Snakes Head or Widow Iris
by Yvonne Ayoub
Title
Snakes Head or Widow Iris
Artist
Yvonne Ayoub
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
It's Latin name, 'Hermodactylus tuberosis' (iridaceae) comes from the Greek 'Ermes' (Hermes) and dactylos (finger) recalls the snake wand that was the symbol of Hermes. Found in stoney places, damp olive groves, phrygana and fields of Greece.
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March 19th, 2011
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