Rattlesnake Master Silhouette

Rattlesnake Master Silhouette

 This from Gorman Nature Center in November of 2005.

RM is an herbaceous perineal plant whose name comes from the fact that some native
Americans used its root as an antidote for rattlesnake venom.

Rattlesnake Master Silhouette

It is native to the tall grass prairies of central and Eastern North America  from Minnesota to Ohio and south to Texas and Florida.  Its scientific name is Eryngium yuccifolium and is also known as button eryngo, button snake-root.

I have found it interesting over the years as it has provided me unique images.




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Vivianite

Vivianite

(Fe2+Fe2+
2(PO
4)
2·8H
2O) is a hydrated iron phosphate mineral  Wikipedia

Wikipedia says about this mineral, "It was named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1817, the year of his death, after John Henry Vivian (1785–1855), a Welsh-Cornish politician, mine owner and mineralogist living in Truro, Cornwall, England. John Vivian discovered the mineral at Wheal Kind, in St Agnes, Cornwall.^[2]"

This sample is from Mullica, New Jersey, USA.  The image has a FOV of 11.25mm and is 

2.09X on the sensor.

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Timothy

Timothy Head

This plant grew in about all of the fence rows and escaped eradication because it was self propagating.  It was also in the hay which we fed to the cows.

I liked pulling the head out of the plant and placing in my mouth.  Try it sometime if you never have.

This images shows its reproductive stage.  If you look closely you will see tiny bees pollinating the flowers.

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