Lone Tree in a Sunflower Field
by Jeff Goulden
Title
Lone Tree in a Sunflower Field
Artist
Jeff Goulden
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Common Sunflower (Helianthus annus), a wild native of the American Southwest, is a member of the Asteraceae family. It has a well-known characteristic, called heliotropism, of pivoting its leaves and buds to track the path of the sun from sunrise to sunset. Once the flowers open, they are oriented to the east to greet the rising sun. The common sunflower thrives in the dry, brown disturbed soils of the southwest, turning the arid landscape into a shimmering yellow carpet that attracts wildlife, insects and human visitors alike. In Northern Arizona, the Navajo ancestors extracted a dark red dye from the outer seed coats and the Hopi cultivated a purple sunflower to make a special dye. The sunflower seed was an important food source for most North American tribes. The sunflower, with its large yellow flowers, is also an iconic art symbol and the state flower of Kansas. After the Summer Monsoon rains bring moisture to the region, sunflowers bloom in fields all over Northern Arizona. This lone tree, surrounded by a field of sunflowers, was photographed at Campbell Meadows in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
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August 25th, 2018
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Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet!
Janet Marie
Congratulations! Your artwork has been featured on the Homepage of the “Beauty Of Arizona” Art Group for the week of Friday, (05/15/20). You are welcome to submit your artwork in the Group's discussion thread “2020 Thanks and Features Archive April-June." Thank you for sharing your artwork and being a member of the group. like/fave