Either name them in the comments or post pics if you know how to do that. I want to see the weird, wonderful world of natives!
My pics are leavenworth's eryngo and red-whiskered clammyweed
Love these! I grew that Clammy Weed over this winter and got them to sprout a bit and BOY HOWDY are they stinky! I was collecting seeds and they smell like straight gasoline/oil. Very interesting for a plant smell, but gonna give them another shot this winter.
Hunter_Wild
I literally just made a post about them, but sweet everlasting is mine!
This is a wild danelion variant that grows about 1.5m tall, but the blooms are wee tiny. I brought a few in the house as part of an arrangement. I guess when the tufts don’t get knocked around by the wind, they go to seed in this perfect circular spike. I love it.
jt32470
the eryngo looks like psychedelic mini pineapples mixed with cannabis
Cyperus odoratus (fragrant flatsedge), I just think it is cool because it has a ton of stems that have a ton of flower heads on them compared to most species. The U.S. has so many native flatsedges, but nobody grows them.
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Love these! I grew that Clammy Weed over this winter and got them to sprout a bit and BOY HOWDY are they stinky! I was collecting seeds and they smell like straight gasoline/oil. Very interesting for a plant smell, but gonna give them another shot this winter.
I literally just made a post about them, but sweet everlasting is mine!
https://preview.redd.it/wy8aggeaj6of1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e6369b3d075608f78fed55dc1a3052977376752
It smells just like maple syrup.
What ARE those purple things???? I love them!
https://preview.redd.it/rzipmkigk6of1.jpeg?width=2229&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d309ea5ad229bac7e53df575014d1f1a8150ccbe
Gentiana andrewsii
https://preview.redd.it/23jhqfh6m6of1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=87cbb1317988e9176d73139eee05c65b595b3dd1
This is a wild danelion variant that grows about 1.5m tall, but the blooms are wee tiny. I brought a few in the house as part of an arrangement. I guess when the tufts don’t get knocked around by the wind, they go to seed in this perfect circular spike. I love it.
the eryngo looks like psychedelic mini pineapples mixed with cannabis
https://preview.redd.it/wy7ao7lrq6of1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80676a08a9845532c09913948d62575e89aaa75d
Cyperus odoratus (fragrant flatsedge), I just think it is cool because it has a ton of stems that have a ton of flower heads on them compared to most species. The U.S. has so many native flatsedges, but nobody grows them.
https://preview.redd.it/bbihtu5qs6of1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0138db63967c8a2a8c57d4c19021f7046e66871c
Hieracium scouleri, Scouler’s Woollyweed. So soft and cute.