#plant sea

[augiebuns]

Fuckin love leaf sheep

Little dudes photosynthesise, like, they took one look at human taxonomic practices and said "lol, but watch this though"

You eat the sun ya little goobers, you're adorable and can do no wrong, I'll bite anyone who says otherwise

[allenanix]

Wow 🦩

[maviyenot]

[heartnosekid]

everchanginghorizon on ig

[hellsitegenetics]

this valentine’s day i would like to profess my undying, ardent love for the callistephus chinensis (china aster)! the flower that contributed to me giving myself my name!!

not only are they a part of the (superior in my opinion) family of asteraceae, but also the genus’ (callistephus) etymology is derived from the greek words “kalli-” meaning “beautiful” and “stephos” meaning crown. they have beautiful chrysanthemum-esque blooms and come in all sorts of colours (my favourites being purple and white).

straying away from taxonomy a bit, asters in general are one of the birth flowers for september (my birth month!). they symbolise hope, faith and wisdom. and according to greek mythology, astraea (“star maiden”: goddess of purity, justice and innocence) cried because there weren't enough stars in the sky and when her tears hit the earth, they caused asters to bloom! continuing to follow the greek myth, she was the last goddess to live amongst the humans after the golden age, symbolising the decline of hope for humanity along with the decline of the ages. she left and became the constellation virgo i believe!

some more fun fun facts, asters have a most frequently observed number of n = 9 haploid chromosomes (2n = 18 for diploid). the numerology of the word “aster” also happens to be nine and guess what! september is the 9th month of the year! is it obvious i really like the number 9? almost as much as i love asters <3

String identified:

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Closest match: Caligus rogercresseyi isolate FCH chromosome 9 Common name: Sea louse

[nikswonderland]

beach by the town —

[lovehina019]

[alexmurison]

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

[fihyn-art]

save me bright colors 😭 bright colors save me

drowing my sorrows again (in colors)

[lionfloss]

Fog and Sun, Sea and Stone The Monterey Coast, 1980

[rosechata]

upcoast

[stephreynaart]

Been playing a lot of Sims 4

[foolsocracy]

dc is withholding feral garth lore so now i have to do my own brainstorming

[expressions-of-nature]

by Thomas Quine

[heartnosekid]

port jackson shark (heterodontus portusjacksoni) | source