Apr. 27, 2021
calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
Wild? Calla lilies belong in the cooler at the florists! Or maybe in Ethiopica! That's what I thought until I saw them. Anyone else remember Steve McQueen in the cooler? The movie was The Great Escape, and calla lilies have a role in the floral version. I saw them behind the beach along the coast north of San Francisco. If you go looking for flowers around Frisco, you will see a great escape. That area is one of the worst in the country for alien invaders. Anyway, calla lilies are now wild in CA, HI, and OR. Matthaei Gardens, UMich, 2/1/16. Arum family, Araceae.
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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?