#spring starflower

[angiec333]

Spring starflower or springstar (Ipheion uniflorum)

[faguscarolinensis]

Ipheion uniflorum / Spring Starflower at the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC

[sky-fishhhh]

Forgot to post it here but here’s my full piece for @lovesongcollab on twitter! I had a blast being a part of this collab and drawing miku, please go check out everyone else's works!!

Extras: Close up shot and outfit design (it’s based of an spring starflower)

[wsjyuyuyuau]

What would Annabella/Annie of The Stars (and maybe Sagan) be like in your AU?

https://skullgirls.fandom.com/wiki/Annie

Name: Annie of The Stars + Sagan

Series: Skullgirls

Gender: Female (Annie) and Sagan (Male)

Status: Alive (Both)

Family: Unnamed Mom

Flower Motif: Spring Starflower (Ipheion uniflorum)

Flower Meaning: Enchantment

Weapon of Choice: Sword

Associated With: Interdimensional Hero Club

Hero Form Appearance: A combination of a magical warrior’s gear and YuYuYu’s Hero Form Outifts. The undersuit of the outfit is a deep purple to reflect the natural color of space- and it helps the light blue of the main outfit stand out! The light blue gives way to a vibrant cyan when you reach the lower half of the sleeves, the lower half of the pants, and the tailcoat. Accent colors include yellow, gray, silver, gold, magenta, black, and white. The bag, boots, gloves, and eyepatch all have patterns of spring star flowers on them, and the only other accessory is a pair of spring starflower hair ties that hold Annie’s braids in place- the flower’s petal shape can be seen in the tailcoat and collar.

Full Bloom Gauge Location: Above Chest

Guardian: Auriga (Based on the Charioteer Constellation)

Favorite Food: Starfruit

Parallel To: None

Bio: Annie of the Stars, or simply Annie for short, is a stage name for Annabella. On the surface, she's the teenage star of her own successful series, in truth she is an immortal warrior who has been going on adventures for centuries. She sets out to stop the Skull Heart for good.

[crudlynaturephotos]

[troyminos]

Spring starflower (Ipheion uniflorum)

[teruriphoto]

Simplicity #211: Star flowers

☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

Ipheion uniflorum or

Spring stars are enjoying

Sunbathing in the sun

On a sunny warm spring morning.

日光浴を楽しむ

ハナニラの花たち

☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

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[vandaliatraveler]

Bald Knob Trail at Canaan Valley Resort State Park offers breathtaking panoramic views from two spruce-clad summits, Bald Knob and Weiss Knob. Bald Knob overlooks Canaan Valley to the west (top photos), while Weiss Knob overlooks the Red Creek Valley to the south. I take the manual route up the trail (a strenuous vertical climb of 800 to 900 feet in about half a mile) but you can also opt for the ski lift on Weiss Knob, when it's operating. This time of year, a walk through the red spruce forest on Weiss Knob is a real treat for wildflower nerds like me, with various beauties, such as yellow clintonia (Clintonia borealis), the gorgeous and delicate starflower (Lysimachia borealis), painted trillium (Trillium undulatum), Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), and mountain-loving red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa), in bloom.

[rubberbandballqueen]

Is your profile picture possibly a spring starflower? One of the varieties with rounder/blue-er petals (searching for "blue round petal ipheion" gives some promising image results). It's not native to the US, so that would explain why you don't see it often as it would be planted as an ornamental.

HMMMM looking at the first page that popped up i'm inclined to say no based off appearances, since i've always found what i've photographed to have wider, rounder petals than these. i HAVE most definitely seen spring starflowers in people's gardens in the time since, particularly the regular white variety, which i'm certain i have also photographed but i guess not on this phone.

another thing that suggests to me it's a different flower is the fact that i remember the flower was rather flat?? and while it's not much there is a bit of a trumpet shape to the pictures i'm finding of the starflowers

THAT SAID there are points in its favor regarding its size

something i remember pretty clearly was that i was either crouched really low or kind of lying in the grass to get the picture. i pulled out a ruler just now and it's possible the flower was around 1" wide. i remember them as small but not Tiny, the sort of thing that's unsuited for putting in vases at home bc the stems are short and the flowers small. i have a tendency of getting waaaaaay way up close and personal with the flowers i photograph bc i like the magnified details lol

i would not be surprised at all if what i photographed was an ornamental plant though since it does Not look like the native flowers we have around here.

[faguscarolinensis]

Ipheion uniflorum / Spring Starflower at the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC

[frozen-snowflakesandsunflowers]

Frozen Fever: Elsa's flower mystery: Part 3 - I think I finally figured it out!

So as some of you may know, I've been on a mission to find the exact flower Elsa's pink flower in Frozen Fever was inspired by. So far I haven't been successful with it. I have found ones that are quite close to the flower but not enough for me to say that it was the one that inspired the flowers Elsa resembles on her dress in Frozen Fever.

(Links to previous parts below)

Here's what Elsa's flower looks like on her dress and in the vase:

From here what we can identify, is that the flower used is a deep pink with leaves that resemble the shape of the flower. The flowers differ in size too. The petals have a sling bend to them.

As we go through what my options were in my previous parts, I want to rule them out, briefly saying why until we conclude to the one I have newly found.

In Part 1, my options were,

Stargazer Lily

The shape is off to be Elsa's flower. It's too wavy too. However when in a vase, the leaves do have a drop to them as can be seen in the Frozen Fever flower vase. Then again if this was the flower used for inspiration, they would include closed up lilies as in this photo.

Rain Lily

Despite this being a more purply pink, it could be in the lighting her. Elsa's flower was a bit more red. This is most likely the closest one of them all. However when in a vase, the leaves act like grass.

River (Kaffir) Lily

The flowers bend upwards but Elsa's bend down slightly. Leaves don't match up either.

And in Part 2, my options were,

Lilium Red Country

These flowers are too red and the petals are lifted too high. However the leaves do form a flower/ star shape. The flower also comes in pink but like the Stargazer lily, it would include closed up lilies.

Soiree Kawaii

The petals seem to be quite spaced out and have a rounded tip plus they are quite small and have a consistent shape.

Ceratopetalum Gummiferum Alberys Red

The gap between the petals is a 'u' shape and are too spaced out and flowers are quite crowded together. The shade of pink/ red is also off.

Christmas Cactus

Shape is far from similar to Elsa's. Has too many petals. Leaves are obviously cactus like and spiky which is not an aspect seen in the pink flower Elsa uses.

Azalea Startstyle Pink

Long thin petals and leaves and very spiky looking. So this isn't it.

My newfound options are,

Egyptian Pink Starflower

Like the Rain Lily, this seems to be a close match too. This has a white centre and Elsa's flower as seen in the vase also has a white centre. In some art of the flowers, it's seen with a simple yellow centre. However, the leaves are also quite large in comparison with the flower itself.

Spring Starflower Ipheion Uniflorum

This flower is also alike but is quite a paler pink to be the exact flower inspired for the one used. But the line in the middle of each petal is there so it's a possible inspiration for the flower seen.

However none of these flowers have similar leaves to what can be seen if the plant Elsa uses for her dress. Flower/ star shaped leaves do exist but ones with flowers.

The leaf plant that could be possible as inspiration for this pink flower is

Sweet Woodruff

It's almost identical to the leaves in the plant Elsa uses with the expectation of an added leaf. The flowers that are with this plant are called Galium Odoratum. They're small, white and have 4 petals.

Conclusion

When I made part 1 and 2, I just wanted to suggest what it could be, what the options for this flower are. I thought I'd find the exact flower but I didn't and hence never quite concluded what it was.

But now looking back I don't think there is one exact flower that looks like that. I believe it's a combination of a few similar looking flowers and plants. The inspiration for Elsa's flower seems to be a combination of the flowers: Rain Lily, Egyptian Pink Starflower, Spring Starflower Ipheion Uniflorum and the plant: Sweet Woodruff. The Rain Lily has the right colour, shape and six petals, the Egyptian Pink Starflower also has the colour and shape but also has a white centre, the Spring Starflower Ipheion Uniflorum has the petal details and the six petals, and the Sweet Woodruff has the start - flower leaf shape.

So it's highly possible that the flower Elsa uses to create her dress was inspired by multiple flowers and a star shaped leaf plant to create their own plant that would feature a snowflakes qualities for the purpose of design and theme on Elsa's gown. It's possible that there were more flowers and plants used for the inspiration but I guess we'll never know unfortunately.

But fun fact - the flowers Elsa uses for her dress are also seen in the tent Anna comes out of at the end of Frozen 2! It's probably a common flower used in Arendelle for decoration and one of Elsa's favourites.

[wsjyuyuyuau]

Can you do Anmitsu-Hime from Anmitsu-Hime/Sugar Princess?

(And that about wraps up my three asks, so far!)

Name: Anmitsu Hime

Series: Anmitsu Hime

Gender: Female

Status: Alive

Family: The Royal Family of Amakura Castle

Flower Motif: Springstar (Ipheion uniflorum)

Flower Meaning: Natural Sweetness

Weapon of Choice: Bajiao Shan Fan

Associated With: Interdimensional Hero Club (Ally)

Hero Form Appearance: A combination of a Japanese furisode and YuYuYu’s Hero Form outfits. The undersuit of the outfit is a solid gray so the lighter colors can stand out, while the main outfit is a soft white, with it becoming a periwinkle purple as you near the lower half of the pants, the part of the sleeves past the elbows, and the tailcoat. The accent colors include magenta, yellow, teal, black, silver, gold, silver, and light pink. The geta inspired shoes, Obi styled belt, and the fingerless gloves all have patterns inspired by the Spring Starflower. The only other accessory is Anmitsu’s headdress, which now has starflowers instead of stars on it. The flower’s petal shape can be seen in the sleeves and tailcoat.

Full Bloom Gauge Location: Right Breast

Guardian: Keizoubou (Based on the fox samurai of the same name)

Favorite Food: Dango

Parallel To: None

Bio: Anmitsu is a beautiful princess living happily at the Amakara Castle. The only thing is she is a tomboy and doesn't act very ladylike. When Anmitsu turns ten years old, her parents present her with a tutor named Castella, who from the Pudding Kingdom, in hopes of getting Anmitsu more serious about being a princess. Nonetheless, Anmitsu still is up to her usual antics and frequently escapes from the castle to have fun. However, she learns many things about the world outside the castle and about life in general in her adventures. She also makes new friends and continues to cause trouble for the royalty in Amakara Castle.

[chicinsilk]

Jeanne Lanvin-Castillo Spring/Summer 1953 Haute Couture Collection. White cotton faille dress and bolero printed with small red carnations and green starflower leaves, matching pumps.

Jeanne Lanvin-Castillo Collection Haute Couture Printemps/Été 1953. Robe et boléro en faille de coton blanc imprimés de petits oeillets rouges à feuilles vertes de Staron, escarpins assortis.

Photo Philippe Pottier

[nightlyrequiem]

Again and Again and Again

Cross posted from AO3

Valeria wants you back, but you're in need of convincing. It's a good thing she just so happens to be there in time to save you when you're attacked in an alley.

Tags/Warnings: Violence, Emotional Manipulation, Harassment, Unhealthy Relationship, WLW, No smut

There are flowers on your doorstep. Delicate, velvety petals beam up at you like you are the sun. It's a bouquet; lilies, peonies, starflowers, and a rose. All tied up together in an innocent white ribbon. The soft, vibrant flowers look out of place against the weathered wood of your door. There's no note attached but you don't need one to know who sent them. You've been seeing Valeria on and off for five years, and every time you two split she makes a habit of trying to buy back your affection. With how often (and violently) you two fight, you'd think you'd learn that you aren't compatible.

But the heart wants what it wants and no matter how many times you leave her your heart continues to sing for hers. You pick up the bouquet and go inside. Shutting and locking the door behind you. You set them on a side table littered with other gifts. Wilted flowers. Small dark velvet boxes holding rings and necklaces. Gift bags containing clothes you had eyed while still with her. She'd buy you the world but the one thing she'll never give you is an apology.

You toss your work bag to the ground nearby and plop yourself down on your old, second-hand couch. You think it was originally white, but now it's a more of a light beige. It's stained in some places and on the right a spring has come loose and stabbed up through the fabric. It's not the best couch but beggars can't be choosers. You glance at the top corner. Seemingly overnight a spiderweb appeared. You make a mental note to get rid of it later. You fold your legs up beneath you and take out your phone. Valeria had sent you a message five hours ago. Something along the lines of asking you to come home. She sent another one almost two months ago threatening to kill you if you continued to ignore her.

You do a routine check of all your socials. Not paying much mind to the threat or the plea. You've been doing this for a long time, and you know she's mostly full of shit. It's uncomfortably hot. Sweat builds up under your arms and on the back of your knees. The weather is truly atrocious. You'd think that it would be mandatory for all buildings to be built with an AC in Mexico, but you were wrong. Honestly, not having one in this weather feels cruel and inhumane. Maybe that's why this place is so cheap. It makes you miss the cool air inside the villa you shared with Valeria. You miss the big soft bed. You miss a lot of things.

Doomscrolling on your phone no longer brings you any entertainment. You turn on the tv for background noise as you rise off of the couch and head into the kitchen. You don't exactly feel hungry, but you know if you don't eat you'll feel awful tomorrow, so you dig through your freezer for packaged hotdogs. You used to cook good, elaborate meals for Valeria. You let slip a small smile at the memories of trying new food with her. You just don't have the motivation anymore. You thought leaving meant you'd be better but so far all you are, is depressed.

You let them boil as you walk back into the living room. The show playing is one you don't care for, but you don't bother changing the channel. You peek out your window. There's a man standing across the street. He's not looking directly at your building, but you know he's watching. Valeria can't stand to leave you to your own devices. Every time you've moved out she's sent someone to watch you. It doesn't fail to piss you off. You turn away and go back to your hotdogs.

You have a hard time chasing sleep. You're in a mood and it's hot and the wet rag you're using to try and keep cool has already dried but left a wet patch on your bed. Unfortunately for you, it doesn't matter how sleep deprived or miserable you are. You still have work. It's not any less hot out as you walk to work the next day. Despite the sky being overcast. It's like the sun is still determined to share it's heat with the world even when it can't be seen. The only thing you have to look forward to is the air conditioning at work. You walk inside and treasure the little relief you get from the cold air.

You put on the stupid red vest that signifies to everyone that you're a worker. You walk across the smooth linoleum floors with a box of product that needs stocking. You ignore the few customers that walk by, and they ignore you in turn. You don't work when you're with Valeria. There's just no need to and she doesn't like it when you do. You used to think it was romantic but now you think it has more to do with her liking to have more control over you. It's a little harder to leave when your source of income is her. Still, you're stubborn and something as small as money isn't going to stop you from doing what you want.

Your arm is halfway raised with a can of soup when someone taps your shoulder. Your skin crawls at the contact. You wish people would realise that they don't need to touch you to get your attention. You place the can on the shelf and turn with your go-to customer service smile. It's the man from last night. You get a good look at him up close. He has a faded tattoo on his cheek and growing stubble.

"Where do you keep the produce?" He asks. He has the rough voice of a longtime smoker. He already knows where the produce is. It's practically right next to the entrance.

"It's right by the front of the store, sir." You say politely. He nods then proceeds to stare at you for a second too long before finally walking off.

You go back to stacking shelves and roll your eyes. You've almost emptied the box when the man returns with a container of strawberries and blueberries. You look at him and wait for him to speak but all he does is stare at you.

"... Can I help you, sir?" You ask.

"Yeah, I just wanted your opinion on which one is better." He replies. Shoving the berries at you rudely. Your brows twitch with annoyance.

"They're both good." You say passively. Why does he need to bother you? Is it not enough to send someone to stalk your every move?

"Okay." He walks away abruptly.

Throughout your shift the man periodically comes up to you with stupid questions. Making himself out to be a real pest. He finally leaves and you're allowed to finish the rest of your shift in peace. You take grab your things from your locker and leave. You pause before you step outside. You see fine slivers of rain hitting the dark pavement outside. Just your luck. You get to be sopping wet in the least fun way when you get home. You walk outside and feel it soak into your hair and clothes. You walk down the cracked roads surrounded by dull brick buildings. Stray dogs peer out at you from under porches. Their beady eyes following every move.

A small pack of children kick an almost deflated soccer ball through puddles. You pass by a laundry line. Whoever hung up the clothes forgot to bring them in. You're cold and tired by the time you finally reach your home. There's no gift waiting for you this time. You unlock the door and step inside, happy to be out of the rain. You set down your keys and walk towards your room to change and almost scream when you see a figure in the kitchen. You whip your head to the side. There is indeed a person sitting at your table. Her dark brown eyes meet yours as she sits calmly.

Your brows furrow.

"How did you get in here?" You ask sharply.

"It's raining pretty hard." Valeria remarks. Ignoring your question. "We don't get to see that very often, I like it." You raise your arms in an irritated gesture.

'Valeria."

"It's peaceful, remember that storm that happened last year?" She continues. Staring at you. You aren't sure what to do.

"You need to leave." You say firmly. Attempting to take control of the situation.

"The power went out, and we spent the night on the floor in the living room just watching through the window." There were candles and blankets. "It was such a romantic night."

She doesn't seem to recall the awful fight that happened right after. Valeria looks around your kitchen. It's a small space. The wooden cupboards are chipping, and the microwave doesn't work. You feel a small flash of embarrassment. As if your home doesn't live up to her high standards.

"We should do that again." She says. Resting her chin in her palm. Her hair has grown down to her shoulders since you last saw her. She's dressed casually. A tank top and jeans. A gold chain glimmers at you from around her neck, a subtle display of her wealth. "You never answered my texts."

"Because I don't want to talk to you. How did you get in here?" You ask again.

"I picked the lock." You frown. Of course she picked the lock.

"You aren't welcome here." You say firmly. Mentally preparing yourself for a fight. Valeria stands up, her mature features settle into a calm, almost relaxed expression.

You tense. Wondering if she's going to get physical.

"Alright." She murmurs. She leisurely walks around the old table and past you. Confused, you turn and follow her. She walks straight towards the front door. She pulls it open and steps outside into the rain, apparently unbothered by it. She turns to look at you. She doesn't speak but her face says it all. This isn't over. You quickly close the door and lock it. For a few minutes you just stare at the wood. Seeing her again after months is throwing you off. Although she had been sending you gifts for the last few weeks you haven't spoken with her. She had acted so calm though. No snide remarks, she didn't raise her voice. She even left without an issue.

You walk back into the kitchen and stare at the spot she was sitting in moments before. The kitchen light casts an unflattering glow on everything it touches. It makes the walls look yellow and does nothing good for your complexion. Valeria looked out of place. Maybe she changed. She's different. You chastise yourself for thinking this way as you shut off the light. You throw yourself down on your couch. Careful to avoid that out of place spring. The rain continues. Tapping against the roof and windows loudly.

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You're temporally stunned by pain after your head makes contact with the peeling concrete of a wall. You fall to your knees, clutching the side of your face. Your heart thumps with fear as you peer up at your attacker. It's a man you don't recognize. He smells awful. Wearing unwashed baggy clothes. His teeth are ragged and there are visible sores on his face. He pulls out a knife that looks like a breeding ground for tetanus. You've always imagined what it would be like to be attacked. You'd fight back enough to flee. You'd scream loud enough to draw attention. But even though this is happening on a semi-public street, you can't do anything but tremble like a deer.

He growls something unintelligible. You shakily root around your pockets and throw your wallet at him. Hoping he goes away and leaves you mostly unharmed. Your sudden movement only seems to anger the man, however. He kicks the wallet to the side and prowls closer. Before he can reach you, his scrawny body jerks to the side after someone punches him. Valeria places herself between you and him. A few rough looking men step up from behind him. The man looks at her with wide eyes, but you don't see any fear.

"Get the fuck out of my way!" He says aggressively. Awkwardly getting to his feet. "Get out of here!" The way he says this sounds odd to your ears. Valeria subtly nods at the men behind him and they grab him. The larger one holds him by the arms while the smaller one delivers vicious blows to his stomach.

Your head throbs and the violence makes you feel unwell. Your attacker shouts and squirms. His voice high and wheezy. What are you doing? What are you doing? This isn't what you're supposed to do! Valeria turns and crouches before. You don't realise you're still clutching your head until she gently pries your hands away. She grabs your face, tilting your head to asses the damage. Her expression is serious, her dark brows furrowed.

"Are you okay?" She asks. "Do you feel dizzy?" You don't. Now that the shock is wearing off, you realise he didn't slam you head into the wall all that hard. You're definitely in pain but it could be worse, you think. You shake your head.

Valeria gently grabs your biceps.

"Can you stand?" With her help you slowly get to your feet. The two men who apprehended your attacker drag off his now unconscious body into a nearby alley. "What happened?" When you don't respond she says your name and asks again. "What happened?"

"He... I thought he was mugging me, but he didn't take my wallet." You say breathlessly. you look at your hands. They're still shaking. You've gotten into [physical spats with Valeria before but you've never felt worried for your life. You just... froze. Valeria can see the turmoil on your face and pulls you close to her warm body. Holding you against her with her hands softly petting the back of your head.

"I'm here." She murmurs. "I'm here, you're safe." Her scent is familiar and comforting. You don't question why he's here or why that man didn't just immediately stab you.

Valeria walks you back to your home.

"Take the day off." She says. Looking at you sympathetically. You return her look blankly.

"I can't." Your boss is an asshole and unless you have a doctor's note he won't let you off the hook.

"You can. I'll take care of it." Valeria replies. Giving your shoulder a squeeze. "Go inside and rest, I'll come check up on you later." She waits for you to go inside before walking off. You watch from your window.

True to her word, Valeria comes back after a few hours. You willingly let her in to talk. She did save you after all. It's the least you could do to thank her. You sit back on the couch with your knees curled to your chest. She sits down next to you.

"Are you okay?" She asks. You nod. No serious injuries. Just the memory to make you more paranoid to walk to work for the next while. Valeria places a hand on your knee. The nail polish decorating her nails in beginning to chip. "Good." The silence that follows is a little awkward. You aren't really sure what to say.

"... Thank you." You murmur. Valeria retracts her hand and looks at you intensly.

"You know I'll always be there for you, right?" She asks quietly. That makes you think.

"What were you doing down there?" You ask. You're lucky she was there but what was she doing there in the first place?

"I was coming to visit you." She says smoothly. Not needing to think about her answer.

If she was coming to see you, she chose the longer route. You don't question it.

"Oh." You rub your forehead.

"I miss you." She says. Her voice is low and vulnerable. You look at her. Throat tightening. Instead of replying you look away from her. Uncomfortable by the eye contact.

"I can keep you safe." She speaks again. "You don't belong here, you know that." She doesn't sound demanding or smug. You know her tone means nothing though. You've had this conversation before.

She grabs your hand.

"Don't you miss me too?" She whispers. You can never be too sure if her vulnerability is honest or not, but it gets under your skin anyway.

"I do miss you." You admit. Not looking at her. You miss sharing a bed, and meals, her laugh. You even miss her temper. You look back up to the corner, right at the cobweb. Getting rid of it must have slipped your mind.

"Then come home." She pleads. Moving closer to you. A small spider slowly crawls out from a crack in-between the wall and ceiling. You can't tell if the spider is venomous. You squeeze Valeria's hand. Maybe you should give her another chance. If she messes up again, you can always leave.

"Okay." You resign quietly. The fly lands in the web and gets tangled in the silk. Attracted by the struggling, the spider darts out to sink its tiny fangs into the fly's helpless body. Valeria smiles.

"I knew you'd see reason."

[untrustynickel]

Flowers for Flour Gag identifying thing

First Instance: this one is VERY likely to just be a generic blue flower, but closest to what's shown (Blue with five/six? petals, yellow center) I've found are Forget-Me-Nots, Blue Flax, and (Blue Colored) Spring Starflower.

Instance Two: Okay so right off the bat these are all def tropical flowers of different kinds (possibly also generic), my best guesses for the visible flowers from left to right are

(Red) Amaryllis or poinsettia (Orange/black) Pansy (Orange/Yellow) THIS was hard to find (ty colby) but this seems to resemble specifically "Vireya Rhododendron 'Tropic Glow'" (for u Floor fans, Vireya can be found in Australia) (Pink) Resembles several kinds of Pink Lily the closest I found being a Souvenir Lily

Instance Three: Fairly certain this is Chamomile, makes sense because these are generated by the Pic-nix Table (Used for tea)

This was mostly for fun, I had noticed the Chamomile one awhile ago, but what really prompted me to make this was noticing the first ones resemble forget-me-nots (due to the symbolize they hold and how it seems to somewhat line up with Balloon and Suitcase) I think it's likely an absolute coincidence the paralleling, but still very fun and fascinating to me (Also if Suitcase or Balloon happens to permadie in movie uhh, I think this will kill me actually-)

Of course the other flowers here has their own possible associations but in general very neat to me and I wanted 2 ramble ab it :D

[mudpuddle-fr]

🍌does your clan have the four european seasons? if not, why (perhaps your clan is located somewhere where that wouldn’t make sense etc.)? if so, what differences might exist between a stereotypical european season (for example, summer) and your clan’s experience of that season?

Thank you for the ask! :D

The Starflower Sanctuary has a spring or summer climate for longer than the standard European seasons! (from around February to October). The progression of autumn and winter is accelerated, and the switches between seasons tend to be more drastic. There’s also a lot of “micro-seasons” they identify.

I’m going to use our names for months in this explanation, but they actually name most months after the weather/climate that is common in said month (though they do identify 12 months). So January is snow month, February is first growth month, March is winds month, and so on!

Autumn starts sometime after Starfall Celebration due to Plague’s stronger (and uncontested) Sornieth-wide influence in the leadup to Riot of Rot. Then by the time Rockbreaker’s Ceremony comes around, autumn is already very close to its end.

After that are two months of winter, though distinct ones - a cold season due to the lack of sunlight from the Night of the Nocturne, followed by a more stereotypical winter season with ice, frost and snow in the leadup to (and during) Crystalline Gala, once again due to a flight spreading its influence uncontested, this time Ice flight.

By the time that love is in the air, so are some of the pollen - the season has drastically switched and spring has started, though the sunrise and sunset haven’t quite caught up yet, so nights are still relatively long. Beginning of March is when the insects start to appear again. It’s a windy month, followed by April, which is a rainy month.

May is peak of spring, and the air is full of magic from Nature’s growing influence. Then right after Greenskeeper Gathering there tends to be a sudden switch into summer, and sometimes a heatwave. July has a small storm season due to Lightning’s growing influence, then August usually has some sort of (second) heatwave - thank you Fire Flight.

September is a calmer end of summer season, though it’s mostly filled with preparing for the autumn and winter.

And then the cycle starts anew!

Basically, the Starflower Sanctuary’s base season/climate without any elemental influence is peak of spring to start of summer, but it is very susceptible to big elemental influences. So when other flights are spreading their influence unchallenged (aka; when fest pushes happen), this changes the weather and climate in the Sanctuary. This has created a sort-of-seasonal-cycle that it otherwise wouldn’t have, and also makes the weather/climate more volatile. (Big flight battles can influence its weather as well, for example).