Since the group has been so hard core and useful, I am emboldened to expose my ignorance yet again. This plant was in exactly the same habitat as the Hibiscus laevis, in clumps in an area that had been recently blasted by the Mississippi flooding, and continues to be inundated in places due to beaver activity, and is further impacted by nearby construction. The site is (was?) dominated by Phalaris arundinacea, but most of the vegetation is dead. Characters that arent readily visible from the photos: the stem is hairless, the upper leaf surface has short crisp hairs; the lower leaf surface is +/- hairless; teeth are slender and curved, about 7–8 to the centimeter; leaves spiral ever more tightly up the stem, alternate at the bottom but appearing almost whorled toward the top. Leaves are a bit Veronicastrum-like. I believe its Vernonia fasciculata, which Ive typically seen in similar areas; looking for confirmation or correction.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 17:15:53 +0000
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