cockleburr field 2 by Richardphotos

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Apr 28, 2012

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I do not consider this to be beautiful, but only trying to show how large the field is this field is at least 800 feet long and 200 at it's widest.I was standing on a small rise right next to the road with huge trucks lumbering by.besides a 20-30 mph gusts of wind They are coarse, herbaceous annual plants growing to 20-47 in (1.5 to 4 ft) tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, with a deeply toothed margin. Some species, notably X. spinosum, are also very thorny with long, slender spines at the leaf bases. The flowers are of two types; One, in short terminal branches, produces only pollen. The other, in clusters in the axils of the leaves, produces seed. Unlike many other members of the family Asteraceae, whose seeds are airborne with a plume of silky hairs resembling miniature parachutes, cocklebur seeds are produced in a hard, spiny, globose or oval double-chambered, single-seeded bur .32-.79 in long. It is covered with stiff, hooked spines, which sticks to fur and clothing and can be quite difficult to extract. These remarkable burred seeds have allowed this plant to be carried all over the world by unsuspecting travelers. This plant reproduces only by means of its seed. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Comments (40)

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jayfar

5:41AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Nice shot Richard.

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zaigodou

6:22AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Nice!! 草の香りがします

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bazza

6:40AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Nice shot Richard.. It was because of the hook seeds of this plant that Velcro was invented.. In 1941 a Swiss engineer, Georges de Mestral, noticed that his wool socks and jacket and his dog’s fur were covered with cockleburs after a walk in the woods. Observing the burs under a microscope, he noted the hundreds of hooks and how easily they attached to fibers, especially if the fibers were looped. By 1948 de Mestral had duplicated the hook and loop configuration in nylon and named it Velcro. Since then it has been used for making hundreds of items from clothing to heart valves.

bebert

7:10AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

nice shot

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bimm3d

7:22AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

neat photo!!

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dakotabluemoon

7:35AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Those are so pretty.

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nitegrafix

7:38AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Excellent image!

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greyone

7:39AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Very cool photo Richard. the POV you chose makes it even more impressive.

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Rainastorm

7:40AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

What a HUGE field of flowers of sorts...I think they look very cool Richard! Thank you for the larger picture in our minds of this field.

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VDH

8:21AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Nice shot!!

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flavia49

8:53AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

beautiful picture

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magnus073

9:09AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

This is a great shot that really shows the size of this field Richard. I just wouldn't want to go walking through the middle of it

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eekdog Online Now!

9:44AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

cool capture my friend, looks beautiful on my end.

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claude19

9:57AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

cool photo about a flower that clings !!!

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drifterlee

10:13AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Gorgeous shot, Richard!

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Jay-el-Jay

10:34AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

A fine shot of this abundance of plants.They are in fields like this all over the place.

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Flint_Hawk

10:37AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

This is a great capture!

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evielouise

10:57AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

As you said not a beauty in our standards but rare in it's own way and with some post work and brighten up colors we could do wonders with a photo like this maybe I will try it:

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Faemike55

11:06AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Cool shot and great information

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Leije

11:15AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Very esthetic !

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brycek

11:35AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Wonderful capture, Richard!!

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kbrog

11:50AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Wonderful capture! :)

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bobrgallegos

11:57AM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Great capture Richard!

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Blush

12:22PM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Great pic Reminds me of thistles Hugs Susan~

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crunch01

1:11PM | Sat, 28 April 2012

great shot! love the colors, nice to see velcro in it's natural environment! lol

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carlx

1:19PM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Beautiful!!!

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farmerC

1:22PM | Sat, 28 April 2012

Fantastic shot.

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MarciaGomes

3:09PM | Sat, 28 April 2012

MARAVILHOSA FOTO,MEU AMIGO,MESMO QUE ESTAS FLORES TENHAM ESPINHOS ,ELA SÃO BELAS QUANDO ESTÃO SECAS SOLTAM SUAS SEMENTES E ELAS VOAM EM FORMAS DE BAILARINAS,É ASSIM QUE EU AS VEJO.+++++++++++5 OBRIGADO PELA INFORMAÇÃO. PS,QUANDO EU ERA CRIANÇA ADORAVA SOPRAR ESTAS FLORES,SÓ PARA VER AS SEMENTES VOANDO ELAS SÃO MARAVILHOSAS PARECEM BAILARINAS DANÇANDO.

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