Pale Pink Wild Rose with Ochre Centre, near Regina

Petals of soft white and pale pink frame the deep ochre centre of this Prickly Rose.

Prickly Rose.   © SB

I'm intrigued by how different the earlier close-up looked, as if it were a different flower, a tactile, creepy crawly thing... not even a different kind of rose... not at all a zoomed-in version of this Prickly Rose. (Which of course, it was.)

Prairie Wildflower: Prickly Rose, or Wild Rose

Location: Near Regina, Saskatchewan,  Canada.  (At Condie Nature Refuge) 

Photo Date: July 31, 2013.  

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