Hi sbb!

This interesting flower grew on my windowsill:

http://bksys.at/bernhard/img/dscn3341.html

Why are its leaves like needles? The bud is about 1 cm dia. Has
nature not invented broad leaves when it created this plant, or
is it adapted to wind or something?

Bernhard

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I am seeing neither leaves nor anything like needles.
What I am seeing is the lovely green branched screen below the flower,
designed to attract the attention (and it does! What more do you want?).
PvR

Bernhard Kuemel schreef
Hi sbb!

This interesting flower grew on my windowsill:

http://bksys.at/bernhard/img/dscn3341.html

Why are its leaves like needles? The bud is about 1 cm dia. Has
nature not invented broad leaves when it created this plant, or
is it adapted to wind or something?

Bernhard

This interesting flower grew on my windowsill:

Nigella sativa. In English we call it love-in-a-mist.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

P van Rijckevorsel wrote:
I am seeing neither leaves nor anything like needles.
What I am seeing is the lovely green branched screen below the flower,

Well, the branches are rather thin and pointy, that's what I
meant with 'it looks like needles.' And as there are no leaves in
the broad and flat sense, I thought that are leaves.

BTW, any other leaves in the background are from other plants.

designed to attract the attention (and it does! What more do you want?).

Really? The branches attract attention? Well, my attention, but
any other attention? Like bud leaves attract insects to spread
pollen. Fruit attracts animals to carry away and spread seeds.

Bernhard

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(Iris Cohen) meinte:

This interesting flower grew on my windowsill:

Nigella sativa. In English we call it love-in-a-mist.

More likely Nigella damascena, but it should have only 5 petals !?

German names are "Jungfer im Gruenen" or "Braut in Haaren".

Leo

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Bernhard Kuemel schreef
Well, the branches are rather thin and pointy, that's what I
meant with 'it looks like needles.' And as there are no leaves in
the broad and flat sense, I thought that are leaves.

BTW, any other leaves in the background are from other plants.

+ + +
The leaves should be a little further down the stem and look a little more
like leaves
http://www.trq.nl/school/herbarium.p...&TYPE=Nigella%
20damascena
+ + +

designed to attract the attention (and it does! What more do you want?).

Really? The branches attract attention? Well, my attention, but
any other attention? Like bud leaves attract insects to spread
pollen. Fruit attracts animals to carry away and spread seeds.

+ + +
Who is talking about branches?
It is not only your attention, but also that of all those gardeners and
other plant lovers ;-). A little wind will produce a quite noticeable effect
to insects (these are hard-wired to notice movement), and this adds to the
attention that the flower gets.
PvR