Blog and photos by Penny Holtzmann Board Member and Treasurer, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Missouri coneflower (Rudbeckia missouriensis) Description: This perennial occurs on limestone glades in the Ozarks and tolerates all the heat and drought that our Midwest summers can throw at them. Missouri coneflower only…
By Betty Struckhoff I hope some of you enjoyed Ed’s recent post of Wildflowers in Snow as much as I did. If you would like to try some new stumpers, here are photos I took on January 9, 2014. I will admit that I would be stumped by some of…
By Ed Schmidt Can you name these wildflowers in their winter garb? I’ll give you a week to respond in the comments section and post the answers next weekend. Click any image to see a larger version.
by Betty Struckhoff Wild Ones volunteers and young families enjoyed a lovely solstice eve at the Museum of Transportation on Thursday, June 20, 2013. It was great fun to interact with the children searching out clues with parents or grandparents. We had a small but enthusiastic turnout. Scot Barnes shared…
By Ed Schmidt A few years ago I planted several vines. I probably purchased them at the Native Plant Sale at Shaw Nature Reserve. One has bloomed for the first time this year. Any identifying tag is long gone. Any ideas what it is? In the photo at left there…
By Amy Redfield At last, a follow-up to the Mystery Plant post of May 30, 2012. This photo was taken August 20. Turns out the pollinators love it! It has been identified as Eupatorium altissimum, known as tall thoroughwort, tall boneset or tall joepyeweed. Either way, it’s tall! Many thanks to our…
I didn’t know for sure, but then Kathy B. came by on her way to the grocery story and gave me a name. Is there more than one species represented here? Male and female of the same species? Different life stages of the same species?
By Amy Redfield Another for the growing mystery plant files! This attractive, upright grower has volunteered in a fellow native plant grower’s yard. Any clues would be welcome!
By Amy Redfield A lovely, small plant with darling white flowers has made its home in my native border. I suspect it came in as a give-away at a Wild Ones meeting, but cannot recall what it is! It has definitely made itself at home, spreading with abandon. I’d love…
By Susan Pletscher Can anyone identify this plant with distinctive seeds? It looks neat, but I need to know whether to pull it up or not before it drops seed. I know that I have a definite weed next to it — like a thistle or something that is for…
