Feb. 16, 2020
caesarweed, Urena lobata
Of all the bad images in my collection, this is probably the opportunity I would most like to have back. With those little jewels of water near the center, a really sharp image would have been so good. But I had just spent a long time shooting an eagle, and I rushed to get in as many flowers as I could in the time left. This kind of looks like a hibiscus, but is not much more than a half inch across. Caesarweed probably started somewhere in the Old World tropics, and is now common throughout the warmest parts of the world. With us, it has been seen in AL, FL, HI, LA, SC, and TN. Polk Co FL, 10/21/15.
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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?