. I was riding a bicylce into a steady, 10-15mph headwind when I saw this butterfly. There had not been many that day. It was terrible, glaring mid day light and with the wind, even harder to get a good shot. And, it was a raggedy, less than perfect butterfly. But, I fought for it! We have these butterflies and this thistle in Maine. Here we call it Bull Thistle.
Black Swallowtail butterfly on "Horrible Thislte (that really is the name!)", Shark Valley, The Everglades National Park, Florida March 2013. I was riding a bicylce into a steady, 10-15mph headwind when I saw this butterfly. There had not been many that day. It was terrible, glaring mid day light and with the wind, even harder to get a good shot. And, it was a raggedy, less than perfect butterfly. But, I fought for it! We have these butterflies and this thistle in Maine. Here we call it Bull Thistle.
Polygala paucifolia, known as Gaywings or Fringed polygala is also called Milkwort, Snakeroot. My mother always called it Birdy On the Wing. I think that might have been her own name for it or a very local nickname. This Maine wildflower is a spring ephemeral, dissappearing by the time the trees leaf out. It growns in dappled shade in lean soil. It has been used medicinally and was thought to improve the milk production of cows that at it. There are over 60 different species of Polygala in the United States. Most of the occur in the southeast. This is the one we see in Maine. Photographed in May, Phippsburg, Maine. It's tiny: only three inches tall and the flower is about 1 1/2 inch across. I had to lie on the ground for these photos taken with a macro lens. For a distribution map and more info on this wildflower, visit http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/polygala_paucifolia.shtml
White Faced Wasp feeding on pollen of daisy in Maine, coastal garden
Polygala paucifolia, known as Gaywings or Fringed polygala is also called Milkwort, Snakeroot. My mother always called it Birdy On the Wing. I think that might have been her own name for it or a very local nickname. This Maine wildflower is a spring ephemeral, dissappearing by the time the trees leaf out. It growns in dappled shade in lean soil. It has been used medicinally and was thought to improve the milk production of cows that at it. There are over 60 different species of Polygala in the United States. Most of the occur in the southeast. This is the one we see in Maine. Photographed in May, Phippsburg, Maine. It's tiny: only three inches tall and the flower is about 1 1/2 inch across. I had to lie on the ground for these photos taken with a macro lens. For a distribution map and more info on this wildflower, visit http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/polygala_paucifolia.shtml
Polygala paucifolia, known as Gaywings or Fringed polygala is also called Milkwort, Snakeroot. My mother always called it Birdy On the Wing. I think that might have been her own name for it or a very local nickname. This Maine wildflower is a spring ephemeral, dissappearing by the time the trees leaf out. It growns in dappled shade in lean soil. It has been used medicinally and was thought to improve the milk production of cows that at it. There are over 60 different species of Polygala in the United States. Most of the occur in the southeast. This is the one we see in Maine. Photographed in May, Phippsburg, Maine. It's tiny: only three inches tall and the flower is about 1 1/2 inch across. I had to lie on the ground for these photos taken with a macro lens. For a distribution map and more info on this wildflower, visit http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/polygala_paucifolia.shtml
Polygala paucifolia, known as Gaywings or Fringed polygala is also called Milkwort, Snakeroot. My mother always called it Birdy On the Wing. I think that might have been her own name for it or a very local nickname. This Maine wildflower is a spring ephemeral, dissappearing by the time the trees leaf out. It growns in dappled shade in lean soil. It has been used medicinally and was thought to improve the milk production of cows that at it. There are over 60 different species of Polygala in the United States. Most of the occur in the southeast. This is the one we see in Maine. Photographed in May, Phippsburg, Maine. It's tiny: only three inches tall and the flower is about 1 1/2 inch across. I had to lie on the ground for these photos taken with a macro lens. For a distribution map and more info on this wildflower, visit http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/polygala_paucifolia.shtml
Polygala paucifolia, known as Gaywings or Fringed polygala is also called Milkwort, Snakeroot. My mother always called it Birdy On the Wing. I think that might have been her own name for it or a very local nickname. This Maine wildflower is a spring ephemeral, dissappearing by the time the trees leaf out. It growns in dappled shade in lean soil. It has been used medicinally and was thought to improve the milk production of cows that at it. There are over 60 different species of Polygala in the United States. Most of the occur in the southeast. This is the one we see in Maine. Photographed in May, Phippsburg, Maine. It's tiny: only three inches tall and the flower is about 1 1/2 inch across. I had to lie on the ground for these photos taken with a macro lens. For a distribution map and more info on this wildflower, visit http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/polygala_paucifolia.shtml
Black Swallowtail butterfly on "Horrible Thislte (that really is the name!)", Shark Valley, The Everglades National Park, Florida March 2013. I was riding a bicylce into a steady, 10-15mph headwind when I saw this butterfly. There had not been many that day. It was terrible, glaring mid day light and with the wind, even harder to get a good shot. And, it was a raggedy, less than perfect butterfly. But, I fought for it! We have these butterflies and this thistle in Maine. Here we call it Bull Thistle.
Black Swallowtail butterfly on "Horrible Thislte (that really is the name!)", Shark Valley, The Everglades National Park, Florida March 2013. I was riding a bicylce into a steady, 10-15mph headwind when I saw this butterfly. There had not been many that day. It was terrible, glaring mid day light and with the wind, even harder to get a good shot. And, it was a raggedy, less than perfect butterfly. But, I fought for it! We have these butterflies and this thistle in Maine. Here we call it Bull Thistle.
Black Swallowtail butterfly on "Horrible Thislte (that really is the name!)", Shark Valley, The Everglades National Park, Florida March 2013. I was riding a bicylce into a steady, 10-15mph headwind when I saw this butterfly. There had not been many that day. It was terrible, glaring mid day light and with the wind, even harder to get a good shot. And, it was a raggedy, less than perfect butterfly. But, I fought for it! We have these butterflies and this thistle in Maine. Here we call it Bull Thistle.
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