Wild Flowers ~ Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
Again, down the road and around the corner, I found these flowers. Have no clue what they are, but they were sure pretty. They were mixed in with the daisy look alikes and Golden rods. They were all in a ditch along the road.
10-29-09 Lower Alabama
Thank you Anne Worner for naming them for me. :-)
8 responses
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Regenia Brabham gave props (29 Oct 2009):
I don't think I have ever seen any of those Gloria. They are beautiful!! Terrific capture.
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david ong gave props (29 Oct 2009):
very pretty, i don't know this one.
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Karen Foto Fiddler gave props (30 Oct 2009):
No clue either but they are beautiful!
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Rusty Katchmer gave props (30 Oct 2009):
Pretty flowers, but they don't grow around here...I've never seen them.
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Rusty Katchmer said (30 Oct 2009):
They remind me of a flower called ageratum, which I've seen before but they're not wild unless these just reseeded from someone's garden.
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Anne Worner said (11 Nov 2009):
What you have here based on the leaf shape is a Betony-leaf Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum). It's in the aster family. Very good plant for the butterfly garden.
I have another variety, called Gregg's mistflower in my yard. In my PF there is an image of queen butterflies on this particular mistflower.
This is definitely one to get seeds from and plant in your yard.
Anne -
Gloria Childers added a link (12 Nov 2009):
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May Lattanzio gave props (15 Nov 2009):
If you gather the seeds (I call these wild ageratum), and broadcast them, they will spread. The skippers, Gulf Fritillaries and Monarchs love these.
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