Oct. 23, 2021
yellow giant-hyssop, Agastache nepetoides
Yellow giant-hyssop is indeed yellow, but this white form is more common in my area. These are plants of open woods and edges, standing head high, but with tiny flowers. The Iroquois used a wash from this for poison ivy. Yellow giant-hyssop grows in AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV, ON, and QC. Lenawee CO MI, 8/23/14. Mint family, Menthaceae.
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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?