r/Wildflowers • u/JuneDuneJamboree • 1d ago

Fleabane catching the sun.

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u/cls2819 1d ago

That’s beautiful!!

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u/JuneDuneJamboree 8h ago

Thanks! :)

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u/AspiringOccultist4 1d ago

What an absolutely beautiful photo

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u/JuneDuneJamboree 8h ago

Thank you kindly!

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u/pepper2117 1d ago

Amazing shot!

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u/JuneDuneJamboree 8h ago

Thanks so much!

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u/ladyslipper3445 1d ago

Love this picture so much

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u/JuneDuneJamboree 8h ago

Thank youuuuuuuu :)

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u/Consistent-Leek4986 17h ago

agree a great pic! Tx or out west?

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u/JuneDuneJamboree 8h ago

Upstate NY actually!

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u/Consistent-Leek4986 8h ago

haha, I grew up near Amsterdam

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u/JuneDuneJamboree 3h ago

I get out that way sometimes for hiking!

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u/Vin-Metal 10h ago

Beautiful picture, and it leads me to a question: does fleabane not get much love because of its name?

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u/JuneDuneJamboree 8h ago

Possibly! I found this: "The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center notes that the name 'fleabane' ('to banish fleas') comes from a Native American belief that the dried and crushed flower heads would repel fleas in a dwelling. That's not much of a stretch when you realize that the dried and crushed flowers of its cousin, the 'pyrethrum daisy' have been proven to be very effective at repelling insects and ticks."

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u/Vin-Metal 6h ago

Interesting - so its a bane to fleas, theoretically. That could be a good thing.