Now that the trails are cleared for ease of passage our walk today was a bit longer than usual.
Three months-plus, post burn, the pollinator acreage is ablaze in flowers. We observed the expected: Ox-eye daisy, black-eyed Susan, nodding pink onion, compass plant, prairie blazing star, showy tick trefoil, gray-headed cone flower, along with blue vervain and cardinal flower along Silver Creek. There was so much more.
Including this surprise: Cup Plant.
The truth of the matter is I was wrong.
It is Rosin Weed - Silphium integrifolium. It is the same species as Cup Plant, Compass Plant, Prairie Dock and related sunflowerlike natives.
Rosin Weed derives its name from its resinous sap.
The correct ID of this plant was decided by the stalkless paired leaves that are not cup-like.
We did not plant this. Seems it found its way here to take-up residence on its own.
Fine by me it's another tall native sunflower the overwintering birds will chow-on.
The retirement goal was to take closer note of the natural world.
I suppose it's OK to be wrong from time to time........
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