Biodiversity Challenge Friday
This week's last flower is probably the easiest to find, but also one of the prettiest and most cheerful - the Daisy.
Daisy - Bellis perennis or Nóinín as Gaeilge flowers for a lot of the year and can be found in most gardens and lawns.
The word 'Daisy' comes from 'Day's Eye', because daisies close up their flowers in the evening and open them again when morning comes. Have a look this evening as it is getting dark - the white petals will have closed over the central yellow part.
The flowers are made up of the central disc florets (yellow) and the outer ray florets (white).
The leaves are "spatulate"/look like a spoon.
The below image shows an open individual disc floret (the central yellow part) of a daisy under the magnification of a microscope.
Do look around and find a daisy, examine it, sketch it or photograph it.
Look at each other's pictures here
Daisy - Bellis perennis or Nóinín as Gaeilge flowers for a lot of the year and can be found in most gardens and lawns.
The word 'Daisy' comes from 'Day's Eye', because daisies close up their flowers in the evening and open them again when morning comes. Have a look this evening as it is getting dark - the white petals will have closed over the central yellow part.
The flowers are made up of the central disc florets (yellow) and the outer ray florets (white).
The leaves are "spatulate"/look like a spoon.
The below image shows an open individual disc floret (the central yellow part) of a daisy under the magnification of a microscope.
Do look around and find a daisy, examine it, sketch it or photograph it.
Look at each other's pictures here
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