Poppy Pollen Dust for #FlowerFriday

This is the center of an opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) flower, with dozens of anthers dusting the inside of the red petals with pollen. Photographed at the botanical garden of Fort Bragg, California.

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April showers bring May flowers- Tulips

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Charming Centaury (Zeltnera venusta, in the Gentian family) poking its vibrant pink flowers out from between the dead and brittle twigs of an old shrub; Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, San Diego, California; April 2026.

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Desert Bells (Phacelia campanularia) growing out of the granitic gravel in a wash in south-eastern Joshua Tree National Park, California.

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