A week ago this flower had me stumped when I found it at State Gamelands 95 in Butler County.
The plant is six feet tall and has big, lobed, alternate leaves, but how to describe the flower? It looks like it never opens. Nonetheless I posted my vague description of it on PABIRDS and hoped someone would enlighten me.
My description must have been adequate because at least five people responded and all of them said, “It’s Pale Indian Plantain, Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (L.) H. Rob.”
In case you come across it and are stumped too, this is what it looks like.
But one photo isn’t enough. The picture above is a closeup of the flower umbel by Marcy Cunkelman. Click here for a view of the entire plant by Dianne Machesney.
Now you know.
(photos by Marcy Cunkelman and Dianne Machesney)
have been reading this site for quite a long time and have learned so much i would never have believed it — many thanks for keeping it current and fascinating.
Marcy (have heard her often on Scott Shalaway’s Pittsburgh program) takes the most breathtaking photos. Truly amazing.
this is the wrong place to post this but i needed to tell you what a treat this whole site is.
saw what i thought was a small female kestral attacking a large crow — one of a flock of crows. quite a sight. wonder if it could have been the flycatcher mentioned in the next post??? used all my birdbooks and the kestral came closest, but ???