May. 7, 2019
kidneyleaf buttercup, Ranunculus abortivus
One of the smaller buttercups, the flowers aren't quite a quarter inch across. Also called (more obviously) littleflower buttercup, or (less obviously) littleleaf buttercup, or (what the . . . ?) littleleaf crowfoot. Turns out crowfoot is an older and less catchy name for buttercups, and others in that family. They tend to have palmate and often lobed leaves. This one is a native with weedy habits in every state except AZ, CA, HI, NV, OR, UT, all provinces, and on SPM. Lenawee Co MI, 5/6/19.
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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?