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Today's Painting |
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Tuscawilla Prairie Pickeril Weed
6x8 inches
acrylic on panel
silver frame
260.00
Pickerelweed is a perennial plant that can grow up to 3 1/2 feet tall. Leaves are shiny green, heart-to-lance shaped(up to 7 inches long) singly attached to a long petiole which grow in a rosette from the roots. Each stem can produce a terminal flower spike 3 to 4 inches long. The numerous tubular flowers on the spike are violet-blue in color. Each flower lasts only one day. Pickerelweed reproduces from seeds and rhizomes.
Submerged portions of all aquatic plants provide habitats for many micro and macro invertebrates. These invertebrates in turn are used as food by fish and other wildlife species (e.g. amphibians, reptiles, ducks, etc). After aquatic plants die, their decomposition by bacteria and fungi provides food (called "detritus") for many aquatic invertebrates. Ducks will consume the seeds of pickerelweed while muskrats and nutria will consume the rhizomes and base. Information from IFAS at UF |
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Miniatures
It's time to reward you with a fun contest. I'm going to give away one of my miniature paintings with it's own display easel to one of you on June 30th. You can come to the Loft and pick out the one you like best, or I can send you one through the mail with free shipping.
If you'd like to enter the contest, just email me your favorite recipe and your name will go in the pot. I will share the recipes here on the newsletter. Send it to me at: lindablondheim@gmail.com
I like to reward the friends who support me. I enjoy all of your comments and good wishes and am grateful to you for supporting me with your purchases of my paintings. This is a small way to show my gratitude.
I'll announce the winner on July 1.
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