Jan. 7, 2020
white thoroughwort, Eupatorium album
Apologies to the arachnophobes and pollinators. Finding something like this in an image is just fun. Finding out how good its camo is adds to the moment. I didn't discover the spider until days later, when I finally got home and saw him on the computer screen. I guess I wasn't what it was looking for there, waiting in ambush for equally unsuspecting pollinators. White throughwort grows in openings in AL, AR, CT(E), DE, FL, GA, IN(E), KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH(T), PA(X), SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV. Don't know about the spider range. Wakulla Co FL, 7/8/18. Aster family, Asteraceae.
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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?