I noticed some birds hanging around eating seeds, so I sat down for a bit, hoping they’d move close enough for a phone shot. That didn’t happen but I did get a closer look at some of the plants. I found these leaves rather attractive, but does everything in the desert have sharp edges? 🙂
This, that and the other thing 
Ouch!
I didn’t touch them so I don’t know if they’re actually sharp or not and I only noticed them when I was looking closely.
I think it would be wise to assume they were as sharp as they look. 🙂
Probably a good idea, although I might touch one very carefully. We’ll see. 🙂
Excellent captured. 🙂 Guess the sharp edges in deserts depend on the desert. In Sahara no matter how rough place it might be there are a lot of (apparently) soft gentle curves. But desert area like US, southern Africa and especially in Australia there are really many sharp edges. 🙂
Thanks, Drake. I don’t know if they feel sharp or not. May give them a tentative touch next walk to find out. But the leaves are quite pretty.
wow – like the edges – and the light and lines
🙂 Exactly what drew me to them. Enjoy your day, Yvette.
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they are so interesting and look dangerous! )
They’re pretty, but I’m not sure about dangerous. I’ll have to see what they are and maybe trying carefully touching them.
Dear Janet,
Nature doing what nature does best. Adapt and survive. Just like us, right? Off to wrench a blog post out of thin air. See you.
Cheers,
Doug
True enough, Doug. Happy Tuesday (here) and Wednesday (there.)
HAHA. Self defense at work. What a lovely plant though.,
I envy you being in a new place with stuff to explore. Can’t wait to see what you find next.
I have to find out what sort of plant it is. I have an app where you put in your photo and it sorts through a data base of photos, coming up with possibilities. Quite useful although not always correct. But trying to look up plants by just describing them is so frustrating and sometimes even with a plant book I can’t find anything that looks just right.
Some expert is lurking somewhere – with luck maybe one will identify it on your blog. (saves all sorts of time scrutinizing plant ID pictures. That is frustrating)
Prickly lettuce. 🙂 My app worked to identify it. Hurrah!
Now that’s unique – the plant and the name. YEA!
The edges make for a pretty picture.
They do. 🙂
The veins and edges are interesting and the backlight is pretty. I don’t know what it is, but I’m eyeing an app for plant ID. You and I both have a lot of new plants and flowers to learn in our new environments. 😀
I just found it on the app and it’s Lactuca serriola or aptly enough, prickly lettuce. It has some medicinal uses. The app I use is PlantNet and seems to be pretty good.
Oh, l will check out that app! The one I have on my short list is pricey.😭
This one is free, so I’d try it first.
I checked it out and downloaded the free version can’t wait to try it! I use the Merlin app for bird ID a lot these days it’s really good, I hope this one is as good.
I have the Merlin app too, although I haven’t used it yet.
I’m using it a lot lately.
Interesting
I thought so, too. 🙂
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I use that color combo a lot when I am coloring. Nice to see it in nature. Great shot.
Thanks, Janet.
Sharp edges…. huh. There must be something to that.
Janet, that is a very interesting observation. Of course lemons don’t have sharp edges, but then again, their flavour is sharp.
In some plants I believe it has to do with not having leaves so that moisture isn’t lost. Other than that, I guess that’s just how God made them. 🙂 Lemons. Mmmmmm.
IKR!!! Limes, too!!
Hello?
Up until now, your comments were always coming through. Just found four in the spam file. How rude of WP!!!
Rude, yes, but now I am free!
Thank you, Janet!
I check my Spam once a month. It’s non-sensical who sometimes ends up in there.
I’ve been getting bombarded with spam, 20-50 per day or in several days. They all end up in the spam folder and almost all have the same message. But I always check before I delete all so I don’t get rid of any legitimate comments.
That’s a crazy amount of spam!
Good thing you check it all. I don’t get much spam, but I do check it regularly. It’s nuts who ends up in there, time to time.
I haven’t gotten much for a long time up until a couple of weeks ago when this latest round started. Fortunately, WP’s spam folder catches them.
Whew!
wow… excellent photo!
Thanks!
janet
Looks like some sort of weapon. 😅
I guess in a way it is as is everything with spines.