Macro ‘Myriophyllum’

I had several possible posts today, but I like this “artsy” shot with the macro lens from the greenhouse. This is an “end-on” view of an aquatic plant that will be a future photo subject for a couple of reasons. (These plants sit in a shallow but large pan of water with lots of “Water Lettuce” [“Pistia stratioites”].)

If Wikipedia can be trusted on Latin, the genus name comes from “myrio” meaning “too many to count” (consider “myriad”), and “phyllum”, meaning “leaf”.

Genus page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Myriophyllum&rank=genus

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

1 year ago (“A box maaaay have been opened today…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-21
2 years ago (“Everything else was junk…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-21
3 years ago (“Don’t know about a dollar short, but a day late for sure”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-21