Hip Star Wood Print

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Hip Star is a photograph that was taken of a Cherokee Rose blossom as it was turning into a rose hip. Once the star shaped remnants of the blooms drop off, the hip will ripen into a bright red color.

The hip is often referred to as the fruit of the rose plant. It contains the seeds for propagation and can be edible if one avoids the hairs inside the fruit.

Rose hips are used for herbal teas, jam, jelly, syrup, rose hip soup, beverages, pies, bread, wine, and marmalade. They are high in Vitamin C and contain the carotenoids beta-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin and lycopene which are being researched for biological roles.

The plant is native to southern China and Taiwan south to Laos and Vietnam, and invasive in the United States. It is also Georgia's State Flower.

The Cherokee Rose was introduce to the southeastern United States in the late 1700s. Culturally, it is associated with the Trail Of Tears (the forced relocation of Native Americans) . It's...

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