A landscape photograph of a gentle slope of California Sunflower, Encelia californica, a shrub. The shrubs are growing in a dense population with little space between them, and flowers on long, airy (what I think are called) peduncles rising above the shrubs in light density. The flowers have a general daisy appearance, maybe a foot above the shrubs, a few feet off the ground, with sunflower yellow petals and brown centers. Some young flowers closer to the camera's focus are visible to the lower left, showing how the petals grow in bare without a covering bud, with their full pigment. The accompanying leaves are fairly simple, with a rounded diamond shape that has veining largely originating from where the leaf attaches to the petiole (stem that attaches the leaf to the stem). They are a mid-to-emerald green color. Unfortunately, as this is a landscape photograph, there is not an intense amount of detail to be had. Makes a really good wallpaper though!

I feel under the (warm pleasant) weather but at least we can appreciate these sunflowers I saw over Easter! They weren't even IN the botanic garden; they were adjacent. I love them. 🧵

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