Mother Hen
by Eric Rundle
Title
Mother Hen
Artist
Eric Rundle
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Hen and chicks (also known as Hen-and-chickens, or Hen-and-biddies in the American South) is a common name for a group of smalls succulent plants belonging to the flowering plant family Crassulaceae, native to Europe and northern Africa. They grow close to the ground with leaves formed around each other in a rosette, and propagating by offsets. The "hen" is the main plant, and the "chicks" are the offspring, which start as tiny buds on the main plant and soon sprout their own roots, taking up residence close to the mother plant.
Hen and chicks is also the popular name of a strain of opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, in which the seed head is surrounded by clusters of smaller heads.
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February 20th, 2013
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