Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) is a #native#wildflower where I live & can be found on many of the trails I inhabit. I added it to my #garden this yr. Though low to the ground, it's already a very large plant & I've a feeling it's going to be a bit of a monster next yr. It sends up many spike inflorescences w/ beautiful "true blue" flowers so I'm looking forward to that 👍.
(08/03/23)
I was photographing this flower at first from a lower vantage point and a different side when I noticed a long slim hair-like item moving. When I changed my vantage point, I saw that it was the antennae of this tiny little insect looking back at me!
Indeed it is, I've seen it my whole life but had no idea what it was. Now I know, and so do you. It's a perennial plant whose seed heads provide food for birds during winter. So, ideally, leave it alone!
Finding tiny wildflowers when walking the dogs. There's a whole intricate world down at this level, almost invisible to us, complete with their own critters.
This is from the genus Murdannia, but I'm not sure what exact species it is. See first reply for a view of the leaves and stalks.
Another day, another #wildflower survey, this time at Warton Crag. This is the first time that I've seen Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba), with its green flowers that cluster together. The uppermost flowers, with two tiny reddish stigmas, are female, while the male flowers are found at the base. The flowers inbetween are bisexual. #WildflowerHour#BloomScrolling
Today I found out these are not grasses, but rather members of the Sedge family (Cyperaceae) that includes papyrus, though these are about 12-18" tall (30-45 cm).
I usually pay attention to colourful thumbnail sized wildflowers while walking the dogs, but yesterday these caught my attention instead.