Oct. 30, 2021
garberia, Garberia heterophylla
Garberia only grows in Florida, where it is threatened. On first impression it doesn't look much like a member of the aster family. It's a bush a couple meters tall. The flowers look like clusters of something - well, not aster like. But if you think of the boneset/thoroughwort tribe, you can start to see the connection. Are the flowers white, becoming pink? Or pink fading to white? Judging by the less mature pistils of the pinks, pink comes first. Garberia grows mostly in Florida's scrublands. Polk Co FL, 10/21/15. 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?