Wildflower series - Ruikbossie

in #flowers7 years ago

The name Ruikbossie (Afrikaans) means aromatic little bush and the leaves are quite strong smelling if crushed, although the smell isn't unpleasant, as many aromatic plants can be. This would go well in a pot pourri. Highly aromatic plants often contain volatile compounds that can be used in herbal medicine although I am not aware of any medicinal use for this particular plant.

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These flowers are particularly difficult to photograph because they are so small, the slightest breeze makes the stems tremble and blurs the shot.

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It's also very difficult to macro more than one flower because the different heights of the flowers ensure that some of them are going to be out of focus.

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When The magic is talking

These flowers even if they're small is really beautiful specially when they're bunch of them in one place. I usually see this flower but never known the name. Thanks for sharing this info with us @nikv.

Hi,
Are these native or exotic to South Africa?

Native. It is Chaenostoma leve or Sutera palustris in older classification

So pretty, beautiful flowers!

Thank you, they are

The tiny flowers are normally difficult doing marcrophotography loads of patience is the name of the game @nikv

Did not know they were used in pot pourri, so many little flowers in the veld we know so little or nothing about.

Hello Joan!
I don't know if they have been used as pot pourri, but they could be. I love finding and learning about all the little things

How tiny are they? About 2cm?

Much smaller than that. About 7mm

Oh my that is tiny

The middle picture is about life-sized

They are pretty ground covers and remind me of a type of daisy we have.

Beautifull, I love it!! meow!

Cute flowers :) @nikv

I'm very like it, i'll reestemed

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