Crotalaria Spectabilis

Or Showy Rattlebox if you prefer the common name. Probably more shots to follow of this wildflower. It's on my top 10 list. More info here - http://namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=408

Nine years ago today - https://365project.org/marlboromaam/365/2011-09-11

[Milanie]

They're a neat looking flower

[Esther Rosenberg]

That is a great flower to photograph. Looking forward to other shots. Like it against the wooden fence background.

[Mags]

@milaniet They are and one of my favorites. =)

[Mags]

@dutchothotmailcom Thank you, Esther! They have popped up in the yard every year so far. There will be more shots for sure. LOL!

[Diana]

Lovely shot of this beautiful flower with a rather unusual name.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

aren't they a lovely shape!

[haskar]

Great pov and colours.

[Susan Wakely]

Great shot, colours and love it’s common name.

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely shot and flowers. We call them 'papocci' in English bedslippers.

[Mags]

@ludwigsdiana Thank you, Diana! The seed pods it will produce late this fall, will rattle in the wind. Can sound like a rattle snake. That's how it got it's name.

[Mags]

@koalagardens Yes, in the pea family of wildflowers.

[Mags]

@haskar Thank you!

[Mags]

@wakelys Thank you, Susan!

[Mags]

@sangwann Thank you, Dione!

[Lin]

So pretty!

[Mags]

@linnypinny Thanks, Lin!

[KV]

Pretty flowers.

[Mags]

@kvphoto Thanks, KV!

[Thom Mitchell]

This photo is better than the only one here as it shows a longer shoot!
http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Crotalaria_spectabilis&rank=binomial

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely flower and capture

[Mags]

@rhoing Norton won't allow me to view that page because it's public. Sorry, Thom. Thank you very much!

[Mags]

@craftymeg Thank you, Margaret!

[Thom Mitchell]

@marlboromaam Yeah, I've been meaning to get after my friend about “http” rather than “https”…
» The difference is encryption of the content.

[Peter Dulis]

Sweet

[Mags]

@rhoing Get to it then. =)

[Mags]

@pdulis Thanks, Peter!