I am small, yellow and round.
Where have you seen me?
What’s my name?
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes:
I offer this riddle, because I know many of you know lots more about plants than I do, and this is one I don’t recognize. I suspect it’s related to a buttercup, but it’s too short, only a few inches high, and buttercups usually bloom later in the summer. It looks a bit like wild lettuce, but it doesn’t have the thick greens of wild lettuce. Also, the flower is about an inch across, which is bigger than buttercups and wild lettuce. Can you name it?
This photograph is part of the Word A Week Photograph Challenge, by A Word in Your Ear. This week’s word is Round. You can see another entry at Cee’s Photography.
My riddle is also a second Quinzaine for the Paint the World with Words Poetry Prompt, Quinzaine. If you’re interested, you can find my other one at New Queen Quinzaine.
28 thoughts on “Mystery Flower Quinzaine”
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
Bren, thank you for writing for the challenge! I enjoyed reading this post. I too loved riddles when I was a child and used to play riddle games with my friends a lot. You just made me relive that moment with this post. This was so beautifully done 🙂
Regards
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My pleasure. It was fun, and someone did figure it out. Then I read about that kind of flower in the Little White Horse, and I was so pleased to already know what it looked like! 🙂
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It was fun reading your entry too 🙂
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Aconites? As in ack oh NiGHtees? Thanks! Never would have gotten it myself. Like the “round” challenge” too.
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Yes, this was a fun way to tie a bunch of things together. Some of the bloggers are very knowledgeable about plants. I like that! Thanks for commenting! Warmly, Brenda
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Winter aconite.
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Ding ding ding!! You’re right!
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OOOh, a new short form to play with. Thanks I visited the linked site and bookmarked it.
Maybe I can incorporated it with one of the April Poetry Month prompts. Cool beans!
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I like these short poem forms, they are fun!
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Here she be:
http://juleslongerstrandsofgems.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/truth-or-dare/
Thanks again.
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I like where you went with it! What fun!
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I am stumped! It does look like it’s related to buttercups. Good luck !
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Midwest Plant Girl nailed it. Winter aconites. Who knew! LOL
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Well there you go, learned something new, cool!
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I think it’s Winter aconites – Eranthis hyemalis. There’s no leaves, just a stem and flowers right? There are some planted at my college, but haven’t seen them yet.
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You are good!!
I looked it up, now I have the name, and that is it! http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a446
Thanks for solving the mystery. I have never seen one before. It’s beautiful and startling. It has leaves, but just a few around the stem under the bloom, and none coming up independently from the ground.
Have a great day!! Brenda
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No problem! I love a morning mystery… keeps me spry 😉
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LOL Awesome! I have passed the news along, and others were happy to hear, too. I enjoyed the mystery. I figured either you, Bear or Beckarooney would nail it. LOL
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Search me! 🙂 I only like looking at them. Most of their names defy me. 🙂 x
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LOL Me, too. I remember most of the common ones, but this seemed quite uncommon, and yet… so familiar. It’s maddening. Still, a name is arbitrary anyway. I might be disappointed if I find out it’s called a skunk cabbage.
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I am baffled.
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Well, it’s a real stumper, isn’t it? Maybe I’ll see the gardener one day, and she will know. 🙂
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I wish I knew. It’s cute, but I have no clue!
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LOL Me, neither! I thought it might be an anemone, but I looked that up and no dice. Maybe someone will know…
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Is this currently blooming in your part of the country? I only have daffodils, which were short-lived, and tulips, and hyacinth right now.
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Yes, took the picture yesterday, and we have mostly daffs, pansies and tiny bulbs blooming now. No tulips or hyacinth have reached full bloom outside of greenhouses. It’s a mystery to me, and I studied over 400 flowers in horticulture in college. And yet, some blogging in WP know lots more than me!
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