Sunday, March 20, 2011

The Blue eyes of Blue-eyed Grass: Happy Macro Monday

My family has a small bay lot down on the Texas coast and this past week we were able to visit. By far, this is my favorite wildflower down at the bay. It's either Sisyrinchium langloisii or S. pruinosum. One has shorter leaves than the other and frankly, I wasn't paying much attention to the leaves!
The other species of blue-eyed grass found here is Sisyrinchium exile and its....YELLOW...go figure!
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David/ Tropical Texana
Click on image for the MACRO.....there's a fine line of purple that edges the yellow. Do you see it?

Another species? This was growing along White Oak Bayou.

This is a pale blue Sisyrinchium, perhaps S. campestre. They sow wildflowers along the bayou and this could be anything.




15 comments:

  1. That is a great capture of that beautiful flower! Nice job! I can see the purple around the edges of the yellow. Amazing details, huh? God is such an awesome artist.

    Blessings for the coming week,
    Candace

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  2. that is my most favorite ccolor. so pretty!

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  3. Beautiful captures! I love that first flower.

    Teresa

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  4. The colours are so gorgeous, I love them!

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  5. Beautiful blue-eyed grasses - and yes, I see the purple!

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  6. Yes, yes. I can see the dark purple line that you mention. The bigger image shows much more detail. Wonderful shot!

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  7. Thanks for the beautiful blooms!

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  8. Beautiful flowers with wonderful colors!

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  9. Lovely fragile looking flowers. Probably very hardy! Nature at its best! Thank you! Cathy

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  10. This is one of my favorite flowers, soon to bloom in my Texas garden. It re seeds all over the place and I just let it be. Mine must be the longer variety as I see at the Wildflower Center they have some which is very short. Those are the only two I have seen. Never the pale one you showed. I am wondering if this might be more related to Herbertia as the flower form is very similar.

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  11. such a fresh blue.
    Good to see your close-up showing the finely shaped green centre.
    Very much earlier than over here in the UK. Mine won't show for weeks yet.
    The tall yellow variety isn't anywhere near as pretty. The yellow is sort of greyish.

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  12. Any blue flower is a favorite with me!!! Great shots.

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  13. Flowers! Squealing with delight!! (I'm still under snow) I especially love the first one! So pretty!

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  14. Very nice photos of beutiful flowers!

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  15. What a lovely shade of blue you found!

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I always appreciate your comments & questions! Happy Gardening from David/ Tropical Texana

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