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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

06/14/2005 10:10:52 AM · #1

shot this at the Huntington Library gardens in Pasadena, CA

Probably, could've just looked at the sign, but forgot. Anybody can tell me what it is?

tristalisk

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

06/14/2005 11:44:07 AM · #2

Looks like you've managed to stump the masses. Myself included. I must admit i don'have a clue beyond the fact that it looks to be somthing from the thistle family.

Jinjit

06/14/2005 11:54:24 AM · #3

By the shape of the leaves I would say this has to be a close family member of the Dill.
But I can't say exactly which kind.

jbsmithana

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED

06/14/2005 12:10:39 PM · #4

My wife is the Marster Gardner of the house so I'll forward this on to her. Maybe when she gets home she will know. But you got me.

emorgan49

Olympus E-5

Olympus 50mm f/1.8 MF Normal Zuiko

06/14/2005 12:22:50 PM · #5

Nice picture, by the way.

train

Panasonic DMC-FZ30

06/14/2005 12:30:21 PM · #6

I maybe wrong but I think I have seen these before
It looks like a wildflower, called a cornflower, but I don't know the proper name for it.
It is very pretty, light blue, the plant grows to abot 12 inches or so.

I like it because they are dainty and the greenery on the flower seems to be protecting the flower in a sort of barbed covering, but in fact it is very soft

A nice image

SteveJ

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

06/14/2005 12:34:18 PM · #7

Just had a look at your pic and agree with train...looks very much like a cornflower.

Steve

06/14/2005 12:38:15 PM · #8

Perhaps you're right, however it is definitely not the most generic variety of it. The cornflower which I know looks kinda like this

my mystery flower is quite different

degan_v

Nikon D70

06/14/2005 12:57:40 PM · #9

This appears to me as an annual called love in a mist.

Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon

06/14/2005 01:06:35 PM · #10

Originally posted by degan_v:

This appears to me as an annual called love in a mist.

You're absolutely right, I just googled it. It's a wonderful name, I love it. Thank you very much!!

ps: changed the title of the photo.

vtruan

Nikon D5100

06/14/2005 01:07:57 PM · #11

Love-in-the-mist is correct Nigella

justine

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/14/2005 01:11:45 PM · #12

I love when a mystery is solved.

Sunniee

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

06/14/2005 01:14:27 PM · #13

Nigella Damascena

Pretty flower... you have captured it well...

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED

06/14/2005 01:16:51 PM · #14

Originally posted by vtruan:

Love-in-the-mist is correct Nigella

Nigella it is, but I am not sure that the correct spelling is "Love-in-THE-mist". I checked with google, and both variants are used, but
Love-in-the-mist is in 6.240 pages and Love-in-a-mist is in 25,800. Go figure.

art-inept

Olympus C-5060WZ

Canon EF 35mm f/2.0

06/14/2005 01:23:18 PM · #15

it almost looks like a virus infecting the rna in a mitochondria

jbsmithana

Nikon D300

06/14/2005 03:37:00 PM · #16

Our household plant expert says:

It could be Nigella as stated or it could be Bachelor Button or the latin is Centaurea cyanus. Hard to tell without seeing the whole plant. The Nigella leaf is very lacy, the Bachelor Button leaf is stringier.

train

Panasonic DMC-FZ30

06/14/2005 11:21:15 PM · #17

I have just come back to tell you it is 'Love in the Mist'
I looked it up in the library
Sorry about calling it a cornflower but it is similar

A very pretty flower

06/14/2005 11:40:57 PM · #18

Originally posted by jbsmithana:

Bachelor Button IS the cornflower mentioned before. No, this is definitely Nigella, I am positive now.

Thanks again to all for taking time to solve the puzzle!

BTW, here is another plant (actually, just a flower) from the same outing

No idea what it is. Any guesses?

Message edited by author 2005-06-15 11:44:55.