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Helsinki Wall-Pepper
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on September 5, 2009 tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day Biting (Goldmoss) Stonecrop, Sedum acre, also known as the Wall-pepper. Helsinki mystery flower, can you identify this? Photographed as I walked to Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) This…
More Daises from Helsinki
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on September 4, 2009 tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day Helsinki daises. Photographed as I walked to Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Helsinki Daises
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on September 3, 2009 tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day Helsinki daises. Photographed as I walked to Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Helsinki Mystery Blossoms
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on September 2, 2009 tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day Mystery blossoms. Photographed as I walked to Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Helsinki Daisies
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on September 1, 2009 tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day Daisies. Photographed at Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Helsinki Daisy, 2
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on August 31, 2009 tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day Daisy. Photographed at Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Helsinki Buttercup Shrub
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on July 8, 2009 tags: Potentilla fruticosa, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day Is this a wild rose or a close relative? “Goldfinger” or the Buttercup Shrub, Potentilla fruticosa. Photographed alongside a roadway in Pitäjänmäki in northern Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Helsinki Heartsease
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on July 7, 2009 tags: Heartsease, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day Heartsease is known by a wide variety of names, including the Wild Pansy, Ladies’ Delight, Jump-Up-And-Kiss-Me, and Johnny Jump-Up, Viola tricolor. Photographed on Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Helsinki Mystery Flower
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on July 6, 2009 tags: Black-eyed Susan vine, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day Mystery flower, can you name the species? Black-eyed Susan vine, Thunbergia alata. Photographed on Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) The Black-eyed Susan vine, Thunbergia alata, is a perennial climbing plant in the Acanthaceae family. It…
Helsinki Petunias
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on July 5, 2009 tags: petunias, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day White petunias, Petunia x hybrida. Photographed on Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) Petunias are trumpet shaped flowering plants that are endemic to South America. Botanically speaking, tobacco, tomato, potato, and petunia are all in the family Solanaceae.…