Feb. 16, 2019
wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana
What creature on Earth doesn't know strawberries? Although these days I suppose some of us don't know wild strawberries. Those little half-inch bits, so much tastier than those grocery store monstrosities. This species and the Pacific coast's F. chiloensis are the parents of cultivated strawberries. The cultivated version does seem to be improving. Wild strawberries grow in every state and province but HI, and on SPM. Mackinac Co MI, 5/26/17.
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Hi Denise
Just thinking it's almost time to come look for Platanthera flava. Bob
Hi Bob:
I found it on Eber Rd, about 1.5 mi S. of Kitty Todd Preserve 1/4 mi from Metroparks land. I’m guessing it came in on the RR. (NwOhio)
Apparently so, but not on all plants. The brown only shows a little in this image.
Regarding umber pussytoes, one reference calls it brown-brackted pussytoes. Are it's bracts browner than other pussytoes?