Inspiration for Tuesday, July 28 – 2009
Sunshine
The prairie is overflowing with photo opportunities right now. This is Compass Plant (Silphium lacinatum). I also have one in my garden (purchased at the Friends School Plant Sale), but it is delayed in blooming. When it came up this Spring, I thought it was just one more thistle in my thistle patch until the hidden plant label came up with the root.
Let me recommend again Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers by Ladd/Oberle. Great photos and interesting for casual reading. For example, it notes that the Compass Plant has a resinous sap that was dried and used by Native American children as chewing gum.
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