Sep. 26, 2019
white bedstraw, Galium album
The tiny flowers of this bedstraw grow in great clouds up to four or five feet across. A literal bed of flowers. Gathered up and bagged, they really were used as bedding for people and animals. The stems are weak and easily crushed, so it's hard to imagine they are a very enduring solution for getting a good night's sleep. This is an Eurasian, spread to roadsides and fields. Lenawee Co MI, 6/3/12.
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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?