#blue vervain

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Blue Vervain Verbena hastata Verbenaceae

Photograph taken on August 28, 2022, at High Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

#wildflowers of southern ontario #Blue Vervain #vervain #purple #Verbena hastata #Verbena #Verbenaceae #High Park #Ontario #Toronto #Canada #wildflowers #wildflower #flowers #nature #flora

[oliviarosaline]

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

With a tiny green sweat bee feeding on its flowers.

This plant was growing in a wetland along the Meramec River and is native to a large portion of North America.

July 26th, 2023

Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

#nature #naturecore #missouri #botany #bees #plants #sweat bee #green bee #green sweat bee #wetlands #verbena #vervain #Augochlora #verbena hastata #blue vervain #swamp verbena #blue flowers #purple flowers #the ozarks #fairycore #woods #bugs #pollinators #native plants #native flowers #nature photography #flower photography #plant photography #ozarks #tiny flowers

[vandaliatraveler]

I took Blake up to Fairfax Pond-Rehe Wildlife Management Area tonight to scout fishing spots. While he counted bluegills, I was mesmerized by the memorably-dramatic, mid-summer sky, where the tattered remnants of the prior evening's storms stampeded across the horizon. Along the wetlands' edges, radiantly-beautiful swamp rose (Rosa palustris) spilled over into muddy pathways, keeping close company with Allegheny monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens) and blue vervain (Verbena hastata), also referred to as swamp verbena. In the oak-hickory woods farther back, the flowering spikes of downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens) poked up from the forest floor, and the dangling, bittersweet berries of deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) were beginning to ripen. All reminding me how much I love summer's endless drama, occasional violence, and hurtling life force.

#appalachia #vandalia #west virginia #wildflowers #summer #flora #fairfax pond-rehe wildlife management area #preston county #wv route 92 #swamp rose #allegheny monkeyflower #square-stemmed monkeyflower #blue vervain #swamp verbena #downy rattlesnake plantain #deerberry #southern gooseberry #dramatic sky

[flowerishness]

Verbena hastata (blue vervain) and Apis mellifera (European honey bee)

A taste of honey

Blue vervain is a common North American wildflower that is to be seen throughout the continental United States and in much of southern Canada. This plant prefers wet, open field habitats and riverine environments. In these photos, it’s being pollinated by a European honey bee (first introduced to North America in 1622).

To produce a 16 ounce jar of honey requires a lot of effort. According to the Canadian Honey Council. each jar contains the nectar of between one and two million flowers (different plant species vary in the amount of nectar they produce). A single honey bee will collect one teaspoon of nectar during it’s life. Most nectar contains 70% water but this must be reduced to less than 17% to make honey. A honey bee lives about six weeks and a pound of honey represents the entire lifetime’s labor of between 550 and a thousand worker bees. These bees musty fly over 55,000 miles (twice the circumference of the Earth!) to make a single jar of honey. You may want to consider these amazing facts the next time you put honey on your toast.

#flowers #photographers on tumblr #blue vervain #honey bee #honey #fleurs #flores #fiori #blumen #bloemen #Vancouver

[alexkrahenbuhl]

Blue Vervain and a Honeybee,

Watercolor on Glass, 4”x 7.5”, 9/23,

#art #artist #alexkrahenbuhl #illustration #painting #watercolor #glass #still life #flower #wildflowers #blue vervain #honeybee #bee

[randomlifeunit]

Not All Who Wander

Rated: Teen and Up

Summary: Four friends travel the wilderness, finding support in sticking together.

Chapter 16 [Previous] Read on Ao3

Much to his chagrin, there was a discussion about Sean's failed attempt to leave his friends.

After Ransom had heard all, he left the hut abruptly. Sean's gut twisted but he remained silent. Rune seemed to have forgiven him, though she was watching him closely. He couldn't really complain, given the circumstances.

Wes had initially looked a little startled, but he was surprisingly supportive; he nonchalantly told Sean that running away wasn't the worst thing one could do. Sean wanted to ask more about that, but it seemed to be the end of the conversation.

Later that morning, Ransom returned and sat down next to Sean at the table. A light rain had begun outside and he looked a little damp as he got comfortable on the bench seat. "Listen, I should have done this before, but I wasn't thinking," Ransom began. "Here I've been spending all this time with Genesa, learning about her healing herbs, when I could have been asking which ones might be helpful for you." Sean swallowed hard at the regret in Ransom's tone. He didn't want his friend to feel responsible for his actions, and he told him so. But Ransom just shook his head. "We're going to fix this," he said. "You're meeting with Genesa after the evening meal. I'll take you there myself. She'll help you."

"Okay," Sean's eye widened. Dread pooled in his gut, but he supposed he deserved some discomfort after the trouble he'd caused his friends.

Inside Genesa's hut, Sean sat down nervously at the table where she'd indicated. His heart dropped a little as he watched her wave Ransom out of the hut. Ransom dipped his head in respect and ducked out, closing the door behind him.

Sean tried to tamp down the vague panic rising in his chest. Genesa busied herself by the hearth, pouring fresh water into a blackened kettle and hanging it over the fireplace to heat.

Then she turned her keen gaze onto Sean, and his throat tightened with anxiety. Pacing over to the narrow table, her necklace clacking softly, she sat across from him. One wrinkled hand reached across the tabletop to take his face firmly in its grasp.

He averted his gaze and tried to breathe. This is what he feared might happen. The nerve endings on his prosthetics seemed alight with every sensation as she turned his head one way, then the other, examining each side of his face. Every touch made him want to recoil, and his muscles were stiff with tension.

She released his jaw from her grip and he swallowed hard. Next, she grabbed his metal hand and extended the arm out straight on the tabletop to study the appendage. Prodding at the junctions of his elbow and wrist, she flexed the arm and then turned his hand palm-up, wiggling each finger by turn. Pulling a small tool from her pocket, she proceeded to tap lightly with the pointed tip all along his arm.

By this time Sean felt he was no longer fully present in his body. His vision glazed over, and the images from his optical prosthetic began to have slight distortions around the edges.

Genesa peered at his face again and set his hand down. She stood, then perused her shelves of herbal remedies, talking softly to herself.

"Hmm, very bitter but it's a good choice," she muttered. "Here, this one will help that," she said as she reached for another, then one more. She shook out portions of each of the three herbal remedies into a wooden cup, then poured the now-boiling kettle water over the leaves. Setting it on the tabletop, she sat down again across from Sean. "Now, we wait," she announced. "Too short, and it will be a weak brew. Too long, and the bitterness will be overpowering. It needs to be just right." He nodded absently, feeling detached. She tsked once and stood, grabbing up a broom and sweeping the floor, humming tunelessly as she went. Next, she picked up a cloth and wiped some dust off the shelving.

Soon enough she was poking at the herbal brew with a spoon, deeming it finished, and strained out the plant matter. Handing the cup to Sean, she said, "Drink."

He swallowed nervously and took a small sip, making a face as the taste gave him an involuntary shiver. "Yes, that's it," Genesa said, smiling wide. She pointed to the tea. "That's how you know it's working."

Sean braced himself, drank the rest of the tea quickly, forcing down the shudder of disgust, and stood abruptly. "Th-thank you," he stammered, his face reddening. She nodded at him and he fled the hut.

Outside, the pouring rain soon soaked him to the skin, and he blinked rapidly, trying to see through the blur of water. He passed the central fire pit, now steaming and dark in the rain, and ran straight up to the hut he shared with his friends. They all turned to look at him as he shut the door behind him and leaned against it heavily, breathing hard.

"You okay?" Wes asked from the table, where he was snacking on some leftover bread and meat from the evening meal. "You look a little spooked." Sean nodded and shivered, wrapping his arms around himself. Rune grabbed a blanket from their bunk and approached him, draping it across his shoulders.

Ransom's dark gaze followed him, his arms crossed. "Did it go all right with Genesa?" he asked, tentatively.

Sean shivered as water dripped from his hair, and moved to sit at the table. "Uh...not really. I mean yes? She gave me some tea to drink." He looked away, frowning. "I...I don't want to go back."

Ransom's brow furrowed. "Why not? What happened?"

Sean made a face. "It just...felt too much like before." he said, gesturing vaguely.

Before what? Rune signed, as she approached to sit next to him on the bench seat. Sean scrunched his face up and sighed. "I...I don't want to talk about this." His voice sounded a little shaky. Wes said quietly, "Dude, you never want to talk about it. Maybe it's time you did. It obviously bothers you." Rune nodded.

Sean remained silent, conflicted inside. He knew Wes was right. Rune took his hand and squeezed it. He sighed, feeling disgusted with himself.

"Getting all this stuff put on me," he began, gesturing to his prosthetics, "felt like being a lab experiment. No one asked me what I really wanted. They didn't really try to make it more comfortable for me or make sure I understood what procedures were going to be done. They just took. And they gave. And I was nothing more than a number, a test subject. A body." He stared at the wall, his gaze unfocused, damp hair stuck to the side of his forehead.

When he didn't go on, Ransom tried to clarify, sounding a little uncertain. "And something about today...felt like before?"

Sean nodded absently. Rune noticed his faraway look and started rubbing her thumb in circles on the back of his hand. When he didn't seem to respond, she reached up with her other hand and touched his face lightly, but he flinched away with a startled expression. "That's what she was doing," he said, a little breathless. Rune frowned. Touching your face? she signed.

"And my hand, my arm, poking at me...like at the medical facility..." his voice trailed off.

If you don't want touch, then I won't allow it, Rune signed firmly with one hand. He looked at her steadily. "You can't stop it. People touch anyway, whether I want it or not." Rune let go of his hand. You don't want anyone to touch you? she asked, a trace of sadness in her eyes. Sean quickly averted his gaze, his face hot. "Sometimes," his voice cracked, and he cleared his throat. "Some people...I don't mind," he said haltingly, looking back at her. He took her hand again, and she smiled. "I know you guys and it doesn't bother me like with the others," he said a little more clearly.

Wes grinned at the two of them and kept eating, a twinkle in his eye.

Ransom shifted from one foot to the other, and then said, "Genesa can be a bit forward sometimes. I can see how that might not be very comfortable for you. Maybe I could ask her to tone it down next time." Sean swallowed. "Next time?" Ransom nodded. "I feel strongly that this might be helpful for you. I hope you might be willing to try again?"

Sean wavered in indecision. Rune signed with her free hand, l'll go with you.

You will? he signed back. She nodded. "Okay," he said aloud, sounding a little more sure of himself. She smiled.

[Next]

#randomwrites #my writing #team as family #flashbacks #spacing out #herbalism #herbal remedies #blue vervain #spearmint #chamomile #touch averse #anxiety #posting updates daily till i run out of chapters

[venzellakage]

#yard plants #plants #yellow toadflax #blue vervain #vervain #cutleaf teasel

[deathtek]

7/30/22

#blue vervain #Verbena hastata #asterids #lamiales #verbenaceae #plant #flowering plant

[elavoria]

Some sketches to get a feel for my godwoken Vervennia, also featuring her namesake plant vervain and her love interests Fane and Gareth. I didn’t want to color all of it but it was very important to illustrate her blue hair!

She’s a conjuror who loves her little incarnates, as well as a healer and buffer. It’s going to be a long time before I get around to actually playing her, so she might end up with a broader skillset but my goal is for her to be a pure character who passes the Path of Blood and that’s fairly limiting so we shall see!

#divinity original sin 2 #dos2 #godwoken #fane #gareth #vervennia #my art #sketches #my oc #not tes #might as well tag the npcs... they are smol and cute #giving her blue vervain despite common vervain being the one with the relevant associations #fun fact she and ama got their names at the same time

[vervainium]

“can you share now?” // watercolor, colored pencil

okay so this one is a little more…

this one is a little more abstract. but you just gotta trust me okay.

do you think the moon will sing is about a parent and child or lovers. the controverse of the century.

idk personally??????? parent and child BUT i personally have a different take than i think what. most people think but story for another time thanks bye!!!!

#something about the way you can’t really tell if the blue or other colors are on top is very nice to me #who is forshadowing who? #can they coincide fairly? #is the light a beacon of hope or is it tearing the blue apart? #i’m not sure actually scratching my head really #vervainium #vervains tad bits #vervains art #the crane wives #the moon will sing #art #painting #artwork #Spotify

[dimwinterafternoon]

Midnights Album Aesthetics How I imagine the vibe of the album and associations:

Velvet Blue and Chroma Pinkish Violet: perfect representation of the midnight hour, as it's witching and alluring, there to unite our psychic awareness with the mundane reality, a portal into the Twilight Zone, without the restriction of expectation, without fear of being noticed, just us and the void of thought, echoing to and fro each other.

Blue Vervain: Vervain was a favoured herb of the druids and used in magic rituals. It was thought to protect the bearer against witches' spells and to ward off the Evil Eye. Placing vervain on a small cut on the hand was believed to bestow the ability to open locked and bolted doors once the hand had fully healed. Rubbing little undiluted vervain juice on your body helps to attract love, and can transform enemies into friends. If you place a bunch of it in the bedroom, vervain can help you to overcome insomnia.

Sodalite: The crystal's energy is Intuitive, it will help you connect with your highest self, sodalite is thought to ease emotional distress and anxiety, it helps to clear the mind and express the self to find the truth of own's own.

A Court of Mist and Fury: the city Velaris mentioned in the book and the whole embedded with jewels dressed worn by the faes is so mystical and reminder of the midnight hue.

Sources: @taylorswift @taylornation Top Skirt Boots Ring Bag Nail Polish Vervain

#taylor swift #midnights #album #ts10 #october 21st #blue #violet #purple #chroma #vervain #sodalite #aesthetics #winter #sad girl autumn #vibes #girlblogger #outfit #velvet #pink #vmas #video music awards #mtv #nail polish #clock #time #moda operandi #dolce and gabbana #Brian Atwood #victoria's secret #evermore

[upwards-garbage-can]

I have SO many more OCs but I've kinda narrowed it down to these 12 which still doesn't feel like enough lmao

#my oc #autumn avril augustus #dawn (andawlyn) #faren port #edgar colt #koi waterson #chrys bloodlurch #valerie 01 #yaozu #cassius florian hart #kirsch kross #vervain belladonna #tyson shoals #lotta blue??? lmao #green is my favorite color so seeing so much blue is funny #scribbles #anyways anyone can send as many asks about these motherfuckers as they want #god knows i have literally nothin else to motivate me

[vandaliatraveler]

It was oppressively and unnecessarily hot today - in the low 90′s - so I eschewed any grand adventures and made homemade salsa instead with batches of newly-ripened goodies from my tomato and pepper pots. My sole foray outside was a mid-morning hike around Fairfax Pond-Rehe Wildlife Management Area, whose beautiful, interconnected ponds and waterways seemed right for the occasion. Swamp rose (Rosa palustris) is a bit past peak now, and riddled with Japanese beetles, but it makes a grand display starting in early July.

From top: swamp rose, a native perennial shrub that forms dense, colorful thickets along streambanks and ponds; rose milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), another wetlands-loving perennial with high-wildlife value; Allegheny monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens), an adorable colonizer with whimsical, double-lipped flowers; blue vervain (Verbena hastata), also known swamp verbena, a graceful, moisture loving perennial whose flowering spikes bloom from the bottom up; a silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) cooling its jets on Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum), also known as hemp dogbane; fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata), yet another wetlands-loving perennial, whose droopy yellow flowers are quite beguiling; six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton), also sometimes referred to as dock spider for its habit of rapidly vanishing between the cracks of boat docks; and a male widow skimmer ((Libellula luctuosa) finding the perfect perch for scouting females and prey. 

#appalachia #vandalia #summer #flora #rosa palustris #swamp rose #asclepias incarnata #rose milkweed #mimulus ringens #allegheny monkeyflower #verbena hastata #blue vervain #swamp verbena #chlosyne nycteis #silvery checkerspot #apocynum cannabinum #indian hemp #hemp dogbane #lysimachia ciliata #fringed loosestrife #dolomedes triton #six-spotted fishing spider #libellula luctuosa #widow skimmer #dragonfly #fairfax pond-rehe wildlife management area

[dansnaturepictures]

16th August 2023: Buddleia and Magpie in the sweet morning sunlight out the back, view out the front and some stunning sky scenes tonight and phone photos of Winchester Cathedral and beautiful and colourful fox-and-cubs and vervain in Winchester at lunch time on a day with some great bright sunshine which was pretty hot.

At home today I also enjoyed seeing bee, with Swift heard, Small White, Red Admiral, Holly Blue, Jackdaw, hoverfly, hemp agrimony, valerian, purple loosestrife, wood avens and speedwell in Abbey Gardens highlights in Winchester today. Ragwort, mugwort, fleabane, Small White, Gatekeeper, thistle and mallow were good to see beside/cutting across Lakeside on commutes today with common toadflax good to see in Winchester and by Lakeside.

#photography #jackdaw #vervain #england #world #happy #earth #nature #uk #birdwatching #sunny #outdoors #holly blue #butterflies #summer #photos #flowers #2023

[ayanos-pl]

ヤマトシジミがアレチハナガサの花で吸蜜。

#ヤマトシジミ #蝶 #アレチハナガサ #昆虫 #花 #Zizeeria maha #japan #motyl #butterfly #Pseudozizeeria maha #酢漿灰蝶 #pale grass blue #Verbena brasiliensis #狭叶马鞭草 #Brazilian verbena #Brazilian vervain

[muirneach]

just received a package of native seeds (woohooooo) and i was supposed to get 3 species and i got 8. well awesomeee more plants for meeee :3

#and some of my favourite species are here yippee hi blue vervain hi coneflower hi evening primrose hi aster hi hyssop #etc etc #flora and fauna