Juglans nigra, Black Walnut pistillate flower, Howard County, MD, HeLoMetz
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Detailed Description
Yep, Black Walnuts have flowers....and here is a female one. Check out the fuzzy stigmas on top of what will be the nut later. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 200mm Pentax-m with Nikon 10X infinity microscope objective lens mounted on front , Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.6, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200.USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.