Beauty of Alyssium
by Nick Kloepping
Title
Beauty of Alyssium
Artist
Nick Kloepping
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
It is an annual plant (rarely a short-lived perennial plant)[2] growing to 5�30 cm (2�12 in) tall by 20�30 cm (8�12 in) broad. The stem is very branched, with dense clusters of small flowers. The leaves are 1�4 mm long and 3�5 mm, broad, alternate, sessile, quite hairy, oval to lanceolate, with an entire margin.
The flowers are about 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter, sweet-smelling, with four white rounded petals (or pink, rose-red, violet and lilac[2]) and four sepals. The six stamens have yellow anthers. The flowers are produced throughout the growing season, or year-round in areas free of frost. They are pollinated by insects (entomophily). The fruits are numerous elongated seedpods rather hairy, oval to rounded, each containing two seeds. The dispersal of seed is effected by the wind (anemochory)
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June 12th, 2014
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