Aug. 6, 2020
hyssopleaf fleabane, Erigeron hyssopifolius
Ho, hum, another fleabane? Don't they all look a lot alike? It almost seems like this one felt the same way, so it did things a little differently. The flowers are what you would expect, but the leaves are much narrower than the usual ovals. The plants are small, hardly approaching a foot tall. Hyssopleaf was the gem at our third stop that day on the Botany Club foray. Never would have found that spot on our own! Hyssopleaf fleabane grows in fens and cedar swamps in ME(S), MI(T), NH, NY(E), VT, AB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, and YT. Mackinac Co MI, 5/27/17. 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?