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Another mystery flower
Charlie Whitt has set another identification problem for readers. Sez he:
For years I overlooked this pretty little plant. It first caught my eye while walking a trail on the Jesse Stuart land.
Now I spot it in many places. I took this picture in our hay field.
For those of you who aren’t Kentuckians, I think Charlie is probably talking about the Jesse Stuart State Nature Preserve, 714 acres of re-forested land in Greenup County.
Update: Rebecca at Pocahontas County Fare has posted some great photos of Blue-Eyed Grass.
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4 Comments
1. Rebecca Clayton replies at 22nd May 2007, 2:48 pm :
Blue-eyed Grass–my favorite plant name in English. It’s in the iris family, genus Sisyrichium, and in my Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, the five Blue-eyed Grass species share a page with Ramps, surely an auspicious sign.
2. Charles W. replies at 23rd May 2007, 9:39 am :
Rebecca, that was quick. Guess I keep forgetting that many writers, (esp. poets) are accomplished naturalists. charlie w
3. sherry replies at 23rd May 2007, 11:33 am :
I don’t remember seeing that Blue-eyed Grass around the Bluegrass area of Kentucky where I live — seems like the two should go together, doesn’t it? Interestingly, if you look at this USDA distribution map, you’ll see an area of non-distribution that includes Woodford, Scott, Harrison, Bourbon & Nicholas Counties. Which doesn’t meant the plant isn’t in Bourbon, where I live, just that I’m not the only one who’s failed to see it.
4. Sherry Chandler » F&hellip replies at 1st June 2007, 2:16 pm :
[...] Pocahontas County Fare shows us Blue-Eyed Grass up close and personal. We discussed that plant here, courtesy of Charlie Whitt, a couple of weeks ago. [...]
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