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Frost Flower - Verbesina virginica L. Extrusion of ice from plant stem during freezing temperatures. Frost Flowers, Frost Flower, Ice Flowers, Early Winter, Unusual Flowers, Winter Mornings, Rare Flowers, Winter Beauty, Natural Phenomena

The first hard freeze of the fall and I have a few "frost flowers" on the dead stems of my appropriately-named Frostweed, Verbesina virginica (also called White Crownbeard). I really need to spend some time working on the lighting with these. I cut this one out and put it in a jar in the freezer--perhaps I can get more detail shots later. I'll also crop the other stems to see if I get a good number of these tomorrow--the frost flowers form best on stems that have been cut fairly short…

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