What comes to mind when you picture coneflowers? Purple Coneflower? Orange Coneflower? Upright Prairie Coneflower? These three examples, all from the Aster family, Asteraceae, represent the three genera of plants native to Ohio with “coneflower” in their common names. “Cone,” of course, is a reference to the center disk of the flower head. ECHINACEAS According…
Category: Plants
IS THIS PLANT NATIVE?
Ask The Biota of North America Program, http://www.bonap.org We’ll leave the subject of how we define native for another post. (At Catchfly Commons, we don’t necessarily base “native” on state boundaries.) BONAP is a go-to site for determining the distribution of plants1. If you’ve clicked on RANGE MAP on a prairiemoon.com plant page for example,…
Native Monardas
What comes to mind when you think of Monardas? The red frilly blooms of Scarlet Bee Balm? The lavender flowers of Wild Bergamot? According to the BONAP website there are six straight species of monardas native to Ohio or this region1. Depending on conditions, all can do well in the landscape, and all are attractive…
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