Apr. 3, 2022
thymeleaf sandwort, Arenaria serpyllifolia
Thymeleaf sandwort is another little weedy bit, most often turning up where soil is disturbed or depleted. The flowers are hardly a quarter inch across. The plants get only about six inches high. There's just not much to them. That made it a bit surprising that in some areas they have been gathered as a potherb. This Eurasian sandwort has been reported from every state and province except AK, AZ, ND, LB, NF, NT, NU, and YT. They're also on SPM. Lenawee Co MI, 5/11/11. Pink family, Caryophyllaceae.
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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?