star duckweed, Lemna trisulca
Tell me I'm wrong! Better yet, tell me what this is? I had identified it as star duckweed. These surface fronds may be the very rarely seen flowering fronds. Undoubtedly they were with the submerged sterile fronds of star duckweed. You can see some of those lurking around below the surface here. The look like they're trifoliate with pointed ends. But I no longer remember if they were actually attached. Looking for images on line has been futile. Among the thousands I found two that look like this. Two other puzzled amateurs? Assuming this is star duckweed, it grows almost everywhere in the temperate world, with us in every state and province except FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, WV, LB, and NF. Lenawee Co MI, 6/23/15. 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?