Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Jacob Francis, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Florida Atlantic Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, captures a stunning photo of a Mexican clover (Richard grandiflora), a weedy non-native plant commonly found on South Florida lawns. Francis achieved the clarity and depth in this image with a focus stack of nine images. High photograph reveals intricate details of R. grandiflora’s reproductive and defensive strategies at a microscopic level.

Read more about his research here: https://www.fau.edu/research/research-daily/2025/alls-fair-in-love-and-war-aos/

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