Jan. 15, 2020
yellow honeysuckle, Lonicera flava
Yesterday's rue was shot in Tecumseh, on my way home from dropping grandkids at school. This honeysuckle was also found that way, climbing up a guy wire on a phone pole. It is far out of range, probably planted, but impossible to drive by. This could be a horticultural development, but with pollinators spreading those genes around, it can get very confused outside the garden.
Yellow honeysuckle usually hangs in AL, AR, GA, IL, KS, KY, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, and TN. Cultivated, Lenawee Co MI, 6/12/19. Honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae.
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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?