Asteraceae Gallery

Chrysanthemum December Gold

Watercolour and pencil on board entitled Chrysanthemum December Gold by Laurence Perugini and dated 1929. Perugini's family came to England from Florence, Italy and settled in the Chiswick area in 1882-3. Laurence Perugini later moved to Rye, Sussex and exhibited artworks there in the 1930s. He was awarded a Silver Grenfell Medal by the RHS

RF - White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) peering over Oxeye daisy

RF - White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) peering over Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) flower. The Netherlands. August. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

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Collection of white daisy flowers

Daisies. Collection of white daisy flowers (family: Compositae). Each flower is actually a cluster of tiny individual flowers, or florets. The white "petals" are sterile ray florets. The yellow florets are fertile, those in the outer ring maturing earliest to expose pollen-bearing anthers to insects. The yellow florets are arranged in two sets of interlocking spirals, corresponding to the Fibonacci mathematical series of numbers. Fibonacci spirals are also seen in pine cones and pineapple fruit

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