Aug. 6, 2021
fragrant plantain-lily, Hosta plantaginea
Hosta as a wild flower? USDA lists several as introduced species but I was a skeptic. Then I saw a large patch of these in a forest at Miller Preserve in Ohio. None of the usual giveaways of something having been planted were there. No habitation anywhere near. No other introduced Eurasians, except one that we all completely accept as ours now. So fragrant plantain-lily gets its turn here. USDA says these are wild in PA, VA, ON, and QC. I guess they should add Ohio. Cultivated, Lenawee Co MI, 9/1/14. Hosta family, Hostaceae.
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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?