Hesperis Matronalis
by Lisa Lemmons-Powers
Title
Hesperis Matronalis
Artist
Lisa Lemmons-Powers
Medium
Digital Art - Photograph
Description
Taken at my house on the border of Tennessee and Virginia. Dame's Rocket, or Hesperis matronalis is a herbaceous plant species in the mustard family, Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask violet, dame's-violet,[1] dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflower, rogue's gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, mother-of-the-evening and winter gilliflower. Plants are biennials or short-lived perennials, native to Eurasia and cultivated in many other areas of the world for their attractive, spring-blooming flowers. In some of those areas, it has escaped cultivation and become a weed species. The genus name Hesperis is Greek for evening, and the name was probably given because the scent of the flowers becomes more conspicuous towards evening.
This is a painterly rendition of my original photograph, with various digital effects.
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April 21st, 2017
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