Freshly Washed Nasturtium
by Rebecca Carr
Title
Freshly Washed Nasturtium
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Rebecca Carr
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Photograph - Photography
Description
This nasturtium grows in Maggie Valley, North Carolina near a charming cabin we rented for a week in the summer. I ventured out after an afternoon shower and was taken with the droplets of rain still dripping off the bloom. Nasturtium flowers are edible and apparently a bit peppery in taste, but why eat something so beautiful? It is said the round leaves are also edible and "delicious" - but I prefer lettuce!
Nasturtium flowers can be bright yellow, red or orange. Their Latin name is Tropaeolum majus. Carl Linnaeus, the famous Swedish botanist, thought the flowers looked like a Roman tropaeum or trophy pole upon which the Roman army placed the armor and helmets of vanquished enemies. Linnaeus looked at this amazingly vibrant, lovely flowering plant and decided that the stem looked like the trophy pole and the leaves and blossom looked like shields and bloody helmets. He must have been extremely tired and out of good ideas at that point.
I added some textures from pixabay.com to create the soft background on my photograph.
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September 5th, 2019
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