Jul. 15, 2019
wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
Gotcha! Wintergreen is along time favorite. Maybe my first wild edible other than the obvious berries. But a good shot has eluded me. This is a little shrub, no more than a few inches high. The rest runs along underground. All parts are edible and wintergreen tasty. These flowers are not much over a quarter inch, down there below the few leaves. This time, good flowers, the right equipment (including supplemental light), and just enough agility. The hillside helped. Wintergreen grows in woods, or more open areas as you go north, in AL, CT, DE, GA, IL(E), IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, and on SPM. Lenawee Co MI, 7/14/19.
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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?