{"id":27946,"date":"2011-01-18T08:19:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T13:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=27946"},"modified":"2011-01-19T08:27:53","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T13:27:53","slug":"a-splash-of-color-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/01\/a-splash-of-color-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Splash of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27911\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/flower_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27911  img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"The Lion\u2019s Tail (Leonotis leonurus), a perennial shrub native to southern Africa, stays warm in the Floriculture greenhouse.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/flower_lg.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Winter winds may be howling, but the Lion\u2019s Tail (Leonotis leonurus) stays warm in the Floriculture greenhouse.  This plant is a perennial shrub native to southern Africa. It may also be found in California, Hawaii and Australia.  It is known for its medicinal properties and in Africa it is part of traditional medical treatment for a variety of ailments. It is also attractive to birds (particularly sunbirds) and butterflies.  Photo by Sean Flynn&lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"700\" height=\"480\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/flower_lg.jpg 700w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/flower_lg-300x205.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/480;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter winds may be roaring outside, but the Lion\u2019s Tail (Leonotis leonurus) stays warm in the Floriculture Greenhouse.  This plant is a perennial shrub native to southern Africa. It may also be found in California, Hawaii, and Australia.  It is known for its medicinal properties and, in Africa, is part of traditional medical treatment for a variety of ailments. It is also attractive to birds and butterflies.  Photo by Sean Flynn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter winds may be roaring outside, but the Lion\u2019s Tail (Leonotis leonurus), a perennial shrub native to southern Africa, stays warm in the Floriculture Greenhouse. Photo by Sean Flynn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[56],"class_list":["post-27946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 01:41:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27946"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28246,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27946\/revisions\/28246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27946"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=27946"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=27946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}