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sulphur - Zerene cesonia
Copyright © 2006 Bobby Grizzard

sulphur - Zerene cesonia
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
November 10, 2006
Size: wingspan around 2"
Sulphur loves the bachelor buttons in my front yard (that is what my fiancee calls the flowers, but I'm not sure if that is really what they are called). I am thinking orange sulphur, but not sure.
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Contributed by Bobby Grizzard on 7 December, 2006 - 7:50pm
Last updated 8 December, 2006 - 4:49pm

Gomphrena
The flowers remind me of Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena globosa. The most common types don't look quite like this, but there are red cultivars that do. True Bachelor's Buttons (Centaurea cyanea) is flatter, and usually deep, deep blue- though it comes in other colors.
… Chuck Entz, 8 December, 2006 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

agreed
Cliff has nailed it. Nice photo too!
… Randy Emmitt, 8 December, 2006 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

Southern Dogface
Zerene cesonia.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 7 December, 2006 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

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