Cyclist with Dandelions by sandra46
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A shot I took in early July in the Euganean Hills near Padova. A dandelion is called lion's tooth in Italian, Loewenzahn in German, French dent-de-lion, and El pisacà n (dog's piss o radecio de can- dog's radicchio) or pisa in leto (piss-in-bed) in Venetian. In modern French the plant is named pissenlit, (or pisse au lit French vernacular). Likewise, piss-a-bed is an English folk-name for this plant, as is piscialletto in Italian and the Spanish meacamas. These names refer to the strong diuretic effect of the roots of the herb,eaten roasted or raw/fresh. In various north-eastern Italian dialects the plant is known as pisacà n (dog's piss), referring to how common they are found at the side of pavements, where dogs often urinate. In the Veneto this plant is used in the local recipes and it figured prominently in the poor people's tables when this was a very destitute area before WW2.
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Comments (49)
MagikUnicorn
SUPERBE
flora-crassella
a really beautiful picture! and nice informations....;-))
alessimarco
A really gorgeous capture!!! Beautiful!
Umbetro38
powerful colours - a Dream
claude19
SPLENDID shot ! i love these colors !!!
brycek
Nice shot and information!!
lyron
Wonderful effect. Great picture!!
jayfar
Great image but you need sunglasses to view it!!! Lol.
durleybeachbum
Great image and fascinating folk lore!
cryptojoe
Oh man! Look at the colors. Just wonderful, thanks for sharing!
Faemike55
Wonderful information and great photo
mgtcs
WOW.....this is a marvelous capture, the colors are just fabulous, loved it! *****
carlx
Fantastic view!!!
alanwilliams
wonderful shot plus vibrant colour and interesting text mae for a great package
drifterlee
Very beautiful shot!
lucindawind
beautiful shot and work !
Star4mation
Super photo Sandra :)
bazza
Great shot Sandra and interesting info!!
Minda
beautiful photo sandra..
jeroni
Fantastic image
jmb007
superbe photo!!
magnus073
This is such a wonderful capture of the dandelion field Sandra, and I can't get over what a breathtaking site it is. Thanks also for the bit of history behind them.
MOSKETON
FANTASTICA.
Radar_rad-dude
A most brilliantly surrealistic looking photo and work of art! Bravo! Superb!!!
psyoshida
They are lovely flowers and the certainly decorate that field nicely. People spend great amounts of money to kill them here. Pity, they are so lovely. Beautiful shot.
danapommet
Wonderful narrative to go along with this colorful capture. Did you add the butterflies? Dana
jocko500
I ate them too . they are good. anyway the post work is wonderful
wysiwig
Fantastic information but I think I'll stay with the name 'dandelion'. This is such a wonderful, peaceful image.
2Loose2Trek
Superb image ... beautiful area too.
erlandpil
A really gorgeous capture erland