Facing The Sun
by Alana Thrower
Title
Facing The Sun
Artist
Alana Thrower
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Showy Milkweed is a native wildflower in Colorado. It is most noted as a major food source for the Monarch butterfly. It is an exotic looking beauty with wonderful fragrance in my opinion.
Asclepias speciosa is a milky-sapped perennial plant in the dogbane family, known commonly as the showy milkweed. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Asclepias speciosa
Higher classification: Milkweed
Rank: Species
This image has been FEATURED in the following groups:
Macro Marvels 07-12-2018
Wildflowers 07-17-2018
New FAA uploads 08-04-2018
Global Flowers Photography 10-09-2018
ABC Group's J IS FOR JAGGED 12-03-2018
Visions of Spring-Glances of Summer 05-13-2020
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June 20th, 2018
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Comments (16)
Alana Thrower
Thank you so much Dora for featuring my photo in the group Visions of Spring-Glances of Summer!
Donna Kennedy
Beautiful capture Alana, I just ordered 2 of these plants online as the nursery here doesn't carry this kind...L/T/FB
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's J IS FOR JAGGED themed week. You are invited to add this wonderful art to the features archive discussions and in another discussion in ABC Group!
Jasna Dragun
Very interesting flower! l/f/fb
Alana Thrower replied:
Thank you so much Jasna for featuring my photo in the group Global Flowers Photography!
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