Wildflower 15: Hemp agrimony
A walk up our little hill Besserstein provided a few photo opportunities. Eupatorium cannabinum. Gewöhnlicher Wasserdost.
Moth: Jersey Tiger. Euplagia quadripunctaria.
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What a startling set of colours he is cloaked in. To my eye, he resembles a pirate's tricorn. What is the flowering plant, please?
oops ... sorry ... just saw the title ... shall google that ... okay nowt to do with the plant from which comes the cloth hemp. I am not a botanist but it looks as though it could be related to the Magnolia if I read the Wikipaedia entry correctly.
I've noticed that other people miss the title line as well... interesting as that's the first line I always look at and there are those who don't fill out their title field at all on their blogs and it's all confusing.
Incidentally, I usually link to a descriptive page (here the latin name is the link), usually, but not always, Wikipedia. Depending on your browser, rolling over the highlighted text should show you the site that it goes to.
Both the English common name and the latin refer to hemp/cannabis. Haven't found out why exactly...
I'm no botanist either, but here's a remark anyway. The devision magnoliophyta is the 'most widespread group of land plants' according to the Wiki entry on that. A very varied group.
A wild flower and a butterfly !
Beautiful moth! I've never seen one like that before. Luckily he stood still long enough to get the shot.
You've got another winner with this photo! What an interesting colorful moth. Nice capture.
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