Lithops, South African plants that have evolved to look like stones. pic.twitter.com/6NQqniKZbJ
— Back To Nature (@backt0nature) November 5, 2018
Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts
Monday, November 05, 2018
Plants that Look like Stones
Wow!
Monday, January 29, 2018
"Compass Grass" (aka "Clock Grass")
This is amazing.
Word(s) of the day: “compass grass”, “clock grass” - common names for kinds of beach grass (Ammophila), given for their habit of inscribing perfect circles in sand when their leaves are swung by the wind.
— Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) January 29, 2018
Photo by @JamesPMarsden (”8.30 on the sand-clock”) pic.twitter.com/NvBN2O4V9e
Labels:
awesome,
nature,
pattern formation,
plants,
vegetation
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Stunning Drawings of Seaweed
Margaret Gatty drew some gorgeous pictures of seaweed as part of her book on the topic. These pictures are awesome!
Labels:
awesome,
pattern formation,
pictures,
plants,
science
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Awesome Symmetric Plants
These symmetric plants are awesome!
Notes: The web page advertises 25 plants, but they appear to only include 24 of them. Also, the symmetries aren't literally "perfect", though many of them are really damn good. However, while the hyperbole of the title is a bit grating, the plants themselves really are awesome. Naturally, many of the different plants are also have different symmetries.
(Tip of the cap to Vinko Zlatic.)
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