ORANGE HAWKWEED (HIERACIUM AURANTIACIUM), GREEN, MICHIGAN, JULY 3, 2009
Pentax *ist DS
SMC Pentax-DA 50-200 at 68mm with Raynox 250 auxiliary closeup lens
1/250 sec. f16
ISO 800
At this time of year the yard of the Writer's Lair is speckled by this vivid nickel-sized wildflower, also known as Devil's Paintbrush or King-devil. "Hawkweed," the flower book says, comes from the fanciful notion that hawks ate the blossom to sharpen their vision. It's an immigrant from alpine Europe.
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