Floral Fumo of the Week: Canadian Goldenrod(Soldago canadensis) [Also Happy Fall]!
(i took this picture a few days ago and i know its not friday but its fall equinox so)
Today is the first day of fall, which means that there is an equal amount of daylight and nighttime today
These florals for the week are Canadian goldenrod (Soldago canadensis). They are flowers that bloom during fall, and they attract lots of pollinators like butterflies and bees. This is one of the last flowers to bloom for bees to collect nectar for the hive to prepare to live on and huddle together for winter.
The name of the species is obvious that they're native to (mostly) Canada. Despite having "sol" in the name, the genus name "solidago" isn't named after the sun, but these flowers are part of the same family as sunflowers (asteraceae) which Yuuka Kazami is known for. Instead, they are named after a fusion word from solidus/solida(means solid/whole/true/strength)and the -ago suffix makes it "to drive/become" so solidago means "to become whole/true/stronger" because it was once used as medicine centuries ago.
Like how one sunflower is actually a cluster of smaller flowers (florets) called pseudanthium, one closer look at a single "flower" on any branch and you can see that those are a cluster of even tinier flowers.
Also I have one more non-fumo related thing to show:
I quickly found and took a picture of a butterfly while i was trying to take a picture of Yuuka. It blends easily but it's called great spangled fritillary(argynnis/speyria cybele). The genus name is often disputed, sometimes it is called argynnis with speyria being classed as a subgenus, and some consider speyria to be its own genus separate from argynnis. The species is named after Cybele("Mother Nature") that was worshipped for so long at the city of catalhoyuk in what is now Turkey that most information of her is lost. A lot of butterflies tend to be named after gods like this.
