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Un-"Commonly" Presented Dandelion Dandelions don't normally catch my eye but while photographing wild flowers at sunset I looked around a bit closer to where I was laying in the field and could not help but snap the sun setting through this "seed head". Common dandelion,Sunset,Taraxacum officinale Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Un-"Commonly" Presented Dandelion

Dandelions don't normally catch my eye but while photographing wild flowers at sunset I looked around a bit closer to where I was laying in the field and could not help but snap the sun setting through this "seed head".

    comments (6)

  1. I've never seen anyone do this, very creative, Stephen! Posted 10 years ago
    1. I really like how the sun as backlight really pops structural detail in the seed blow. Posted 10 years ago
  2. Very inventive. Posted 10 years ago
  3. a wonderful picture. very interesting and a nice idea. Posted 10 years ago
    1. thank you! it was a fun idea that just caught my attention out of the corner of my eye. Posted 10 years ago
      1. these are usually the most beautiful images that are shot by accident. Congratulations. Posted 10 years ago

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"Taraxacum officinale", the common dandelion, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It can be found growing in temperate regions of the world, in lawns, on roadsides, on disturbed banks and shores of water ways, and other areas with moist soils.

Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by Stephen Philips
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By Stephen Philips

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Uploaded May 30, 2015.