In honor of today being Imbolc, an ancient Gaelic holiday celebrating the midpoint between the winter solstice and the vernal…
In our region this wonderful, circumboreal member of the family Asteraceae is composed of both native and exotic strains. This…
I have heard people refer to this member of the family Asteraceae as wooly sunflowers, but that is more properly…
I have a confession to make. Not only am I not good with the members of Asteraceae, I often don’t…
I do not know for sure what these plants are, and it would take a DNA analysis to be certain.…
When many of us think of thistles we do so with less than charitable thoughts, because most of the thistles…
This is a common wetlands plant, which blooms from late summer into fall. It is erect, up to 40” tall,…
This is yet another species which was imported from Europe for cultivation, but escaped to become an invasive and noxious…
This is a tall (up to 5’), annual plant, with a stout, spotted, non-woody stem. The leaves are large, triangular,…
This is a tall (1-4’) plant with yellow blooms, and stems which are winged where the leaves and petioles clasp…