Botanical Wednesday: Holtasóley

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   Gregory in Seattle

   30 May 2012 at 9:03 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I like Icelandic names, none of this silly “family name” stuff.

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   Glen Davidson

   30 May 2012 at 9:22 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Ah ha, digital photo, digital DNA, practically the same thing. Ergo, Jesus!

   As with any pile of manure, you can’t argue with ID “logic.”

   Glen Davidson

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   chigau (違う)

   30 May 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Mountain Avens.
   My favorite flower!

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   gunnar jakobbriem

   30 May 2012 at 3:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Icelanders’ favorite flower as well – it is the official national flower of Iceland.

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   Antiochus Epiphanes

   30 May 2012 at 5:04 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Looks like simbelmynë.

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   RFW

   30 May 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Dryas octopetala, methinks.

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   Goecke Chuck

   30 May 2012 at 8:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I second the Dryas, which famously has an interglacial period named after it. more pics:
   http://www.google.com/search?q=Dryas+octopetala&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5s7GT9ifJYay8ATowr3GCw&ved=0CGoQsAQ&biw=1560&bih=867