Crocus2 

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  "Prairie Crocus2"
  by Vickie Emms

  Featured and Top 10 Challenge Winner – Wildflowers of North America – April 16, 2009 / Featured and Top 10 Challenge Winner in Canada,,the Great White North – April 1, 2009 / Featured in Endangered Plants – December 4, 2008 / Featured in Nature’s Wonders – November 29, 2008 I have 524 views as of November 5, 2009 The Prairie Crocus is the floral emblem of the province of Manitoba, Canada. The floral emblem of Manitoba was officially adopted when an act respecting its adoption was given Royal Assent on March 16, 1906. Accordingly, “The flower known botanically as the anemone patens, and popularly called the ‘crocus’, shall be adopted as and deemed to be the floral emblem of the province.” (www.homeschooling.about.com) These little beauties are found in sandy areas of the province, but get them quickly, they are only around for a few weeks. They are a tufted, silky-hairy perennial 10-40cm tall; the leaves mainly basil 4-10cm wide, divided 1-3 times into slender segments, long stalked; stem leaves are smaller. The flowers are blue-purple, cupped about 2.5-3.5cm across, with 5-7 petal-like sepals. They bloom March-June in Manitoba in open, well-drained sites. I find them in late April, early May where I live. The Prairie Crocus is on the endangered plants list due to the destruction of suitable habitat. Photo taken in Sandilands Foresty Centre, Hadashville, Manitoba with Canon Powershot A80 / Photo taken from my calendar “Manitoba Roadside Wildflowers” /

• "Two Features - Nature's Wonders & Everything Winter"
  by Vickie Emms

  Thank you very much to the wonderful hosts of “Nature’s Wonders” for featuring my little image “Prairie Crocus2” this morning. / / !http…

  Thank you very much to the wonderful hosts of “Nature’s Wonders” for featuring my little image “Prairie Crocus2” this morning. / / and thank you to the hosts of the wonderful group “Everything Winter” for featuring “The Red House”. This is the second feature for this image. Thank you thank you everyone!

• "Features, Top 10's Week Ending April 18, 2009"
  by Vickie Emms

  Top 10 and featured in Deer Me group challenge / Sweet Baby / !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:small/view:main/1861…

  Top 10 and featured in Deer Me group challenge / Sweet Baby / Top 10 and featured in Wildflowers of North America challenge / Prairie Crocus2 / Featured in Selective Coloring / Red & White Tulips / Top 10 in challenge in Retired and Happy / Bridge at Mt. Lorette Ponds / Thank you, thank you to the hosts and moderators for choosing my photos as features and to the wonderful folks who vote for my work in the challenges. I appreciate that very much!