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Helianthus × glaucusHavainnoija
jim_keeslingKuvaus
Back side of a rocky, roadside ditch.
Plants 3-5+ feet tall from long rhizomes, lacking tubers; stems leafy; disk flowers yellow; mid stems glabrous and glaucous, leaves opposite and 3-nerved distal to base; heads 1-3+, larger heads with mostly 8-10 rays; involucres 1.5-2.0 cm across with phyllaries shorter than disks and abaxially gland-dotted; leaves short-petiolate, gradually narrowing to the base, petioles less than 1 cm long; lower leaf surface with abundant resin dots; anther appendages brown; paleae to 8.5 mm long and 3-toothed with upper margins ciliate.
Kuvat / Äänet
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Carex hyalinolepisHavainnoija
artemesiaKuvaus
These are probably too blurry, but that's a problem for future me
Kuvat / Äänet
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Kiehkurapantaheinä (Setaria verticillata)Havainnoija
wdvanhemKuvaus
Second from left.
To left is S. faberi. To right is S. viridis, S. pumila.
Kuvat / Äänet
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Carex bushiiHavainnoija
abelkinserKuvaus
This set of photos compares Carex bushii (left), C. caroliniana (middle), and C. hirsutella (right). This is the sequence from left to right for each photo.
Kuvat / Äänet
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Carex amphibolaHavainnoija
jrichardabbottKuvaus
herb; the last 6 photos contrast this species with the similar-looking C. grisea which was growing in the same field (C. grisea to the left, C. amphibola to the right)
Kuvat / Äänet
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Hernesara (Carex viridula)Havainnoija
the_buckeye_botanistKuvaus
Carex viridula featured on the right. This photo is a convenient comparison of three members of section Ceratocystis, all growing in association with one another on the mineral sand shorelines of an alkaline lake. Carex cryptolepis is in the middle; C. flava on the left.
Kuvat / Äänet
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Andropogon gerardiHavainnoija
vvoelkerKuvaus
L-R: Andropogon ternarius, Schizachyrium scoparium, A. gyrans, A. gerardii, A. virginicus
Kuvat / Äänet
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Carex cephalophoraHavainnoija
ciafreKuvaus
Comparison of Carex cephalophora (left) and Carex leavenworthii (right). The spikes are very similar, but the plants are different sizes and the perigynia are shaped differently.
Kuvat / Äänet
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Triodanis perfoliataHavainnoija
arnanthescoutKuvaus
A somewhat blurry but nonetheless useful side-by-side comparison of fruits between T. perfoliata and T. biflora. ID is for plant on the top (T. perfoliata).
Kuvat / Äänet
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Lespedeza bicolorHavainnoija
artemesiaKuvaus
Large shrub. Maybe L. bicolor? Didn't see any flowers
