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Wingstem, both kinds, growing right near each other as they not-infrequently do around here.
Verbesina occidentalis is the one in bloom, and the last pic shows just the leaves of V. alternifolia. The main difference between them is the leaf arrangement (opposite vs alternate), but alternifolia also blooms later & less showily.
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vandaliatraveler · 2 years
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A few late summer odds and ends from a bike ride on the Mon River Trail yesterday. The asters are really starting to pop now as the days grow noticeably shorter and autumn closes in. A number of interesting vines are also in bloom and producing fruit for wildlife before the first frost. Climbing false buckwheat (Fallopia scandens) and oneseed bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus), a member of the gourd family, are both aggressive twining vines with distinctive foliage, flowers, and fruits. 
From top: a goldenrod soldier beetle strikes nectar gold on a wingstem flower (Verbesina alternifolia); Short’s aster (Symphyotrichum shortii), a really beautiful perennial often found growing in dry to mesic oak-hickory woods with limestone near the surface; climbing false buckwheat, a delicate twiner whose pendulous fruit has three ruffled sides, like pantaloons; oneseed bur cucumber, whose bristly fruit can cause painful stings; crooked-stemmed aster (Symphyotrichum prenanthoides), also known as zag-zag aster, whose stems often zig-zag between the nodes of its spatula-shaped leaves; and the glorious New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), one of the most important pollinator plants of late summer and early autumn.
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faguscarolinensis · 6 months
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Verbesina alternifolia / Wingstem at the Eno River State Park in Durham, NC
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cicadaland · 1 year
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💐 you know who im asking for
*POINTING* WE GOT AN AUDREY STAN OVER HERE!!! PROPHETIC LESBIAN SLAY SO HARD SHE GOT SHOOTERS 14 YEARS BEFORE SHE WAS BORN!!!!!
Hrmmm I’ve never made a bouquet for anyone before I’m gonna look up some flowers native to the great lakes region.............
WELL. first of all Audrey is definitely a wildflower type gal. In my mind the colors for her is purple and white and black but I think the bouquet would also have to include some red, yellow and orange as well to symbolize maize (!) and her halo...
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Agastache scrophulariifolia; Verbesina alternifolia; Ceanothus americanus
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Old fashioned corn!! all the pure yellow stuff you see at grocery stores is genetically altered or carefully bred, this is what actual corn looks like :3 I think their various colors suit Audrey quite nicely. I don't know how someone could put corn in a bouquet but anything is possible through the power of love. Anyways. The maize/corn is here to show her connection to the land, and you know how the midwest is with their corn... There should also be some corn husk dolls thrown in there. aren't they ghostlike? aren't they organic? aren't they beautiful? That's what Audrey's all about, baby!!!
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And that should do it!!!!!! Audrey would very much enjoy this bouquet if someone were to give it to her.
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kimberly40 · 1 year
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Frost Flowers- This Rare Natural Phenomenon Can be Seen All Over the South:
When freezing temperatures hit, it's easy to assume that the South's vibrant florals are long gone, withered away until winter ends. But you might want to think again. When temperatures drop, frost flowers—also known as ice flowers, ice fringes, ice filaments, and rabbit ice—come out to play. The rare "blooms" require freezing temperatures and a perfect storm of conditions to form, making them rather rare. But when they do appear, the incredible natural phenomenon is truly a sight to behold.
We'll let you in on a little secret: Frost flowers aren't actually flowers, or even made of plant material at all. They're brilliantly white sheets of ice crystal that fashion into feathery curls and ribbons when the weather is just right. i.e. The ground can't be frozen but the atmosphere must be below freezing.
In these conditions, water traveling up plant stems expands. The expansion can cause vertical splits in the plant stem, and when the water in the stems is exposed to freezing air, paper-thin layers of ice begin extruding through the newly formed slits. Like snowflakes, no two of these whimsical frost flowers is alike, and they're also extremely fleeting.
Your best chance to see one is early on a cold, still morning and look for a shady spot. A touch of sun easily melts these delicate formations, so once the sun is high, your spotting chances drop significantly. Plants that commonly form frost flowers are Verbesina alternifolia (yellow and purple ironweed or wingstem) and Verbesina virginica (white crownbeard or frostweed).
•From: https://www.southernliving.com/garden/winter/frost-flowers-gorgeous-natural-phenomenon
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udc793 · 1 year
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Verbesina alternifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is commonly known as wingstem. (at Theodore Roosevelt Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkZsY3OsDwAbJPq3fTL1w5n9YLfqli9s9kGl700/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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cedar-glade · 3 years
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Pearl’s fen, Greene co. OH
Nabalus racemosus 
Glaucous leaved hairy topped rattle snake root, 
A fen endemic in the southern states and a high PH boreal species in the north, you really only see these in areas of fens where calceric waterlogged gravel beds are with permiated marl like qualities
Symphyotrichum firmum
Smooth swamp aster, taken out of S. puniceum complex due to flower morphology, sparcely pubescent to glaberous stems and ploidy. 
two common ones, 
Verbesina alternifolia,
Alternate leaf mesic forest wingstem.
Ageratina altissima,
Tall snakeroot, tall milksickness weed,
The plant that cows eat that occasionally cause milk sickness and killed honest Abe’s mom, thanks @locallysourcedtrauma for the history lesson btw. 
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cazort · 5 years
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Look at this friend that showed up in my ecological restoration project. It’s utilizing wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) plants which I grew from seed, from a local population less than 5 miles away.
This area was nothing but invasive thistles for several years, and over the past few years I removed almost all of the thistle, and transplanted and seeded in a bunch of local native plants. The area has been completely transformed and it’s really beautiful!
Can anyone help me ID this?
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uswildflowers · 7 years
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Verbesina alternifolia
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mbsposts · 4 years
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20190629  Virginia  Blue Ridge Parkway MP5.9 Humpback Rocks homestead  
Wingstem  Verbesina alternifolia 
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vandaliatraveler · 7 months
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A few photos above from an early morning hike at the Friendship Hill National Historic Site near Pt. Marion, Pennsylvania. If you want to learn more about the history of this sprawling estate, you can go to this link or search for prior posts from the main search page of my Tumblr blog. In addition to the historic homestead of Albert Gallatin, the park features ten miles of hiking trails through verdant oak-hickory and riparian forests. This time of year, the Central Appalachian forest is rich with fungi, legumes, berries, and the loveliest orb-weavers imaginable.
From top: wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia), also known as yellow ironweed, a late summer aster so named because the petioles of its leaves run down the plant's stem; northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin), a gorgeous native shrub whose bright red berries in late summer are followed by the most extraordinary gold foliage in the fall; orange mycena (Mycena leaiana), a lovely, gregarious fungi of deciduous logs whose pigment has shown antibacterial and anti-cancer properties; the ripened but dangerously toxic berries of pokeweed (Phytolacca americana), whose young leaves are used by mountain folk to make poke sallet (but only after repeated cleansings to remove the toxins); American hog-peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata), a lovely twining vine whose roots and ground nut are edible; cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata), also known as green-headed coneflower and wild goldenglow, a close relative of black-eyed Susan with gorgeous, pinnately-dissected leaves (the leaf photo also shows the characteristic tri-foliate leaf pattern of hog-peanut); zig-zag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis), one of two adorable woodland goldenrods that grow in this area (the other being blue-stemmed goldenrod), both of which produce clusters of brilliant yellow flowers in both their leaf axils and at the ends of their stems; steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa), also known as hardhack, which produces delicate plumes of pink flowers in late summer; a spined micrathena (Micrathena gracilis), which has ensnared a fly in her web; and an arrowhead orb weaver (Verrucosa arenata), also known as a triangle orb-weaver, a sparkling gem of an arachnid that reels in its prey like a fisherman dragging in a net.
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reddirtramblings · 7 years
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In my garden, there are four or five real problem plants. I have other interlopers, but the following natives and non-natives are really bad actors in my leaf-mold enriched soil. Note: most natives can be kept in check if you don’t water much and have lean, sandy soil. My garden’s natural soil is red sand with large pockets of clay. Over the years, I’ve enriched it with Back to Nature cotton burr compost, my own homemade compost and shredded leaves along with various wood bark mulches. My current favorite is shredded pine bark, but it can sometimes be hard to find.
Verbesina alternifolia, yellow ironweed, bought at Bustani Plant Farm years ago. That was a mistake on my part.
Canna ‘Australia’ with autumn clematis–my nemesis.
Our first problem child, ‘er plant, is Verbesina alternifolia, commonly known as wingstem and yellow ironweed. When it blooms in summer, it is beautiful, and pollinators adore it. I do not. This native absolutely loves my garden and all of its resident plants…to death. I’ve ripped and pulled and done everything to get rid of it. Yet, this year, especially, with all of the rain we’ve had, it is trying to take over the lower left bed near my Japanese maple. I will be out there again today trying to convince it to live elsewhere. Why is it such a problem? It has rhizomatous (underground) stems that spread like those of mint. It also spreads by seed. It’s become an utter nuisance in my garden. It’s also a native plant that is great where it has room to spread. My garden is not that place.
Autumn clematis in 2011. Of course it was thriving. It is impossible to kill.
I’ve since removed this autumn clematis from the arbor and replaced it with ‘Dropmore Scarlet’ coral honeysuckle.
Early garden mistakes often linger. Autumn clematis, oh autumn clematis, why ever did I plant you? I remember my friend, Katie, looking at the feverish growth of its first year and remarking it might be a future problem. I should have listened. It is a huge problem plant in the garden popping up everywhere. I get it killed in one spot, turn around, and there’s a stem taking off in another. I hate this plant even though wasps adore it. It also smells good in late summer and is a fall bloomer.
Brennan has been replacing split-rail fence around the back garden. Volunteer autumn clematis grows on a portion needing attention. He asked me if he could kill it. I laughed, and said, “Go ahead and try.”
Garlic chives are so pretty and so awful. I’m not even taking a picture of obedient plant because I don’t want to give it the time of day.
Another early garden mistake I made was planting garlic chives. I bought them at a small herb show and plunked them into the soil. Well, I am now constantly digging them out. You may think my garden looks good, but I spy with my little eye problem plants galore.
Trust me, even mint, the planting mistake of so many young gardeners is nothing compared to garlic chives. Their roots are six inches deep at least. They bury these tenacious roots into the pockets of clay which hold them like cement. It’s almost awe-inspiring.
Lonicera japonica, Japanese honeysuckle, a terribly invasive vine. I beg you. Don’t plant this.
Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica. No, I did not plant this beastly plant. Bill loved his mother’s plant a small sprig before he and I married. We’ve been married 28 years this May 12, and I am still trying to eradicate it. I’ve done nearly everything you can do to it including burning. Yes, burning. No, it’s still alive. I ripped out a ton of it this morning in fact. Not even brush killer will completely eradicate it. It only sets it back a season or so.
I really think it’s Drummond’s aster that is my aster problem. This photo is from 2010, but it spread everywhere.
Drummond’s aster, Symphyotrichum drummondii. I bought a small plant many years ago, and today, yet again, I was pulling out pieces of it along with its rhizomatous roots. My problem is that this part of the garden is not dry and xeric. In fact, the soil is somewhat clay-like.. One day, when I am old and too tired, this aster will win the fight, but today is not that day my friends.
Mountain mint and our house.
Mountain mint. I’m never sure which variety, but I call it common mountain mint. The first clue is the word mint. It and Drummond’s aster duke it out in a corner of the garden, and the battle goes back and forth all season with neither side winning. When I turn my back, they establish détente and begin marching together across the rest of the garden. Only my determination stops full garden domination.
These are my problem plants. Oh, I have more like obedient plant and Johnson grass, but I’ve mostly eradicated them. What are the plants in your garden that give you the most trouble?
    Problem plants In my garden, there are four or five real problem plants. I have other interlopers, but the following natives and non-natives are really bad actors in my leaf-mold enriched soil.
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cedar-glade · 5 years
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Verbesina alternifolia
Although there is a crown beard that can be found in the Midwest that will bloom late in early September this is the latest blooming wingstem out of all of the common species. It’s much taller than the false sunflower wingstems and also has much more prominent styles and lobes to it’s florets.
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