Seed head of Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) with fluffy pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes in Menkovo, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 1, 2011
Fluffy seed heads of Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha). Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 1, 2014
Seed head of Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha). Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 1, 2014
Seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus) with fluffy pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, January 31, 2009
Seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus) with fluffy pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, February 22, 2009
Mature seed head of common dandelion (Taraxanum officinale) showing parasol-like pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes in Sosnovka Park in Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 24, 2010
Seed head of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) in Sobstvennaya Dacha Park. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2019
Flower of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) in a forest near Komarovo, 25 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2016
Flowers of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) on railroad in Toksovo. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 3, 2017
Yellow flower of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) in a forest near Komarovo, 25 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2016
Late blooming coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) in a forest near Komarovo, 25 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2016
Spring flower of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) among dry leaves in a forest near Komarovo, 25 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2016
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) in Pesochny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 5, 2017
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) on a logging site near Hallojarvi (Gorynskoe) Lake near Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 27, 2017
Spring flowers of Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) on Lenin Trail near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 11, 2019
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) near a roadside ditch on Lenin Trail near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 11, 2019
Blooming Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) on a logging site near Hallojarvi (Gorynskoe) Lake near Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 27, 2017
Flowers of Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) on a logging site near Hallojarvi (Gorynskoe) Lake near Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 27, 2017
Flowers of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 3, 2017
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) in Dibuny, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 18, 2017
Seed head of common dandelion (Russian name Oduvanchik) with a mosquito west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Seed head of avens (Geum rivale, Russian name Gravilat) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Common yellow spring flower of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) on roadside in a forest between Lembolovo and Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 11, 2021
Common yellow spring flower of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) near Oselki on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 3, 2017
Common yellow spring flower of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) in Sablino, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 21, 2011
Common yellow spring flower of Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 14, 2011
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) near Razliv on a road from Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 1, 2014
Urediniospores of non-galling rust fungus Coleosporium tussilaginis on leaves of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) on Lenin Trail near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2024
Blooming coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) on a sand wall of Quarry in Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2017
Orange urediniospores of rust fungus Coleosporium tussilaginis on underside of lleaves of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) on Lenin Trail near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2024
Yellow flowers of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) on a sand wall of Quarry in Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2017
Fluffy seed head of goatsbead flower (Tragopogon pratensis) in Siverskaya, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 13, 2017
Seed head of Water Avens (Geum rivale, Russian name Gravilat) east from Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 8, 2014
Fluffy seed head of pasqueflower (Pulsatilla) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2019
Fluffy seed head of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2019
Seed head of wood avens (Colewort, Geum urbanum, Russian name Gravilat) in Sosnovka Park in Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 24, 2010
Close up of buttercup (Ranunculus, Russian name Liutik) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Blooming wild strawberry (Fragaria, Russian name Zemlianika) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
False Lily-of-the-valley (Maianthemum bifolium, Russian name Maynik) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Shinleaf (Round-leaved Wintergreen, Pyrola rotundifolia, Russian name Grushanka) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Fluffy seed head of distaff-thistle (Atractylis carduus, local names jalwa, laymoony, shuwwaykh) in a depression near Film City north from Zekreet in Ras Abrouq Peninsula. Qatar, June 24, 2016
Seed head of pasqueflower (Pulsatilla, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2019
Seed head of avens (Geum rivale, Russian name Gravilat) in the park. Oranienbaum (Lomonosov), a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
Stink bug on a seed head near Zapliusye in Pskov Region south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2010
Seed head of avens (Geum, Russian name Gravilat) in Old Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2015
Seed head of anemone in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2010
Fluffy seed head of cattails (Typha) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 17, 2022
Seed head of pasqueflower (Pulsatilla, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 2, 2016
Malformed seed head of common dandelion (Taraxanum officinale) damaged by insects, near All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2014
Fluffy seed head of a plant of aster family in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 24, 2019
Fluffy seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2023
Fluffy seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 28, 2024
Dandelion like seed head in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
Fluffy seed head of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2021
Seed head of goatsbead flower (Tragopogon pratensis) in Petiayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 21, 2017
Fluffy seed head of tall goldenrod (Solidago) in dry weather on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Intermediate Cinquefoil (Potentilla intermedia) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Globular seed head of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2011
Fluffy seed head of a dry plant of soft golden aster (Bradburia pilosa) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023
Seed puffs released from a seed pod of ten-petal anemone (windflower, Anemone heterophylla), in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. A picture of the same sort of windflower was taken a month ago. Now elongated domes of ovaries turned into cylindrical seed heads. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
Heath Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Spreading Bellflower (Bluebells, Campanula patula) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Flower of Heath Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Close up of Heath Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
White flowers of rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Fluffy seed head common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 30, 2022
Fluffy seed head of Texas dandelion (Pyrrhopappus) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
Fluffy seed head of small goldenrod (Solidago) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
Melampyrum nemorosum (Russian name Ivan Da Marya) east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2009
Sneezewort yarrow (Achillea ptarmica, Russian name chihotnik) flowers in dew east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2009
Fluffy seed head of Texas dandelion (Pyrrhopappus) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
Baneberry (Actaea Spicata, Russian name Voronets) near Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
Seed head of pasque flower (Pulsatilla) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Arctic starflower (Trientalis europaea, Russian name Sedmichnik) near Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa, Russian name Buzina) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 23, 2012
Back lit Arctic starflower (Trientalis europaea, Russian name Sedmichnik) near Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
St. John s Wort (Hypericum perforatum, Russian name Zveroboy) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 23, 2012
Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium, Epilobium angustifolium, Russian name Ivan Chay) east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2009
Mature seed head of curly dock (Rumex) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
Opening spherical seed head of a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2009
Seed puffs released from a seed pod of ten-petal anemone (windflower, Anemone heterophylla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 19, 2009
Brown-rot fungus Rhodonia placenta on underside of a fallen spruce and on attached dry grass north from Komarovo, 20 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2019
Seed puffs released from a seed pod of ten-petal anemone (windflower, Anemone heterophylla) near a pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 4, 2009
Seed head of Texas dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, June 15, 2008
Seed head of pasqueflower (Pulsatilla) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
Seed head of Clematis in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 24, 2024
Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia, Russian name Voroniy Glaz) near Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria, Russian name Zemlianika) in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 12, 2009
Dry seed head of black eyed susan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2012
Dandelion seed head near Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2008
Seed head of cattails (typha) on a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 22, 2022
Seed pod head of white fire-wheel (Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, September 5, 2009
Solomon s seal (Polygonatum odoratum, Russian name Kupena) in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 12, 2009
Close up of a flower of buttercup (Ranunculus, Russian name Liutik) in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 12, 2009
Seed head of common dandelion in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2009
Seed head of mimosa(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
Seed head of firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2009
Spherical seed head of Gaillardia pulchella (firewheel) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2009
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