Apr. 21, 2020
crowpoison, Nothoscordum bivalve
Success! Put on almost 600 miles yesterday, but found it! Food for the falcate orangetip butterflies! That bit of info is just about crowpoison's whole claim to fame. Of course it is a very attractive flower in open places, even lawns and roadsides. Yesterday was another trip to find some different stuff in south Ohio. Crowpoison (what an unfortunate name) grows in AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN(R), KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, NE, OH(T), OK, SC, TN, TX, and VA. Scioto Co OH, 4/20/20. Onion family, Alliaceae.
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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?