the fourth Wednesday of each month is Wildflower Wednesday
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| Yellow Ironweed, Verbesina alternifolia |
and blooms in the late Summer and early Autumn.
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| Photographed growing near Cypress Creek, Florence, Alabama, USA, September 24, 2013 |
A Sunset for Outdoor Wednesday
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| Sunset, Lee county, Mississippi, USA, October 1, 2013 |
Hope you are having a Wonderful Wednesday!
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This is a very pretty wildflower. Gorgeous sunset, I like the gradual changes in colour.
ReplyDeleteLost the flowers! stunning sunset view..
ReplyDeleteNice post.
Nice captures!!
ReplyDeleteThe yellow ironweed is really pretty. I have never seen it before and wonder if it is too tender for me here in a Massachusetts hilltown.
ReplyDeleteSome wildflower web sites I looked at suggested it would grow all the way north to southern Canada. Other web sites put the upper limit as the Great Lakes region. Difficult to know for sure.
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Lea
I've never seen that flower. Beautiful and beneficial to nature!
ReplyDeleteAmazing sunset shot.
I have never seen ironweed before but it certainly has pretty flowers. From the name, it must be a very hardy plant in your area! You do have the most beautful sunsets in Mississippi, or maybe, too, it's the photographer's skills!
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of yellow ironweed. It sure is a beauty! After looking at the scientific name, I'm thinking it is not related to the purple kind.
ReplyDeleteYes, you are right, no relation to the purple ironweed. It is a case of a plant getting a common name with no relation to the scientific name.
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Lea
Never heard of the flower before, loved the sunset just as much!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!
Lea, I love Yellow Crownsbeard...and so do the bees! I see it all over the woodlands, but haven't seen it in the trade around here. Happy WW!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen Ironweed before... it is quite lovely...
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of yellow ironweed before, but I do think I've seen this wildflower before. I have trouble distinguishing so many of the yellow-blooming natives; I usually give up on identification and just enjoy those cheery blooms!
ReplyDeleteHope the frost is staying away from your garden, Lea.
Cool-looking wildflower. LOVE the sunset!
ReplyDeleteA new one for me, the yellow flowers are pretty and I like the propeller shape of the petals. I recently planted a Texas native Wooly Ironweed with purple flowers. Botanical name Vernonia lindheimerii so it seems to not be related yet with similar common names.
ReplyDeleteWhat a strange flower, with the little curlique stamens like a dandelion, but the disk flowers make a round prickly shape when going to seed. I wonder why so many of the eastern wildflowers like moist soil, when I keep looking for some for dry soil.
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