Spattered

This is the flower of a lantana plant. The flowers are tiny, less than 1/2" in diameter, so I used my macro lens to make the photo. At a normal viewing distance, the flower looks light pink with a lighter margin on the petals. Close-up, it looks like someone spattered pink paint on a white flower. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Lantanas are native to semi-tropical regions around the world. There are some varieties of lantana that grow wild around here, like the one commonly known as "bacon and eggs". I'm not sure where this variety comes from. I guess this story would be more interesting if I told you that I traveled to a jungle in Indonesia to make this photo, but the truth is my wife got this one from a nursery. It grows in a pot in the wilds of our front porch.