Ericameria nauseosa

Family / Families: Asteraceae
Scientific Name(s): Ericameria nauseosa (Pall. ex Pursh) Nesom & Baird
Location(s): Helena, Montana, USA
Entry Author(s): Daniel Mosquin
Copyright Holder(s): Maureen Shaughnessy@Flickr
Image Permissions: Please contact the copyright holder for permission to use.
Photographer(s) Appreciation: Today's photograph is courtesy of Maureen Shaughnessy from Montana, aka Maureen Shaughnessy@Flickr, who shared it via the Botany Photo of the Day Flickr Group Pool (Flickr posting). Maureen also shares her thoughts and photographs on her excellent weblog, raven's nest, which is certainly worth your time to investigate. Many thanks, Maureen!
Tags: Asteraceae, Asterales, Montana, USA, via Flickr

Fruits of Ericameria nauseosa

Rabbitbrush was previously featured on BPotD in this entry. I enjoy Maureen’s photograph as a companion to the images from that entry, particularly because the colours are tonally opposite. In accompaniment to the photograph, Maureen wrote: “these are the seedheads that persist throughout the winter, giving this low growing shrub a fluffy, cloudlike character that adds winter interest.”

Photography resource link: A Great Mouth for a Picture, an opinion piece by Niall Benvie for Nature Photographers Online. “Perhaps the single most important attribute of a “fine nature photograph” is its ability to engage the viewer’s intellect as well as their heart, to lead them into lines of enquiry about what is happening beyond the frame.”