Ecuadorian Wildflower
by Terry Davis
Title
Ecuadorian Wildflower
Artist
Terry Davis
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art, Photo Painting, Photography
Description
I saw this most unusual flower in Ecuador on the roadside and asked our driver to stop. I'd never seen one before and was intrigued. It is actually a much taller growth than this image, with several of the flowers as it rises. I added the textures as the final step.I looked up information on it and found this:
Leonotis leonurus, also known as lion's tail and wild dagga, is a plant species in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. The plant is a broadleaf evergreen large shrub native to South Africa and southern Africa, where it is very common. It is known for its medicinal and mild psychoactive properties. The main psychoactive component of Leonotis leonurus is claimed to be leonurine, even though leonurine has never been found in the plant using chemical analysis. Like other plants in the mint family, it also contains marrubiin. The name 'wild dagga' links it closely to cannabis as 'dagga' derived from the Khoikhoi 'dachab' is an indigenous South African name for cannabis species. This name may be a misnomer, as no part of the plant is used as a hallucinogen.
IMAGE FEATURED IN:
The Philanthropic Artists group 02/05/19
The Beauty in Art group 01/31/19
The Global Flowers Photography group 01/31/19
The Flora group 01/31/19
The Floral Photography and Art group 01/31/19
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January 30th, 2019
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