New York City in Bloom

By grrlscientist on April 10, 2009.

tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day

Daffodil blossoms, UWS, Manhattan, NYC.

Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].

These blossoms are a couple days past their prime, but they are still beautiful.

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Since we are living the scientific life, we could give species names for plants as well as animals. Narcissus pseudonarcissus in this case.

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