Spiderwort
This is the Mountain Spiderwort, Tradescantia subaspera Ker-Gawl. var. montana, . It gets its name because the angular leaf arrangement looks kinda like a squatting spider.This shot was taken on the Balsam Mountain and Heintooga Ridge Road in the Great Smoky Mountains
The Cherokee and other Native American tribes used Virginia spiderwort for various food and medicinal purposes. The young leaves were eaten as salad greens or were mixed with other greens and then either fried or boiled until tender. The plant was mashed and rubbed onto insect bites to relieve pain and itching. A paste, made from the mashed roots, was used as a poultice to treat cancer. A tea made from the plant was used as a laxative and to treat stomachaches associated with overeating. Virginia spiderwort was one of the seven ingredients in a tea used to treat “female ailments or rupture.” It was also combined with several other ingredients in a medicine for kidney trouble.
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Sherrianne Talon
Great colour and the detail is just amazing!!!
Kimberly Palmer
Very pretty Gary!
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Periwinkle
Love the beauty of it & the wonderful history lesson!
Curtiss Simpson
Beautiful soft but with detail and very elegant, love it !
Seth Weaver
Fabulous colors and details, Gary. Your florals are always FABULOUS!
John Wright
Very nice light and composition, great background… well done. Very pleasing to the eye.
Farmncamera
Beautiful Macro…..love how we get such great DOF with a very small plant/flower! Very nice!! :)
Jeff J.
Awesome! Is that what that’s called? Cool. :) I wish I had gotten your message sooner. I’ve just been really busy. Foamflowers( I see it on the right side of this page) is also a wonderful photograph, Gary! Makes me wanna get up there ASAP!
Mar Silva
Beautiful colors and imagery.
amarica
Excellent image, colors, play of light and shadows Gary
Danielle Daven...
Just love the saturated colors in your photos Gary.. especially the flower ones. The dark background adds just the right touch of drama and I love that!
Nith
little but so lovley shot
Ellen
What a beautiful colors!
H M Bascom
Just beautiful.
amarica
This is so pretty and delicate
Dennis Rubin IPA
Very nice wort, these guys are quite tiny!
kcranmer
Gary this is so beautifully taken, love the clarity and the softness of it!
Angel Perry
Wonderful color.
Joyce Dickens,...
Beautiful in it’s simplicity Gary; very well done!
John Wright
I missed this earlier… lovely light and color, great placement of focus and DOF. I like how the leaves shoot off to either side, the dark background. A difficult exposure given the scene, you nailed it.
Margot Kiesskalt
Magnificent macro – really lovely shot.
Robert Boretti
Wonderful DOF here. Really nice!
mwfoster
Very nice shot
lorilee
A little gem – beautiful!!!!!!
Rainy
lovely work!