Mar. 2, 2020
needleleaf fleabane, Erigeron nematophyllus
Needleleaf is one of many western fleabanes, asters, and their relatives. They all look kind of alike. There's enough difference among them to keep botanists happy, but leave rest of us occasionally puzzled. For all, they are welcome trail side or wilderness encounters. Needleleaf fleabane most often appears among sagebrush in CO, UT, or WY. Grand Co CO, 6/17/13. 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?