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Oleander

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Oleander
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14 January 2025

Nerium oleander

95% certain

Family
Apocynaceae
Origin
The Mediterranean and western Asia
Bloom season
Summer
Colors
pink, white, red, yellow
Habitat
Hot highways, coastal gardens, and dry courtyards
Symbolism
Caution, and beauty that is not to be tasted

An evergreen shrub of five-petaled, often fragrant blooms that thrives where the soil is poor and the sun is hard.

Care. Plant in full sun with little extra water; every part of the plant is toxic if swallowed.

A note. Oleander hedges line Mediterranean roads because salt, drought, and exhaust barely slow them.

Or perhaps

  • Desert rose — 4%
  • Crown of thorns — 3%

Notes on the photograph

Copied from the marks left by the camera.

Captured
Jan 14, 2025, 11:53 AM
Camera
Apple iPhone 6s
Lens
iPhone 6s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2
Focal length
4.2mm
Aperture
f/2.2
Shutter
1/30s
ISO
25
Dimensions
4032 × 3024

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