Broccoli Floret Forming
by Connie Fox
Title
Broccoli Floret Forming
Artist
Connie Fox
Medium
Photograph - Outdoor Color Photo
Description
Broccoli Floret Forming
Fine Art Photography by Connie Fox
Green macro shot of a broccoli plant forming its first head, or floret, shown here at about one inch in diameter. Several weeks later, the mature head will be ready to harvest and new florets will form. Broccoli is actually the flowering top of a cabbage. At first it looks like it's producing nothing but large leaves. Then a small floret begins to form at the center.
Broccoli is of the species Brassica Oleracea. It is often called a brassica or cruciferous vegetable from the Brassicaceae or Cruciferae family. Famed for its health benefits, broccoli's nutritional qualities include cancer-fighting phytonutrients, such as sulforaphane, and flavonoids, such as quercetin. It's a rich source of vitamin A, C, calcium, lutein (for eye health), and zeaxanthin.
Copyright 2010 Connie Steitz Fox. All Rights Reserved.
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Featured on the homepages of Beauty, Seen But Not Noticed, Premium FAA Artists,Weekly Fun For All Mediums, and FAA Featured Images, May 2014. Featured by the ABC Group - I is for Inside and Images That Excite you, September 2017. My thanks!
Gardening, Botanicals, Vegetables, Horticulture, Plant,Green, Patio Gardening
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January 16th, 2012
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Comments (7)
Connie Fox
Pamela, thanks for the beautiful feature on the homepage of the ABC Group - I is for Inside.
Connie Fox
Thank you, Robert Harmon, for your generosity with features. I am honored to have my work on the homepage of FAA Featured Images.
Connie Fox
Thank you, Chrisann, for featuring "Broccoli Floret Forming" in Weekly Fun For All Mediums!