11/17/13
I went for a walk at Jacobus Park in Wauwatosa, checking out a neighborhood where maybe I want to live. It was a mild, windy morning, with temperatures in the sixties and high humidity.
This was a short walk, because a PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) tornado watch was issued, and sure enough, I was in my basement with sirens going off about an hour later. I may be there again soon.
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Drummond's Aster (Symphyotrichum drummondii)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
This differs from S. ciliolatum by having smaller heads, but both have winged petioles, purple flowers, and leaves hairy beneath.
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Giant Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
This clone, which was growing next to a pond in sun, had stems hairy and largest leaves <3mm broad (so not tuberosus), with widest towards the middle vs. the base (so not hirsutus).
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Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
If I blow up the second picture, the stiff hairs on the back of the phyllaries are visible, which are not present in H. debilis and either absent or shorter (<0.3mm) in H. petiolaris.
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