Saturday, April 25, 2009

Wildflower


I'm hopeless with flower names...can anyone identify this beauty?

9 comments:

Unknown said...

I've seen it, but can't name it...sorry :-(

VP said...

Sorry, as I told you before, same problem here! I do not post many images of flower because I can't say what they are...
Only thing can say: it is nice!

Anonymous said...

I have not seen this flower before. I must be a new one for me.

Rosaria Williams said...

It looks like a cardoon, an artichoke-type flower. Beautiful.

Lowell said...

Let's see: Purple pineapple? Mauve marchesa? Flower between the rocks?

No?

I give up.

Love the photo, though.

italytutto said...

I'm with Jacob. Haven't a clue what it is called, but love the photo!

Saretta said...

A friend tells me this is the flower for the "lampasciuolo," which is the root of the plant. These are a local plant and supposedly are an aphrodisiac. Most people I know just get gas when they eat them, though!

You can see a photo of the bulbs and read about their powers on an older post of mine http://molfetta-daily-photo.blogspot.com/2008/08/bulbs-of-passion.html

Saretta said...

Looks like that link didn't work, but the date of the post is August 27, 2008.

Sally said...

Well, you had better, errrr....get it tested somehow!
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