White fuzzy tufts on top, collected at Bickham-Rudkin Park, Edmond ok
Linear awns (?) Near top of plant. Taken at Bickham-Rudkin Park.
Found a small patch of them. Dug up one for a specimen for the herbarium, but the clay is so hard I was not able to get more of the root intact. Tonight’s forecast thunderstorms may change that tomorrow.
Two queen larvae on narrowleaf milkweed. I've monitored this site for monarch butterflies for three years and have never seen a queen before.
Seen along side FS Road 045 today & I think it’s so pretty, but don’t know what it is.
Reno, NV
Milky latex, clustered stout stems, characteristic inflorescences.
Actinomorphic flowers, fused calyx