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#WildflowerWednesday: Giant Air Plant (Tillandsia fasciculata). #Epiphytes get nourishment from air, rain, and minerals from their host tree. #SciArt by Mary Vaux Walcott for her North American Wild Flowers, V.2 (1925). Via @BioDivLibrary & @SILibraries: https://t.co/iLd8Ek6Lrk
Harriet Isabel Adams, mid-19th C. botanical artist. Explore her Wild Flowers of the British Isles for #WildflowerWednesday via @BioDivLibrary: https://t.co/DKx0cKUDm4 -- #HerNaturalHistory #WomeninHistSciArt H/T to @DeborahLambkin for this discovery!
The beautiful Mountain Phlox (Phlox ovata) is a plant of special concern found in NE Tennessee. The specimen's color may be faded, but they put out a spectacular inflorescence. Photo by Aaron Floden. #FlattenedFlora #WildflowerWednesday #botany #herbaria @UTK_EEB @UTPlantSciences
Happy #WildflowerWednesday! Pictured here are 3 beautiful Helianthus verticillatus specimens. This #sunflower only occurs in small sections of Tennessee, Alabama, & Georgia making it one of the many #Endangered species of #TN! 🌻🌿🌼 #Botany #Wildflowers #Sunflowers #Conservation