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  • SHOT 10/23/2007 - A marketgoer carries a bundle of sunflowers through the farmer's market in San Francisco, Ca. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the fourteenth-most populous in the United States. San Francisco is a popular international tourist destination renowned for its steep rolling hills, an eclectic mix of Victorian and modern architecture, its large LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) population, and its chilly summer fog and mild winters. Famous landmarks include Union Square, Pacific Heights, Russian Hill, Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach and Chinatown..(Photo by Marc Piscotty © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 12/18/2007 - Dasylirion wheeleri (Desert Spoon or Common Sotol) is a flowering plant native to arid environments of the southwestern United States, in Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas, and in northern Mexico, in Chihuahua and Sonora. It is a moderate to slow-growing evergreen shrub with a single unbranched trunk up to 40 cm thick growing to 1.5 m tall, though often recumbent on the ground. The leaf blade is slender, 35-100 cm long, gray-green, with a toothed margin. The leaves radiate from the center of the plant's apex in all directions. The flowering stem grows above the foliage, to a height of 5 m tall, and 3-6 cm diameter. The stem is topped by a long plume of straw-colored small flowers about 2.5 cm long with six tepals. The fruit is an oval dry capsule 5-8 mm long, containing a single seed. The Desert Spoon is grown as an ornamental plant, valued in xeriscaping. It can be planted any season but summer and pruned in October. The drink sotol is made from the Desert Spoon. It was also used by the natives of the region for food and fiber. The Desert Botanical Garden is a 50 acre (20 ha) botanical garden located within Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Founded in 1939, the garden now has more than 21,000 plants, including 139 species which are rare, threatened or endangered. Of special note are the rich collections of agave (176 taxa) and cacti (10,350 plants in 1,350 taxa), especially the Opuntia sub-family. The Desert Botanical Garden has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride..(Photo by Marc Piscotty/ © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 12/18/2007 - A shadow of a tree cast on a leaf of a Shaw's Century Plant (Agave Shawii). The plant is indigenous to the Baja, Mexico area. Chiefly Mexican, they occur also in the southern and western United States and in central and tropical South America. The plants have a large rosette of thick fleshy leaves generally ending in a sharp point and with a spiny margin; the stout stem is usually short, the leaves apparently springing from the root. The Desert Botanical Garden is a 50 acre (20 ha) botanical garden located within Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Founded in 1939, the garden now has more than 21,000 plants, including 139 species which are rare, threatened or endangered. Of special note are the rich collections of agave (176 taxa) and cacti (10,350 plants in 1,350 taxa), especially the Opuntia sub-family. The Desert Botanical Garden has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride..(Photo by Marc Piscotty/ © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 9/19/2007 - Photos of Orchidaceae, also called the Orchid family, is the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae). Its name is derived from the genus Orchis. The Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew list 880 genera and nearly 22,000 accepted species, but the exact number is unknown since classification differs greatly in the academic world. About 800 new species are added each year. The largest genera are Bulbophyllum (2,000 species), Epidendrum (1,500 species), Dendrobium (1,400 species) and Pleurothallis (1,000 species). Orchidaceae are cosmopolitan, occurring in almost every habitat apart from deserts and glaciers. The great majority are to be found in the tropics, mostly Asia, South America and Central America. They are found above the Arctic Circle, in southern Patagonia and even on Macquarie Island, close to Antarctica..(Photo by Marc Piscotty © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 10/23/2007 - Closup of a Teddy Bear Sunflower for sale at a flower stand in San Francisco, Ca. Loads of bright orange multi-petaled chrysanthemum-type blooms. Dwarf sturdy plants are upright, growing about 3 feet tall. Teddy Bear is nice for cutting but equally nice for a colourful garden border. The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas in the family Asteraceae, with a large flowering head (inflorescence). The stem of the flower can grow as high as 3 metres tall, with the flower head reaching up to 30 cm in diameter with the "large" seeds. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the fourteenth-most populous in the United States. San Francisco is a popular international tourist destination renowned for its steep rolling hills, an eclectic mix of Victorian and modern architecture, its large LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) population, and its chilly summer fog and mild winters. Famous landmarks include Union Square, Pacific Heights, Russian Hill, Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach and Chinatown..(Photo by Marc Piscotty © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 12/18/2007 - Parry's Agave (Agave parryi) is a slow-growing agave native to New Mexico. Its range extends into Southeast Arizona, New Mexico, and Northern Mexico. The leaves are grey green and have a spine at the tip. One of the distinguishing features is that the point on the tip, which is typically dark tan, brown, or black, is darker than the leaf. Indentations of previous leaves show on the back of each leaf. The Huachuca variety grows in a rosette pattern as large as 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 feet in diameter. Because of its compact size, plus its low water use and low maintenance, Huachuca agave is considered a good landscaping plant for desert residential landscaping. It requires full sun. It is hardy to roughly zero degrees Fahrenheit. Parry's Agave is evergreen. Aged agave produce a twelve-foot stalk with bright yellow blooms. They then die after blooming, as all leaf and root resources are put into the stalk, flowers, and seeds. It can be propagated by either offset or seed. The Desert Botanical Garden is a 50 acre (20 ha) botanical garden located within Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Founded in 1939, the garden now has more than 21,000 plants, including 139 species which are rare, threatened or endangered. Of special note are the rich collections of agave (176 taxa) and cacti (10,350 plants in 1,350 taxa), especially the Opuntia sub-family. The Desert Botanical Garden has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride..(Photo by Marc Piscotty/ © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 4/26/08 5:07:10 PM - Various flowers and plants in bloom in the backyard. An emerging Iceland Poppy (Papaver nudicaule syn. Papaver croceum, P. amurense, P. miyabeanum, and P. macounii) is a boreal flowering plant. Native to subpolar regions of northern Europe and North America, Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials, usually grown as biennials, that yield large, papery, bowl-shaped, lightly fragrant flowers supported by hairy, 1-foot, curved stems among feathery blue-green foliage 1-6 inches long. They were first described by botanists in 1759. The wild species blooms in white or yellow, and is hardy from USDA Zones 2-8. All parts of this plant are likely to be poisonous, containing (like all poppies) toxic alkaloids. The plants prefer light, well-drained soil and full sun, but the plants are not hardy in hot weather, perishing within a season in hot summer climates..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 4/26/08 5:03:10 PM - Various flowers and plants in bloom in the backyard. The Iceland Poppy (Papaver nudicaule syn. Papaver croceum, P. amurense, P. miyabeanum, and P. macounii) is a boreal flowering plant. Native to subpolar regions of northern Europe and North America, Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials, usually grown as biennials, that yield large, papery, bowl-shaped, lightly fragrant flowers supported by hairy, 1-foot, curved stems among feathery blue-green foliage 1-6 inches long. They were first described by botanists in 1759. The wild species blooms in white or yellow, and is hardy from USDA Zones 2-8. All parts of this plant are likely to be poisonous, containing (like all poppies) toxic alkaloids. The plants prefer light, well-drained soil and full sun, but the plants are not hardy in hot weather, perishing within a season in hot summer climates. The stamen (plural stamina or stamens, from Latin stamen meaning "thread of the warp") is the male organ of a flower. Each stamen generally has a stalk called the filament (from Latin filum, meaning "thread"), and, on top of the filament, an anther (from Ancient Greek anthera, feminine of antheros "flowery," from anthos "flower"), and pollen sacs, called microsporangia..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/1/08 6:20:11 PM - Various backyard garden flowers including lavender. Lavenders are widely grown in gardens. Flower spikes are used for dried flower arrangements. The fragrant, pale purple flowers and flower buds are used in potpourris. Dried and sealed in pouches, they are placed among stored items of clothing to give a fresh fragrance and as a deterrent to moths. The plant is also grown commercially for extraction of lavender oil from the flowers. This oil is used as an antiseptic and for aromatherapy. Lavender flowers yield abundant nectar which yields a high quality honey for beekeepers. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of colonial nests out of wax. Honey bees are the only extant members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/1/08 6:22:10 PM - Various backyard garden flowers including day lilly. Daylilies comprise the small genus Hemerocallis of flowering plants in the family Hemerocallidaceae. The flowers of most species open at sunrise and wither at sunset, possibly replaced by another one on the same stem the next day. Some species are night-blooming. Daylilies are not commonly used as cut flowers for formal flower arranging, yet they make good cut flowers otherwise as new flowers continue to open on cut stems over several days. .(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/1/08 6:18:31 PM - Various backyard garden flowers including lavender. Lavenders are widely grown in gardens. Flower spikes are used for dried flower arrangements. The fragrant, pale purple flowers and flower buds are used in potpourris. Dried and sealed in pouches, they are placed among stored items of clothing to give a fresh fragrance and as a deterrent to moths. The plant is also grown commercially for extraction of lavender oil from the flowers. This oil is used as an antiseptic and for aromatherapy. Lavender flowers yield abundant nectar which yields a high quality honey for beekeepers. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of colonial nests out of wax. Honey bees are the only extant members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/1/08 6:03:32 PM - A western honey bee hovers above a set of yellow upright prairie coneflowers as it collects pollen one afternoon. Prairie coneflower is a native, late-season, herbaceous perennial in the Aster Family. It usually has a taproot and grows upright from a woody base to a height of 12 to 24 inches (30 to 60 cm). The .numerous, pinnate leaves are deeply cut into linear or .lance-shaped segments along alternately branched .stems. Showy yellow ray flowers droop and .surround the columnar-shaped, brown, central disk. Also sometimes called Mexican Hat. honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of colonial nests out of wax. Honey bees are the only extant members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/1/08 6:01:28 PM - Various backyard garden flowers including echinacea, day lilly, lavender and upright prairie coneflower. Echinacea, commonly called Purple Coneflower, is a genus of nine species of herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae. All are strictly native to eastern and central North America. The plants have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early to late summer. Some species are used in herbal medicines. Daylilies comprise the small genus Hemerocallis of flowering plants in the family Hemerocallidaceae. The flowers of most species open at sunrise and wither at sunset, possibly replaced by another one on the same stem the next day. Some species are night-blooming. Daylilies are not commonly used as cut flowers for formal flower arranging, yet they make good cut flowers otherwise as new flowers continue to open on cut stems over several days. Lavenders are widely grown in gardens. Flower spikes are used for dried flower arrangements. The fragrant, pale purple flowers and flower buds are used in potpourris. Dried and sealed in pouches, they are placed among stored items of clothing to give a fresh fragrance and as a deterrent to moths. The plant is also grown commercially for extraction of lavender oil from the flowers. This oil is used as an antiseptic and for aromatherapy. Lavender flowers yield abundant nectar which yields a high quality honey for beekeepers. .Prairie coneflower is a native, late-season, .herbaceous perennial in the Aster Family. It usually .has a taproot and grows upright from a woody base to .a height of 12 to 24 inches (30 to 60 cm). The .numerous, pinnate leaves are deeply cut into linear or .lance-shaped segments along alternately branched .stems. Showy yellow ray flowers droop and .surround the columnar-shaped, brown, central disk. Also sometimes called Mexican Hat..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/1/08 5:56:27 PM - Various backyard garden flowers including upright prairie coneflower. Prairie coneflower is a native, late-season, .herbaceous perennial in the Aster Family. It usually .has a taproot and grows upright from a woody base to .a height of 12 to 24 inches (30 to 60 cm). The .numerous, pinnate leaves are deeply cut into linear or .lance-shaped segments along alternately branched .stems. Showy yellow ray flowers droop and .surround the columnar-shaped, brown, central disk. Also sometimes called Mexican Hat..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 6/30/08 7:07:48 PM - Various backyard garden flowers including echinacea. Echinacea, commonly called Purple Coneflower, is a genus of nine species of herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae. All are strictly native to eastern and central North America. The plants have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early to late summer. Some species are used in herbal medicines. The genus name is from the Greek echino, meaning "spiny", due to the spiny central disk. They are herbaceous, drought-tolerant perennial plants growing to 1 or 2 m in height. The leaves are lanceolate to elliptic, 10?20 cm long and 1.5?10 cm broad. Like all asteraceae, the flowers are a composite inflorescence, with purple (rarely yellow or white) florets arranged in a prominent, somewhat cone-shaped head ? "cone-shaped" because the petals of the outer ray florets tend to point downward (are reflexed) once the flower head opens, thus forming a cone. Some species of echinacea, notably E. purpurea, E. angustifolia, and E. pallida, are grown as ornamental plants in gardens. They tolerate a wide variety of conditions, maintain attractive foliage throughout the season, and multiply rapidly..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/29/2007 - Images of Rudbeckia hirta (common names: Black-eyed Susan, Blackiehead, Brown Betty, Brown Daisy, Brown-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy, Golden Jerusalem, Poorland Daisy, Yellow Daisy, Yellow Ox-eye Daisy) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial) native to most of North America, and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan that also has purple on the side..The plant can reach a height of 1-2 m. It has alternate, mostly basal leaves 20-75 cm long, covered by coarse hair. It flowers from June to August, with inflorescences measuring 10-15 cm in diameter (up to 30 cm in some cultivars), with yellow ray florets circling a brown, domed center of disc florets..(Photo by Marc Piscotty/ © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/29/2007 - Images of Variegated Canna (or Canna lily, although not a true lily) is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants. Cannas (particularly C. indica) are sometimes known as "Indian Shot", as their seeds are small, round, and hard like the once home-made lead shot used for shotguns before the twentieth century. The species have large, attractive foliage and horticulturists have turned it into a large, brash, bright and sometimes gaudy, garden plant. In addition, it is one of the world's richest starch sources, and is an agricultural plant..Although a plant of the tropics, most cultivars have been developed in temperate climates and are easy to grow in most countries of the world as long as they can enjoy about 6 hours average sunlight during the summer. Canna 'Phasion'® is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green, bronze and pink variegated foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured red; clusters of flowers are open, tangerine-orange and burnt-red, staminodes are large, edges frilled, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is average..(Photo by Marc Piscotty/ © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/29/2007 - Images of Variegated Canna (or Canna lily, although not a true lily) is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants. Cannas (particularly C. indica) are sometimes known as "Indian Shot", as their seeds are small, round, and hard like the once home-made lead shot used for shotguns before the twentieth century. The species have large, attractive foliage and horticulturists have turned it into a large, brash, bright and sometimes gaudy, garden plant. In addition, it is one of the world's richest starch sources, and is an agricultural plant..Although a plant of the tropics, most cultivars have been developed in temperate climates and are easy to grow in most countries of the world as long as they can enjoy about 6 hours average sunlight during the summer. Canna 'Phasion'® is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green, bronze and pink variegated foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured red; clusters of flowers are open, tangerine-orange and burnt-red, staminodes are large, edges frilled, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is average..(Photo by Marc Piscotty/ © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 8/24/2007 - Photos of a Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly on pink flowers as it gathers nectar for food late one afternoon. The Western Tiger Swallowtail is a common Swallowtail Butterfly of western North America, and is frequently seen in urban parks and gardens as well as in rural woodlands and riparian areas. It is a large, brightly colored and active butterfly, rarely seen at rest; its wingspan is 7 to 10 cm, and its wings are yellow with black stripes, and in addition it has blue and orange spots near its tail. The normal range of the Western Tiger Swallowtail covers much of western North America, from British Columbia to North Dakota in the north to Baja California and New Mexico in the south. Economically, butterflies are important by virtue of their being one of the major agents of pollination, in addition to a number of species which are pests on domestic crops and trees..Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts. The adults, caterpillars and pupas of some species form part of the diet in many parts of the world..(Photo by Marc Piscotty © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 9/25/2007 - Photos of wild grasses in a meadow near Evergreen, Co. as they catch some of the last light of the day one afternoon. Grass is a common word that generally describes a monocotyledonous green plant in the family Gramineae (Poaceae). True grasses include most plants grown as grains, for pasture, and for lawns (turf). Grasses have adapted to conditions in lush rain forests, dry deserts, and cold mountain steppes, and are presently the most widespread of all plant types..(Photo by Marc Piscotty/ © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 4/13/2007 - Images of red tulips in bloom. Tulip (Tulipa) is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Liliaceae. Its species are native to southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia from Anatolia and Iran (where the flower is suggested on the nation's flag) from east to northeast of China and Japan. .(Photo by Marc Piscotty © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/08/2007 - Photos of a trip to Crested Butte, Colo. Often called "the last great Colorado ski town", Crested Butte is a small resort town located in Gunnison County in the U.S. state of Colorado. A former coal mining hub, Crested Butte is now a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and a variety of other outdoor activities. The Colorado state legislature has designated Crested Butte the wildflower capital of Colorado. Closeup of a wildflower growing on a mountain path in Crested Butte, Colo..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/08/2007 - Photos of a trip to Crested Butte, Colo. Often called "the last great Colorado ski town", Crested Butte is a small resort town located in Gunnison County in the U.S. state of Colorado. A former coal mining hub, Crested Butte is now a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and a variety of other outdoor activities. The Colorado state legislature has designated Crested Butte the wildflower capital of Colorado. Thorns on a stem of a branch in the mountains..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/08/2007 - Photos of a trip to Crested Butte, Colo. Often called "the last great Colorado ski town", Crested Butte is a small resort town located in Gunnison County in the U.S. state of Colorado. A former coal mining hub, Crested Butte is now a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and a variety of other outdoor activities. The Colorado state legislature has designated Crested Butte the wildflower capital of Colorado. Ranunculus is a large genus of about 400 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae, which includes the buttercup. They are mostly herbaceous perennials with bright yellow or white flowers (if white, still with a yellow centre); some are annuals or biennials. All Ranunculus species are poisonous when eaten fresh by cattle, horses, and other livestock, but their acrid taste means they are usually left uneaten. Poisoning can occur where buttercups are abundant in overgrazed fields where little other edible plant growth is left, and the animals eat them out of desperation. NOTE: Background color manipulated from original..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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  • SHOT 7/10/2007 - Photos of Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called Black-eyed Susan. Rudbeckia hirta (common names : Black-eyed Susan, Blackiehead, Brown Betty, Brown Daisy, Brown-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy, Golden Jerusalem, Poorland Daisy, Yellow Daisy, Yellow Ox-eye Daisy) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial) native to most of North America, and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan that also has purple on the side..The plant can reach a height of 1-2 m. It has alternate, mostly basal leaves 20-75 cm long, covered by coarse hair. It flowers from June to August, with inflorescences measuring 10-15 cm in diameter (up to 30 cm in some cultivars), with yellow ray florets circling a brown, domed center of disc florets. .(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2007) By photographer Marc Piscotty
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