Aug. 9, 2019
Bush's purple coneflower, Echinacea paradoxa
Paradox; a statement or situation with contradictory elements that still express a truth. Or is Bush just color blind?
Echinacea flower heads do have purple ray flowers, with this one exception. It certainly looks like a purple coneflower in every other regard. Some people do call this Bush's yellow coneflower, apparently in an effort to rationalize their lives.
Either way, Bush is from open areas in AR(T), MO, OK, and TX. Cultivated, Livingston Co MI, 6/1/19.
I will be travelling this weekend, so the next posting will be Monday.
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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?